This is a basic guide for newcomers on how to use GIMP.

GIMP

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a software to edit digital images with form bitmaps.

GIMP by default is installed in linux systems, but you can install:

sudo apt-get install gimp

Shortcuts

GIMP provide a list of shortcuts to manages the GUI making editing images easy and simple:

• Help Menu
  • F1 Help

  • Shift+F1 Context Help

    

• Files
  • Ctrl+N New image
  • Ctrl+O Open image
  • Ctrl+Alt+O Open image as new layer
  • Ctrl+D Duplicate image
  • Ctrl+X Open recent image X
  • Ctrl+S Save image
  • Shift+Ctrl+S Save under a new name
  • Ctrl+Q Quit
• Toolbox
  • R Rect Select
  • E Ellipse Select
  • F Free Select
  • U Fuzzy Select
  • Shift+O Select By Color
  • I Scissors I
  • B Paths
  • O Color Picker
  • M Move
  • Shift+C Crop and Resize
  • Shift+R Rotate
  • Shift+T Scale
  • Shift+S Shear
  • Shift+P Perspective
  • Shift+F Flip
  • T Text
  • Shift+B Bucket Fill
  • L Blend
  • N Pencil
  • P Paintbrush
  • Shift+E Eraser
  • A Airbrush
  • K Ink
  • C Clone
  • V Convolve
  • S Smudge
  • Shift+D Dodge/Burn
  • X Swap Colors

  • D Default Colors

    

Using GIMP

This is my original image, my hamster Rapidash:

Then, pressing f, we can set points to cut image:

Next, create a new window, we choose transparency:

Then, cut and paste in the new window:

With Ctrl+B we can show the right menu and Ctrl+Shift+B left menu

Finally, we add backgraound image like: