I am trying to add an arrow pointer onto a picture (and plan to do a lot). I have added a png of the arrow, which I know has a transparent background, to a second layer. I have tried to set it up as a mask, but dont understand the finer details - it just stays as a complete rectangle. NB: Have successfully re-sized it & am trying to rotate it. I am new to GIMP, but IT competent.

Greetings Folks, 

I just re-installed GIMP 2.10.22 (rev 3.0) on brand new Mac M1 Mini. I've noticed that when I use the rectangle or ellipse tool, - I draw the shape. Then I attempt to use the "bucket fill" to colour the shape in, but the outline of the shape that was once visible is now INVISIBLE. So you can actually see where the shape is on the canvas, and your guessing as to where it went. 

I'm not sure if this is a setting somewhere, or a bug ? or ? 

Anyone have any ideas ?  - I'd greatly prefer not going back to illustrator. 

Best Wishes, 

-scatterbrainz

I wanted to paste some image from google with invisible background (like this) onto another image, but it just doesnt work, it isn't transparent. [url=https://previews.123rf.com/images/kolibrico/kolibrico2002/kolibrico200200005/139369246-vector-empty-transparent-background-vector-transparency-grid-seamless-pattern-.jpg][/url]

Want some weird shapes on your artistic drawings, supershapes can help you :
http://andrewmarsh.com/apps/releases/supershapes.html

   

Hi, i'm using Gimp 2.10 on ubuntu-based linux.

I'm trying to follow this guide on how to get started with GIMP scripting, but when I save the .py file in the scripts folder or the plug-ins folders nothing happens.

When I restart GIMP I don't see the option to run that script in the menu.
I've also tried downloading other scripts from the internet, put them in the scripts folder and plug-ins folder, and same thing, they don't appear in the menu.


Am I doing something wrong?
This is the script's code, which I copied from the tutorial:

On a layer in my Layer Group, the Foreground Select tool rough-selects, Draws, but on releasing the mouse button nothing remains drawn on the layer.  (Foreground Select does work if I select the Layer Group rather than the layer.)

If I drag my Layer Group to a new image, Foreground Select works fine.

Since I had been experimenting with filters on the layer, maybe GIMP 2.10.22 lost its way somewhere.  Is this likely a bug or am I missing something?

is this possible to do in gimp?

after scanning a pencil drawing or taking a photo with a cell phone

1. open the scanned drawing, which would take a layer on its own
2. create another layer, which should be transparent by default; then else it would make no sense to create a layer that by default covers whatever is in the previous visible layers that were placed there for a reason
3. lock the background layer that contains the scanned pencil drawing
4. draw in new layer the color and textures for the drawing
5. delete or hide the background layer
6. end up with a nice colored picture based on a pencil doodle drawn in paper and then scanned

This could have been made in licensed tools, I am asking if this can be done with those steps and without any extra-hassle in Gimp

Following is a screen shot showing my gimp/preferences/folders/plugins set up utility (lower left), as well as open shots of the two folders specified.

Perhaps I am just confusing myself unnecessarily, but most of the time when I read instructions of how to install a plugin, the instructions are to add the plugin to one of the directories specified in preferences.

But, when you look at my screen shot, you can see that there are only two "free standing" files in my usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins folder, with all other contents being in sub-directories.

This is the as-installed configuration that came in the *.iso that I created my Knoppix 8.6.1 live system from, so I am asking:

1.)  Is this the way things are normally supposed to be? Or is there a structural problem that I should be thinking about correcting before I add new plug-ins and create a new install onto USB flash drive?

2.) Can gimp "read" the contents of subdirectories that are not explicitly mentioned in the paths as specified in the preferences/folders set up utility?

Hello,

I have re-installed GIMP 2.10.22 on laptop on which GIMP refuses to open any graphics file type except .XCF since a few days. On my other systems GIMP 2.10.22 is running without problems.

I have not found a soltution, but based on a few threads I have found my path to the Plugin directory is probably the reason.
I found this problem on:
- https://discuss.pixls.us/t/cant-open-files-solved/6339
- https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Anythi...n+filetype
The presented solutions do not work for me.

I have tried both the default and custom 2.10.22 installation in Dutch and in English. I am an experienced Windows users and I use GIMP on Linux as well. I uninstalled GIMP and cleaned my Registry and hidden folders before each clean installation.

My EDIT -> Preferences -> Folders -> Plugins show:
- C:\Users\My_username\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins
- C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins
I did use the "reset to default button" as well.

My Windows folders shows an empty folder at:
C:\Users\My_username\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins
My windows explorer shows the plugins folder at:
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins

This folder however does NOT show executables as stated in the above mentioned threads, but it contains sub-folders which do contain each the executable of the file type:
e.g. ..\file-jpeg which contains ..\file-jpeg\file-jpeg.exe

I even tried to add the file-jpeg folder via the dialog to the list of pluging folders, but it does not solve my problem.

Please tell me what to do to restore GIMP on my laptop.

I've recently changed computers, and copied all my palettes and gradients from Gimp 2.10 on my old computer into the directories set on my new one:
/home/chris/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10/palettes/
/home/chris/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10/gradients

file managers, terminal all show the files are there but they do not appear in the list, no matter how many times I refresh. When I navigate to that folder in the import palettes dialog it shows no files.

I've successfully manually imported a few (of many) palettes by copying the files to a different directory in my home, renaming them to .txt and importing them individually from there (although it doesn't read the number of columns).
However I don't see any duplicate files in the /home/chris/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10/palettes/ directory in a file manager or terminal and a new palette I created for testing is not found anywhere on the system when searched for by name (but does persist after closing and reopening gimp).

Importing all the palettes and gradients individually is not really practical, and given that I can't find new ones in a file manager I don't know how to back them up (or even if they are going to persist between sessions?).