The color picker allows a controlled selection of a color from your image and transfers it to the color selection box. In practice, however, ‘ Script-Fu’ and the ‘ Filters’ submenu provide many automatic modification procedures, which have, in part, been specifically designed for use with text. Many text effects, such as shadows or gradients, must theoretically be input by hand. GIMP provides a relatively simple text tool. See Section “Layers” for more information.

If you do not save the text in a separate layer, you will later be unable to modify it because it is integrated into your image in pixel form.

There are several possibilities for integrating the changes into the image -use the anchor layer keyboard shortcut ( Ctrl + H), click in the image somewhere outside the selection, or choose a different selection tool and apply it. Prior to this integration, you can still modify the result of your transformations. Once you have modified your whole image or a selection with the aid of a transformation tool, reconnect this floating selection to the image. Other functions can be specified in the option box opened by double-clicking the tool icon.Ī simple tool that flips (mirrors) the selected area horizontally or vertically. Process the whole image by clicking the tool icon first then the image or a portion by first making a selection then clicking the tool icon.įour functions are available: rotate the image or the selection around an arbitrary rotation point, enlarge or reduce (Scaling), convert a rectangle into a trapezoid (Shearing), or distort the perspective of an area. This icon hides a multitude of functionalities that might confuse a beginner. Move the entire rectangle by grabbing and moving the bottom left or top right corners. Resize the selection by grabbing and moving the top left or bottom right corners. You can also change the size of the rectangle. You can always undo this immediately with Ctrl + Z. A click inside this rectangle crops the surrounding area. Using the mouse, click and drag to open a rectangle. For an appealing impression for landscape photographs, for example, it is recommended to assign the sky one-third and the landscape two-thirds of the image height. Use this tool to crop and resize your image. In the dialog box that opens, change the height and width of the image by percentages or by pixel values. To use the zoom out function, which reduces the image on the screen by a certain percentage, press and hold Ctrl while clicking with the mouse.įor a true enlargement of your image, open the context menu with a right-click in your image and select ‘ Image’ -> ‘ Scale Image’. The magnifier is not a true transformation tool because it only zooms the screen representation in or out. When Move is activated, grab and move your selection with the mouse. Selections made with this tool can also be saved and manipulated with the ‘ Paths’ tab of the Layers, Channels, and Paths dialog.Īs you click, Intelligent Scissors tries to draw a selection along color or brightness edges. This tool requires some practice to master, but is invaluable for more advanced work. Once you have marked the area required, just click inside it to select it. One advantage of this technique is that you can change the selection with the aid of control points. With the aid of anchor points set with mouse clicks, draw clean, curved lines. With a bit of effort, the Bezier Curves tool allows you to capture specific areas or objects of an image. The magic wand is ideal for selecting irregular areas of similar color. If the default settings are not suitable, change the threshold value in the option box or combine several selections using Shift. The magic wand fuzzy selection tool selects an image area through color similarity of adjacent pixels.

An accurate selection is difficult, so working with an enlarged image is recommended. When you release the mouse button, the start point and end point are joined with a straight line. Press the left mouse button and follow the shape as required. The lasso allows a free-hand selection of an irregular shape. This is the first usable selection tool for photographs. It is used in the same way, except pressing Shift after you begin selecting limits the selection to perfect circles. This tool works like rectangular select, except it selects a circular or elliptical area. If you press Shift after you begin drawing the selection, only perfect squares can be selected. When you release the mouse button, a frame indicates the selected area. By keeping the left mouse button pressed and dragging the mouse at the same time, mark a rectangular area. Rectangular select is the simplest selection tool.

Magic lasso tool in gimp