Michael Bates shows us how to use GIMP's Path tool to selectively colour an object. 6 Apr 2012 12:00AM by ePHOTOzine | Gimp ...

FOREGROUND SELECT TOOL While the previous two tools are fully capable of giving us what we need, this Foreground Select tool begins to add some magic sauce.

It's better than some of Photoshop's selection tools GIMP's Foreground Select tool doesn't get enough love, but it's one of the software's best secret weapons, unlike Photoshop's Quick Select and ...

In The GIMP toolbox, click on the tiny versions of the black and white color swatches to restore the default foreground to black. Now double-click the Blend (Gradient) tool to select it and open the ...

Change the foreground and background to a dark and light gray, respectively, and draw a line from the bottom to the top of your text with the Blend tool. Now go to Filters>Map>Bump Map.

However, now anyone with a copy of The GIMP can do all of this and more with considerable ease. Let me illustrate with the following example: a Utah sunset, shown in Figure 2 loaded into a GIMP window ...

With the Blend tool, draw a line from the top to bottom, bottom to top, or from corner to corner. Change the foreground to white, then draw a swirl in the middle of your image using the brush tool.