Your in-depth knowledge is indeed praiseworthy. So explicit. It is absolutely beyond me as to how one can gather so much info on any subject. Thank you so much for helping us out with your incredible videos.
I installed GIMP 2.10.14 a couple of days ago. So glad I found your channel. I believe that I will find everything I might need. I am retired, so I have plenty of time. Subscribed! Thanks. This mask tutorial has been very helpful, and has even inspired some interesting effects I want to try.
Very helpful! Been Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator user for more than a decade, but I could never understand how layers worked on GIMP. So, I kept installing and uninstalling GIMP over the past couple years. I have been using open source and free software since some years. Thank you so much. Didn't know it was that simple.
Alot of your tutorials have really helped me to really understand GIMP. Before, I knew almost basically nothing about it even though I know Photoshop. GIMP was a huge learning curve until I saw your videos. I really appreciate the details you gave me. 👏👍
Thanks so much for this. My first tutorial was the Gimp 2.10 Basics Complete Tutorial and I knew I had to come right over to layers. Both have been such an incredible help in demystifying GIMP!
This is a wonderful tutorial on layers/layer masks. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. I appreciate it. I learned many valuable things. Thank you.
Your videos are great Davies and Ihave tried learning Photosshop but | gave up now that I have found GIMP and your tutorials gave me alot of inspiration. I have a question for you Sir. Why is it I get less icons showing when I open GIMP
Great tutorial, just getting started with Gimp, but learning fast thanks to you. I have P/shop experience, but jumped ship for the better option :-) Thank you so much - subbed!
Thank you so much for your helpful insight into this program. I was able to accomplish what I needed (overlaying / merging 2 photos into a banner size for website) very quickly once you explained how to do this. And that was less than 10 minutes into the video. Wow! I have subscribed now and will be viewing the rest of this video and many of your other tutorials. This has opened up lots of new potential projects for me.
Question (I hope you still reply to comments on older videos): In GIMP 2.8, when I altered the contents of a layer, my alterations would affect only the layer on which I was working. For the sake of example: if I drew a circle with the Paintbrush tool in Normal mode, and then switched to Soft Light, the lighting effects would affect only the circle; not anything on layers behind or above it. In GIMP 2.10.14, I'm finding that it affects everything from that layer down - i.e. toward the background. I realize that I can use the Fuzzy Select tool to exclude everything but the circle, or that I could render the layers behind the circle invisible to keep from affecting them. However, I work primarily with digital painting, rather than photo editing. As such, I find the "marching ants" distracting, and the background often informs my choice of colours on other layers. Is there a way to set a layer, so that my editing only changes that specific layer, as it did in 2.8? EDIT: For those who might be reading this, I found the solution! In the layer attributes, there is now an option marked "Lock Alpha" under the "Switches" heading. This option is not selected by default. Selecting it prevents the tools from affecting lower layers through the transparent sections of the layer.
I spent all day working on a Shirt to import to a site I've been a member for almost 10 years now in Photoshop I of course saved this as a PSD. Now that I can't afford to keep up the monthly cost of Photoshop and switched back to Gimp when I save my work as an XCF and come back to work on it all those lovely layers are GONE! Do you happen to know of any other way to save the work and keep the layers for modifications?
Always save in xcfbz2 so it compresses it. However: 1) that's bad for SSDs, so better save to a HDD 2) sometimes xcfgz compresses better, but still less often
Can i use an empty layer as an adjustment layer. Lets say I have couple layer on top of each other with some blend modes. I want to adjust them all together. But couldn't make it last time.
I like to know is there going to be a fix for gimp 2.10 I only can have gimp 2.8 the others seem to have load glitches is that going to be fixed any time soon
is there any way to make a layer of multiple seperate selections, without losing the seperate selections (it changes it automatically to a single, larger one)?
21:48...what is that ways...how to stop this... Every time when I use move tool ... This is main problem for me... When I am editing I accidentally move other layers as well...
You may just need to go to Windows>Dockable Dialogues and click on "Brushes." Then, click and drag that dialogue into place in the bottom half of your right toolbar (like mine).
