Blender Master Class

Using GIMP

Now we’ll explore how to actually use GIMP to create, paint, and edit images. In later chapters, we’ll look at much of this in more detail; for now, we’ll just look at the basics. As we go along, I’ll point to later chapters that go into each feature in more detail.

Creating an Image

Unlike Blender, GIMP does not open any default file at start-up. When you first start the program, you can either open an existing image (File▸Open) or create a new one (File▸New). When opening images, GIMP normally opens each image as a new file, but you can use File▸Open as Layers instead to open images as new layers within the current file.

When you create a new file (see Figure 2-2), GIMP asks you what dimensions you want it to have in pixels ...