Here is what I have and what I'm trying to do:

- I have an old band photo and want to remove the background.
- I want to put the 'new and improved' image into a music video (just the band - no background).
- That image/the band will be floating around the screen, maybe on top of a static image of clouds or something.
- I'll be using Open Shot Video Editor if that makes any difference.

So to get just the band, can I just erase the background or do I need to create a transparency?  Is there a critical difference between the two? Or it just depends on what you want to do?  Is there a best way to do it?

Hi all,
I'm new here, so please bear (bare?) with me...

I've just started using GIMP after many many years of Photoshop CS 5.5. I never updated past that because I really don't need a lot of bells and whistles.

On to new business...

Is there any reason why the Save/Save as... dialog can't have a drop-down for other file types? it's a nice touch that in version 3.0 they've introduced a dialog that asks if I'd like to be taken to the Export dialog, but this seems like an unnecessary step when both saving and exporting could easily be handled in the same dialog.

I was searching for other software that supports the GIMP file format, but I can't find any. Have I missed one? two? more? Because if no one else supports it besides GIMP, is there an artist-oriented reason for its existence?

Sorry if I'm stepping on toes or blundering around like the proverbial bull in a china shop, but I just can't help wondering about these things considering that every other graphics application I've used has the above-mentioned file format drop-down and doesn't support GIMP file format.

Thank you for taking the time to read (and hopefully, kindly) response. I have to admit, it makes me a bit nervous to say these things while that angry face icon on the left watches my every move.

scriptfu could says what values to be expected instead of saying only
"Error: Invalid value for argument 1"
Moreover it can provide an example how to set the arguments in a variable.
eg. (file-webp-export  1 0 0 0 a.jpg b.jpg) can save a as b with these numberd arguments means ...  


How to export all my jpg images as webp using gimp in linux bash in batch?

gimp -i  -b '(let* ((image (car (gimp-file-load RUN-NONINTERACTIVE "DSC_0978.JPG"))))(file-webp-export RUN-NONINTERACTIVE image "DSC_0978.webp" lossless include-exif include-xmp))' --batch-interpreter="plug-in-script-fu-eval"

I cant understand what arguments must put in which positions. Script fu menu for file-webp-export has a lot! Whcih of these are essential and in what positions?

I have a dual boot set up (Windows 11/Ubuntu 24.04) with Gimp 2.10.38.
In GIMP on my Ubuntu OS I want to make a bookmark for the my images folder (not sure of the English Windows folder name) on the Windows drive. I can access this folder in the open dialogue but if I want to bookmark it, the bookmark option is greyed out. Note that I can make bookmarks for other folders on the Windows drive.

When I add a bookmark it is shown in the left pane. But when I open the open dialogue again the bookmark has disappeared.

I use Gimp 2.10.38 on Ubuntu 24.04

Same JPG picture with 100% quality in GIMP, and saving all information, without any other processing
a) Saving it as WEBP, result half size.
b) Running  mogrify -quality 100 -format  webp on same JPG picture, double size resulted.

Why? What is doing GIMP and what is doing IM6 mogrify when transforming JPG to webp format?
Note that the differences in picture quality between JPG and gimp 100% webp and im6 100% webp in full zoom are almost not visible.


The original picture.
greek carnaval pic

Because i have GIMP 3, is lacking scipt-fu in menu (why?)
using bash, i try to make all jpg to be saved as webp. How?


gimp -i --verbose -b '(let* (file-webp-save 1 image drawable "$webp_name" "$webp_name" 0 $lossless $quality 100.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 67 0))' --batch-interpreter="plug-in-script-fu-eval"

i am trying to select the outline of an image, but the outline is not all the same color and is slightly blended into the main color. my goal is to make the whole outline all the same color.

I've been erasing the background on an image (saving frequently) but then out of nowhere the eraser stopped working.  I can still change the brushes, sizes, opacity, etc., but it doesn't erase.  On the toolbox under Eraser the Mode says Normal and I can't change that, but I'm so new I don't know if that's typical or not.  Since I shut down and came back to working on it, is there a history I can go back to and pick up from there?  Thanks!

A few days a ago I created a closed path, edited it a bit, and saved it as an svg file.

Today I tried to load the path and edit it some more.  The path loaded and I can see it.  I am in path editing mode and can't edit the path.  I can not see the points in the path.  The cursor stays the same -- with a little circle with a slash through it -- no matter what I do.  I try clicking on the path and nothing happens.  I can't move any points.

What can be done to fix this?