Why Gimp doesn't support non destructive layer adjustment just as Photoshop adjustment layers that the person may control non destructive layer? As for as I know Gimp has only destructive layer adjustment and this control is very uncomfortable! I have a suggestion: to make a video tutorial about destructive adjustment layers and non destructive adjustment layers in Gimp. God bless you!
@@tonyhuffman5248 what kind of image is it (i.e. what's the image file type)? If it's a RAW file, you have to process it first in a program like Darktable, then export it as a PNG or JPEG (for example).
click on edit then preferences and then click on tool box then check all the tools you want to use, if you still having problems see Davies tutorial on basics of gimp he explained it nicely
I've been watching your GIMP tutorials that have been excellent until this one. This one is lacks coherence and long pauses because of your attempt to answer questions in real time. You might consider making a new one from scratch or editing this one to smooth it out. I'm at about 26:40 in the video. You covered how GIMP lets you move the layers you move tool is over, not necessarily the active layer. That makes me wonder how I can move a layer many layers down the stack. Does turning the visibility of a layer (eyeball off), doe sit still move? If not then I could turn all the visibility off from the top until I reach the layer I want to move. That seems very clunky. Does the alpha channel effect the ability to move the layer? For example, I have an icon on an otherwise transparent layer at the top level. Can I click on any part of that layer to move it or do I have to click on the visible pixels? *EDIT:* I have GIMP installed now and tested the movement capabilities. Indeed, you can not move a layer if you click on the transparent part. You pointed out that you can disable all layers but one by holding shift when clicking the eyeball button.
If you watch the beginning of my GIMP Basics tutorial I go over how to customize your theme to make it look like mine. I use the "Legacy" theme. Plus the MAC does put their menus in different places - though once you figure out the minute differences in the menu placement everything else is mostly the same (apart from shortcut keys using the cmd key rather than ctrl key).
@@DaviesMediaDesign I followed your customization instructions on your GIMP Basics tutorial, but it still doesn't look like yours. (12:25 on the video.) There is only the strip of tools on the left side. Maybe you just talk to fast for my old ears, but I kept pausing the video and couldn't copy what you were doing.
@@malkashayna I'm guessing that, by this point, you've either found an answer or given up. However, I thought I'd drop a message in case you're still tinkering with the application, or in case someone else has the same question. If you go to the top menu on your screen, Windows > Dockable DIalogs will give you a choice of tools that you can open and drag to the sidebars. In this case, he is using the Tool Options dialog for things like brush size, opacity and so on, and also the Gradient dialog. I hope this helps. :)
@@adreabrooks11 Thanks, but, yes I gave up and am using a different program. But thanks so much for answering. You Probably helped others with your response.
You might have everything on a single layer, or the mode in the tool options for the scale tool is set to “entire image” rather than “layer” (the first option)
yeah, so when you are showing us somethig, how about, showing it to us? im trying to see the anchor button and i dont see it before you have moved on. I do catch you waving the cursor around like some bird flapping all over the place, but yeah. OH i finally see you move that stupid flying around in circles cursor down and click on some green thing at the bottom of the layers window. you might actually want to slow your mouse down and move it deliverately instead of in big giant circles! I mean really, thats the only thing we get to follow in your vids. Look at how you show the floating layer? spinning the cursor all over the damn place in a circle, not on the floating layer itself! yeah..
You're using a white arrow against a white background, so when you say things like "this is your layers up here" it means absolutely fuck all. Up where? Left, right? The sky?
seriously the most frustrating experience of my adult life and I have two kids. I've watched this 4 times now and I cant get anything accomplished. Like, literally nothing. I open an image into GIMP... obviously step. 1 lol. but after that the part where he's "erasing" but its the BG color over the pillar in the image i go to erase and literally do the exact same thing and it doesnt even show up at all. Im so confused wish i wasnt fucking this up somehow.
