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[freeformschooler]

Honestly, GIMP is only a quarter as confusing if you're used to Photoshop already when you come to it. If not, it's a terrible beast of a UI. And even if you have, it would take some getting used to, like in my case.

[rhesusmacabre]

I do adore GIMP, but yeah, it seems like although there might be an easier way to do something, you're only allowed to find out how by accident.

Ok, I managed to move the part of the image now, but now I can't draw outside a yellow rectangle. How to do deselect the image?

Select►None.

[Hitty40]

I do adore GIMP, but yeah, it seems like although there might be an easier way to do something, you're only allowed to find out how by accident.

Ok, I managed to move the part of the image now, but now I can't draw outside a yellow rectangle. How to do deselect the image?

Select►None.

Didn't fix it. Still can't draw.

[rhesusmacabre]

The yellow rectangle will be the layer so try Layer►Layer to Image Size.

[Hitty40]

The yellow rectangle will be the layer so try Layer►Layer to Image Size.

zoomed to the entire box, but still can't draw.

[rhesusmacabre]

I'm not sure then. Screenshot?

[freeformschooler]

Hitty, describing in miniscule detail what's happening on a screen that random forum members can't see only goes so far. I recommend giving the GIMP manual an extensive read-through.

[Hitty40]

Spoiler: By request. (click to show/hide)

I also noticed the black and white outline is still there. Can this cause problems?

[freeformschooler]

Well... it looks like you've got the tank and some other little square selected. You're not able to draw outside a selection, ever. Try deselecting those.

[rhesusmacabre]

You might need to 'Anchor Layer', Ctrl+H.

[Hitty40]

Ah, there we go! Thanks, everyone.

[palsch]

Your best bet might be to describe what all you are trying to accomplish and finding (or letting us find you) some tutorials that describe the features you will need to learn.

[nenjin]

Reading through this thread was agony. It was like my first two years of GIMP all over again

Anchor. Anchor. ANCHOR! God when I figured that out GIMP started making so much more sense. Everyone says it has a terrible UI. Personally, having used a fair amount of PS, it's just a more ghetto version. Stuff is in relatively the same places. It's just the layer management that gets confusing as hell. If you ever mess with putting text in an image, realize text is its own layer too and needs to be merged or anchored before it becomes part of the image (and isn't your active layer.) I always anchor layers instead of merging them, because merging literally adds a section of the image to the selection....so you're working with 40% of your image and have to merge the layer down (again.) Anchoring just gets it done, bam.

Always make a selection, cntrl + c, cntrl + v, M (for the move tool), move the selection, cntrl + h. Easy as pie that way. Only took me a year of reading tutorials and three dozen images before I figured it out.

Also very helpful, Edit > Invert Selection, for quickly grabbing selections against a solid background. Messing with the threshold of the selection tool can let you select sections of your image much easier as well.

People do complain a lot about GIMP, but it's given me years of returns for absolutely nothing, if you've got the moxy to learn how to make it do what you want.

[Hubris Incalculable]

I actually tend to go layer-mad, with many layermodes, and only when I'm satisfied with the finished product do i make a merged COPY (in png, preferably, unless it's an anim), then i save the whole shebang as an XCF (gimp native format, which saves every aspect of the image, apart from the undo history, so it's basically a snapshot of what you were doing last). In fact, I hardly ever anchor, just click the 'new layer' button after moving or pasting a selection, and if i intend to paint over that, i create a transparent layer above them, and paint there. It's really like those sections of transparencies in an encyclopedia that show the various systems of the human body.

[ein]

I actually tend to go layer-mad, with many layermodes, and only when I'm satisfied with the finished product do i make a merged COPY (in png, preferably, unless it's an anim), then i save the whole shebang as an XCF

Pretty much this~
Also, sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who actually likes GIMP's interface~