![]() The entire image will be rotated including the selection and image orientation. ![]() An important option is “Clipping” this will change the aspect ratio of your image after rotating.Īnother way of rotating an entire image is: Image – Transform – … then you have the option to flip (horizontal/vertical) or rotate (90°/180°). When using the rotation tool, you have several options in the dockable dialog below. You can transform a selection, a layer or the image. There are several ways to transform your image or selection rotating, scaling, shearing and flipping. Those tools have different tool options and are only used in specific cases. There are other selection tools available: Free Selection, Select by Color, Fuzzy Selection, Scissor Selection, Foreground Selection. The Ellipse selection tool has more or less the same options. More options are: feathering edges, rounding of the corners, expand from center, lock aspect ratio, size and position and if necessary to highlight the selection). The first icons in the tool options are the selection modes: add to selection (Shift), subtract from selection (Ctrl) and intersect with selection (Shift+Ctrl). Rectangular selection has several options and shortcut keys. This information can be very useful when you open an image from an unknown source. Image - Image Properties will give you all the information your image holds. Multiple images in GIMP are displayed in different tabs on top of the View Area.īefore you export your image, make sure it has the right resolution and pixel density. ![]() To zoom use Ctrl + mouse scroll up or down. Click Open and the image(s) will be displayed in the middle box at zoom level 100% (1 pixel image = 1 pixel screen) or fitted to your windows. When you select an image (any file type) in the import window, you get a preview and information on the right side. If you want a full screen view of your image select Windows – Hide Docks. To get a list of all ‘dockable dialog’ go to Windows – Dockable Dialogs - …. These are easy to move, remove and re-introduce if necessary. On the right-hand panel you can find other ‘dockable dialogs’. Every tool has his own set of parameters and functions, best to keep them close to each other. Selecting a tool will result in a different Tool Option bar. On the left panel you have the ‘Toolbox’ (if not present: Windows - Toolbox or press Ctrl + B) and underneath the ‘Tool Options’ dialog. For beginners, we would advise the ‘Single-window’ enabled. When enabled you have one window with all tools, options and dockable dialogs attached to the central view area. When the ‘Single-window’ mode is disabled, you have separate windows for toolboxes, view area and dockable dialogs. GIMP has a ‘Single-window’ mode, this allows you to switch from multiple windows (for e.g. To download the most recent version for your OS, browse to the GIMP Download page. During this training we will use GIMP 2.10 on Windows. It is a free and Open-source, cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, MacOS and Windows operating systems. However, to reduce the blurriness, set the Direction to Normal (Forward) and the Interpolation to Cubic in the Tool Options Docker before rotating the text.GIMP is short for GNU Image Manipulation Program. Since rotating text is a destructive edit, it may not always come out clearly. This is an issue with the rendering of the text once it’s rotated. This is likely because the text layer has been converted from a vector text layer to a raster layer. In some cases, once you’ve turned the text, it becomes blurry. Avoid the Text From Becoming Blurry After Rotating Select one of the options, and you will have editable vertical text on your canvas. If you hover over the icon, it will tell you how the vertical text will look. Select one of the vertical text icons in the Text Editor, depending on how you want the text to look. To set the text to vertical, add the text to the canvas, then check the box next to Use Editor in the Tool Options Docker. This only works for vertical text, so if you need the text at a specific angle, you must do all the editing before rotating. You can switch the text to a vertical orientation and still be able to edit it later. ![]() You must take a different approach if you want to edit the text after rotating. The text will now rotate around the new point you set.
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