You may want to check out the updated version of this tutorial. It may be easier to follow, especially if you're using a newer or the latest version of GIMP: ruclips.net/video/dvWoQ8_HhBI/видео.html
@@DaviesMediaDesign thanks so much sir and i really do appreciate your tutorials. You do a great job. Im just super green. It was easier teaching myself photography than this program so i value your effort sir.
I watched the 2 hour intro for beginners and thought it was great but this is impossible to follow with Michael side-barring with a bunch of people on chat, and going off to cover ground covered in the beginners guide. Useful content but so hard to stay focused.
Your videos are priceless, but could you speak a little bit slowly? Remember that your videos are seen by people around the world and not only by newyorkers. Sometimes I turn the sound off and just see what you do on the screen due to I can follow the machine gun of your speech. Thank you.
Your delivery is too exclusionary and unwarrantedly complex. Simplicity is always the best approach, even for content that "APPEARS" to be complex. I think it's a very deliberate means to level your biases against targeted populations of people . Take away message...…..Stay simple
Check out the updated version of this GIMP Layers tutorial for 2020:
ruclips.net/video/dvWoQ8_HhBI/видео.html
Your in-depth knowledge is indeed praiseworthy. So explicit. It is absolutely beyond me as to how one can gather so much info on any subject. Thank you so much for helping us out with your incredible videos.
I installed GIMP 2.10.14 a couple of days ago. So glad I found your channel. I believe that I will find everything I might need. I am retired, so I have plenty of time. Subscribed! Thanks. This mask tutorial has been very helpful, and has even inspired some interesting effects I want to try.
Very helpful! Been Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator user for more than a decade, but I could never understand how layers worked on GIMP. So, I kept installing and uninstalling GIMP over the past couple years.
I have been using open source and free software since some years.
Thank you so much. Didn't know it was that simple.
Alot of your tutorials have really helped me to really understand GIMP. Before, I knew almost basically nothing about it even though I know Photoshop. GIMP was a huge learning curve until I saw your videos. I really appreciate the details you gave me. 👏👍
Thanks so much for this. My first tutorial was the Gimp 2.10 Basics Complete Tutorial and I knew I had to come right over to layers. Both have been such an incredible help in demystifying GIMP!
he starts talking about layers 6:45
Thank you!!! you saved minutes of my life I'm using elsewhere!
Thank you. I'm okay with introductions, but over 6 minutes of yakking about himself for a tutorial is definitely overdoing it.
Guys don't forget it was a live...
My Minutes are useless anyway it doesn't matters!
@@haseeb2186 Big true
You did a marvelous job with this tutorial! Are you sure you didn't miss your true calling -- being a school teacher?
now this is the tutorial I've been looking for so long
I was in school I couldn't make the live, I'm confident in gimp now that I have a Master to follow 👍👍
This is certainly of the highest of compliments! Sorry you missed the live session but glad you were able to catch the recording. Thanks for watching!
Tried to count how many you said layer 😁. Saying hello from Belgium, enjoying every video you make.
This is a wonderful tutorial on layers/layer masks. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. I appreciate it. I learned many valuable things. Thank you.
I appreciate the testimonial, and it is my pleasuring sharing my knowledge. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Thank you for this informative tutorial! I still struggle with photo blending but I hope I can gain valuable knowledge from this channel.
You tutorials rock. Very clear and easy to understand. I'm learning alot. Thank you.
Glad to hear it - thanks for watching.
Your videos are great Davies and Ihave tried learning Photosshop but | gave up now that I have found GIMP and your tutorials gave me alot of inspiration. I have a question for you Sir. Why is it I get less icons showing when I open GIMP
Your tutorials are worth...u have explained very nicely...thanks
Amazing, Michael. Thanks so much for this!
Another brilliant tutorial. You've really helped me to understand how gimp functions, many thanks.
Your other video brought me here! :)
thank u for this very nice tutorial and best regards from germany.
I love it! it's a lot to learn but love the way you display it
WOW!!! Great Info!!! you answered a bunch of questions I had pretty much one after another... Great Tutorial for a new gimp user... THANX A TON :)
And that's how you use transform lock :). Great tutorial.
If I could subscribe twice I would..best gimp material on RUclips
.thanks!
