When you add text to an image using the GIMP image editing application, the program adds a yellow-and-black square around the new text to represent a new layer within the image. The border is only ...

Have a text or image in your GIMP canvas and want to add some shadow to it, but don’t have a clue? In this tutorial, we will explain the process of adding shadow effects to your text or images.

For a project I was recently working on I needed to remove the white background from several hundred images in PNG format and replace it with transparency. I know you can automate Photoshop but that’s ...

GIMP, the free and open source image editing application long seen as the best free Photoshop alternative, just released a major update: Version 3. The update brings long-awaited improvements to ...

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is undoubtedly the most popular free image editing software, and some even call it the free Photoshop Alternative. If you are looking for a free tool that can let ...

In my last article (LJ, February 2003), I described how to improve candid flash photos by removing red-eye using the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). In this article, I present another GIMP gem ...

Retouching, editing, adding effects—some image editing programs can easily rival Photoshop. Best of all, they’re completely ...