How To Use Gimp For Beginners Lesson 2 - Under the Hood

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This tutorial was made using Gimp 2.6. If you are running a different version some functions and methods, although slight, may be different. I recommend using the newest version of Gimp. For a tutorial on different Gimp installation options, including installing the newest version on a trial basis without making changes to your current installation, check out the tutorial below.
In this tutorial, I explain how to use gimp for beginners. This video explains the preferences dialog box and how to install additional brushes into GIMP easily. This topic is frequently glossed over and I felt it was important to explain this early on.
Lessons Shown In Beginning of Video:
Make an image look retro using gimp (girl blowing bubbles)
Make a girl look cold and scary
Make a house look haunted
Add Sun Rays to a Photo
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How to use Gimp for beginners - Lesson 1 - Getting around GIMP

Thanks to the Gimpchat forums for helping me figure out how to perfect these videos. Come check us out and join our community at gimpchat.com
This tutorial was made using Gimp 2.6. If you are running a different version some functions and methods, although slight, may be different. I recommend using the newest version of Gimp. For a tutorial on different Gimp installation options, including installing the newest version on a trial basis without making changes to your current installation, check out the tutorial below.
In this tutorial, I explain how to use gimp for beginners. The first video in the gimp tutorial series will teach you how to use gimp's interface, as well as how to change it.
Lessons Shown In Beginning of Video:
Cool Moving Train Sunset Wallpaper
Selective Colorization (Baseball Player)
Make an image look retro using gimp (girl blowing bubbles)
Make a girl look cold and scary
Make a house look haunted
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3 Tools Every Gimp User Should Know About
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Gimp Video Tutorial - How to convert color to black and white properly using GIMP

In this video tutorial for gimp, I teach you how to use layer masks, and layer modes to convert color to black and white in a selective and powerful manner. Check out the video below for a detailed description on how to convert color to black and white with descriptions on how each tool works.

Here is a quick breakdown on the steps that the video teaches:
Create a new layer, fill that layer with black, and set the layer mode to "color" this will remove all color from the layer, and will effectively convert color to black and white on the fly.
add layer mask, set the layer mask to white. This will let us change parts of the black and white photo to color.
use the path tool, take your time, and trace noah.
In the paths tab, right-click on the path you've created, and click "path to selection." This will select noah.
using the bucket tool, fill the selection with black. Make sure that you're on the layer mask, not the image when you fill in.
Using the brush tool, and setting the brush to the color white, brush off the excess color from the grass near his shoes.