I appreciated that! Thanks for subscribing.
Great video Dave. Thank you
The layer group's combined result is what interacts with the below layer outside the group.
it's your gimp do what you want lol awesome , love it
Thank you sir!
Learnt a lot thanks 👍
Nice video. Greetings from Portugal.
Thank you for the tutorial. It's really helpful.
Awesome tutorial! Thanks a lot!
Awesome video, love your videos
Really enjoyed the live tutorial today, Michael, and I hope that you do some more.
Thank you! I'm glad you were there to participate - there will definitely be more to come.
Thank you! Great video! Very helpful!
This is very useful. Thanks!
great work ...thanks for your effort
Great tutorial, just getting started with Gimp, but learning fast thanks to you. I have P/shop experience, but jumped ship for the better option :-) Thank you so much - subbed!
You should lock down your dockables after you've finished editing the interface.
Thanks for the tip!
THANK YOU!!!!! from CANADA
Thank you so much for your helpful insight into this program. I was able to accomplish what I needed (overlaying / merging 2 photos into a banner size for website) very quickly once you explained how to do this. And that was less than 10 minutes into the video. Wow! I have subscribed now and will be viewing the rest of this video and many of your other tutorials. This has opened up lots of new potential projects for me.
lifesaver!!! thank u sm
Very good video. Keep it up
What an absolute G!💯🔥🕺🏿
Question (I hope you still reply to comments on older videos):
In GIMP 2.8, when I altered the contents of a layer, my alterations would affect only the layer on which I was working. For the sake of example: if I drew a circle with the Paintbrush tool in Normal mode, and then switched to Soft Light, the lighting effects would affect only the circle; not anything on layers behind or above it. In GIMP 2.10.14, I'm finding that it affects everything from that layer down - i.e. toward the background.
I realize that I can use the Fuzzy Select tool to exclude everything but the circle, or that I could render the layers behind the circle invisible to keep from affecting them. However, I work primarily with digital painting, rather than photo editing. As such, I find the "marching ants" distracting, and the background often informs my choice of colours on other layers.
Is there a way to set a layer, so that my editing only changes that specific layer, as it did in 2.8?
EDIT: For those who might be reading this, I found the solution! In the layer attributes, there is now an option marked "Lock Alpha" under the "Switches" heading. This option is not selected by default. Selecting it prevents the tools from affecting lower layers through the transparent sections of the layer.
Thanks
Helped a lot
Can you do one for overlays ? Or point me towards one.? I like the in depthness.
GIMP 2.10 Tutorial: All Layer Modes Explained ruclips.net/video/17Iivi0tmug/видео.html
Hello, is there any way to chain many layers quickly? Maybe there's some pointer mode or shortcuts while pressing on "chain"?
Shift click on the chain icon.
Grat one! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Hi, do you have a vid reg channels.? Thanks
very nice thanks
I spent all day working on a Shirt to import to a site I've been a member for almost 10 years now in Photoshop I of course saved this as a PSD. Now that I can't afford to keep up the monthly cost of Photoshop and switched back to Gimp when I save my work as an XCF and come back to work on it all those lovely layers are GONE! Do you happen to know of any other way to save the work and keep the layers for modifications?
towards the end you make all the layers in the group transparent on the right side, yet they are all still visible?
Always save in xcfbz2 so it compresses it.
However:
1) that's bad for SSDs, so better save to a HDD
2) sometimes xcfgz compresses better, but still less often
Can i use an empty layer as an adjustment layer. Lets say I have couple layer on top of each other with some blend modes. I want to adjust them all together. But couldn't make it last time.
Thank you!
Is it possible to do the same things with regular layers that you can do with layer masks? I just don’t really see the difference.
Thank you, I learned so much.
Glad to hear it - thanks for checking it out!
That was a great video and instructions.. Two thumbs up !
pleasure to listen
Thanks for listening/watching!
