3 Things Every Gimp Newbie Should Have
There are a number of tools that I use when editing photos with gimp. I rely heavily on these tools, and highly recommend that everyone who wants to learn how to edit photos with gimp should look at some of these tools.
There are a number of tools that I use when editing photos with gimp. I rely heavily on these tools, and highly recommend that everyone who wants to learn how to edit photos with gimp should look at some of these tools.
1.) Great Gimp Books
Finding a great gimp book for reference will give you a
foundational understanding on gimp's tools. This is very important
because some Gimp tutorials will teach you bad habits. If you have
general knowledge about Gimp and the tools before you look at a
tutorial, you will be able to pick out some of these bad habits the gimp
tutorial is teaching, and will be able to use the better method in it's
place. Fortunately, I have already found the best gimp books on
Amazon, and listed them for you here: Best Gimp Books
2.) Wacom Tablets
The Wacom Tablet is a pen and pad that turns your computer into a
digital canvas. They're pressure sensitive. If you draw on the pad
lightly, your digital brush stroke will become light, and transparent.
If you press hard, your digital brush stroke will become dark, and
opaque. This gives you A LOT of extra photo-editing power. Using the
wacom tablet, you're ability to create layer masks gets so much easier
because you have a natural feel, and control. If you happen to be into
digital art, this is as good as it gets. Drawing on a tablet like you
draw on paper makes using gimp a lot easier, and fun! Check out this
video of someone using a Wacom Tablet:
There are several different Wacom Tablets, varying in price from
well under 100 dollars to hundreds of dollars. I created a list of all
of the Wacom Tablets, and you can see them here: All about Wacom Tablets
3.) Raw-Shooting Camera
In my Gimp Zombie Tutorial, I show you how to isolate my face from
the background using the Gimp UFRaw extension to edit my RAW-formatted
photo. This process was a lot harder to do with a JPG photo because a A
RAW-formatted photo has a lot more information in it, and that
transfers over to your photo-editing power. There's a lot more
information about the benefits of shooting raw in this post, or if you'd
rather - you can simply check out my list of affordable raw-shooting
cameras here: Affordable Raw-shooting cameras