Do you have a free or paid tutorial on how to do this for screen printing? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
hi what is the difference between new from visible and duplicate layer ? thank you
Dude please tell me about how to crop images with many layers in gimp
I like to know is there going to be a fix for gimp 2.10 I only can have gimp 2.8 the others seem to have load glitches is that going to be fixed any
time soon
I have an image that already have transparent on it. I want to use the image as a logo for a website I'm making.
I'm having a lot of trouble with my layers they are not separating, when I work with one layer the other layer on the canvas moves as well,
how do you get the little icons at th etop of the page showing the pictures
thankyou
thanks
is there any way to make a layer of multiple seperate selections, without losing the seperate selections (it changes it automatically to a single, larger one)?
You may just need to set your Selection mode to "Add to the Current Selection" rather than "Replace the Current Selection" under the Tool Options.
Can you this software for printing out each color separately for screen printing?
Yes, just turn off the channels you don't want to print and go through one by one
@@garyl4672 I new to this software and do not how to do that.
Can you please tell me is their a way to create a SVG image in Gimp?
Inkscape is a better program for creating SVG compositions.
nice but too long that i got lost on the way..i wished it was short n direct
21:48...what is that ways...how to stop this... Every time when I use move tool ... This is main problem for me... When I am editing I accidentally move other layers as well...
How do I get the lower tab, where he has the brushes, mines is one long tab it's not split like Mr Davies.
You may just need to go to Windows>Dockable Dialogues and click on "Brushes." Then, click and drag that dialogue into place in the bottom half of your right toolbar (like mine).
How do we merge the layers ?
seems like we are having some issues with the audio...
It's wrong to say your RAM is the layer limit cuz GIMP'll auto-swap to disk.
Hm I was going by what the GIMP docs said, but good to know. Thanks!
Why Gimp doesn't support non destructive layer adjustment just as Photoshop adjustment layers that the person may control non destructive layer? As for as I know Gimp has only destructive layer adjustment and this control is very uncomfortable! I have a suggestion: to make a video tutorial about destructive adjustment layers and non destructive adjustment layers in Gimp. God bless you!
How do u live stream on desktop?
Try OBS
Is there any way to take a photo and turn it into layer
File>Open as Layers
@@DaviesMediaDesign I have tried that. no luck
@@tonyhuffman5248 what kind of image is it (i.e. what's the image file type)? If it's a RAW file, you have to process it first in a program like Darktable, then export it as a PNG or JPEG (for example).
i only have like 10 tools on my toolbox... how do i add more?
click on edit then preferences and then click on tool box then check all the tools you want to use, if you still having problems see Davies tutorial on basics of gimp he explained it nicely
maybe the "Transform Lock" would be better described if it were named "Transform Link" because it links the layers together.
Solid point.
I've been watching your GIMP tutorials that have been excellent until this one. This one is lacks coherence and long pauses because of your attempt to answer questions in real time. You might consider making a new one from scratch or editing this one to smooth it out.
I'm at about 26:40 in the video. You covered how GIMP lets you move the layers you move tool is over, not necessarily the active layer. That makes me wonder how I can move a layer many layers down the stack. Does turning the visibility of a layer (eyeball off), doe sit still move? If not then I could turn all the visibility off from the top until I reach the layer I want to move.
That seems very clunky. Does the alpha channel effect the ability to move the layer? For example, I have an icon on an otherwise transparent layer at the top level. Can I click on any part of that layer to move it or do I have to click on the visible pixels?
*EDIT:* I have GIMP installed now and tested the movement capabilities. Indeed, you can not move a layer if you click on the transparent part. You pointed out that you can disable all layers but one by holding shift when clicking the eyeball button.
The GIMP that I downloaded for MAC, looks nothing like this.
If you watch the beginning of my GIMP Basics tutorial I go over how to customize your theme to make it look like mine. I use the "Legacy" theme. Plus the MAC does put their menus in different places - though once you figure out the minute differences in the menu placement everything else is mostly the same (apart from shortcut keys using the cmd key rather than ctrl key).
@@DaviesMediaDesign I followed your customization instructions on your GIMP Basics tutorial, but it still doesn't look like yours. (12:25 on the video.) There is only the strip of tools on the left side. Maybe you just talk to fast for my old ears, but I kept pausing the video and couldn't copy what you were doing.
@@malkashayna I'm guessing that, by this point, you've either found an answer or given up. However, I thought I'd drop a message in case you're still tinkering with the application, or in case someone else has the same question.
If you go to the top menu on your screen, Windows > Dockable DIalogs will give you a choice of tools that you can open and drag to the sidebars. In this case, he is using the Tool Options dialog for things like brush size, opacity and so on, and also the Gradient dialog.
I hope this helps. :)
@@adreabrooks11 Thanks, but, yes I gave up and am using a different program. But thanks so much for answering. You Probably helped others with your response.
Dam so frustrating. Both my layers transform at the same time anyway regardless of the lock being on or off
You might have everything on a single layer, or the mode in the tool options for the scale tool is set to “entire image” rather than “layer” (the first option)
Thank you for the attempt, but this just convinces me that GIMP is designed by people who hate working on images.
yes ..too much to learn to be enjoyable, it all becomes double Dutch.
yeah, so when you are showing us somethig, how about, showing it to us? im trying to see the anchor button and i dont see it before you have moved on. I do catch you waving the cursor around like some bird flapping all over the place, but yeah. OH i finally see you move that stupid flying around in circles cursor down and click on some green thing at the bottom of the layers window. you might actually want to slow your mouse down and move it deliverately instead of in big giant circles! I mean really, thats the only thing we get to follow in your vids. Look at how you show the floating layer? spinning the cursor all over the damn place in a circle, not on the floating layer itself! yeah..
You're using a white arrow against a white background, so when you say things like "this is your layers up here" it means absolutely fuck all. Up where? Left, right? The sky?
The lengthy videos draw me in, as I know they aren't intented for hacks and idiots.
seriously the most frustrating experience of my adult life and I have two kids. I've watched this 4 times now and I cant get anything accomplished. Like, literally nothing. I open an image into GIMP... obviously step. 1 lol. but after that the part where he's "erasing" but its the BG color over the pillar in the image i go to erase and literally do the exact same thing and it doesnt even show up at all. Im so confused wish i wasnt fucking this up somehow.
You may want to check out the updated version of this tutorial. It may be easier to follow, especially if you're using a newer or the latest version of GIMP: ruclips.net/video/dvWoQ8_HhBI/видео.html
@@DaviesMediaDesign thanks so much sir and i really do appreciate your tutorials. You do a great job. Im just super green. It was easier teaching myself photography than this program so i value your effort sir.
dark theme beter
difficult to follow bec you spend a lot of time answering questions I don't have yet :( but thanks anyway
An entire hour on layers, yet nothing about floating layers?!
I watched the 2 hour intro for beginners and thought it was great but this is impossible to follow with Michael side-barring with a bunch of people on chat, and going off to cover ground covered in the beginners guide. Useful content but so hard to stay focused.
I updated this video recently, I suggest you watch it instead: ruclips.net/video/dvWoQ8_HhBI/видео.html
Oh my god, can you set up certain time points in your videos? You rambled on about random stuff and not knowing when to skip ahead is frustrating
Your videos are priceless, but could you speak a little bit slowly? Remember that your videos are seen by people around the world and not only by newyorkers. Sometimes I turn the sound off and just see what you do on the screen due to I can follow the machine gun of your speech. Thank you.
Thanks for the suggestion/comment - I'll consider it!
You can slow the speed of the video down in the RUclips video player. It's under the cog button.
"machine gun of your speech". This is the best thing I have heard today.
a sub 2 u
Your delivery is too exclusionary and unwarrantedly complex. Simplicity is always the best approach, even for content that "APPEARS" to be complex. I think it's a very deliberate means to level your biases against targeted populations of people . Take away message...…..Stay simple
Thanks for the feedback! Always appreciated.
👍👍👍👏🤓
Hi dont know if you will see this But I need help. I want to insert art print into a mockup frame. I've tried can't figure it out in Gimp 2.10
this is way over my head being a brand new user, not a clue about 90% of what he is talking about.