I have recently written a small GIMP plug-in for myself that is used to prevent color bleeding on textures when using textures with an alpha channel in games.
I am pretty sure there are other GIMP users out there in need of something like that, so I thought I'd share it. But:
I am very unfamiliar with the available forums and what not. So, where is the place to share this. Probably here?
I have found http://registry.gimp.org/ but this page is completely static.
Other Forums seem pretty dead.
Btw: The Plug-In does what is described here:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/HOWTO-alphamaps.html

I'm looking for advice on the legalities of using material for inspiration and reference, such as street photography that could be used to recreate a digital representation which contains more than a passing resemblance to the original photograph.

I initially thought using images found on 'royalty free' websites would be tolerated, but more often than not these images have usage fees (which begs the question what does 'royalty free' even mean?) so where do we go for our inspiration and reference sources? When is a digital painting that has been 'inspired' by someone else's photograph, a blatant copy? Where's the line?

Quite often with digital artist software we see portraits of celebrities which have clearly been copied from a photograph, or simply the photograph has been used for manipulation, such as having an oil paint filter applied. Is this not copyright theft too?

Views and opinions very welcome.

[edit] A more in-depth search using terms like 'free to use images' garnered much better results, such as Pixabay, but I'd still be interested in others' views on the subject

Ok so im working with a hannibal lector picture of him in his mask. I want to cut the mask out and paint fill it pink and add a weird drip effect like the picture ive posted below. So far im having major issues cutting the mask out with precision and coloring it. also having issues with trying to make a hole where his mouth should be so it doesnt fill in the entire mask. I was told itd take me 15 minutes its been 2 hours im about to put my laptop through a window. 

This is for a school project due in freaking 2 hours...please please help me. I was assured it would take no time at all and now im starting to seriously panic

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My goal is to create a 1" box with a resized picture in it.  I have a picture of a person whose face I want to fit into that 1" box.  What I have done is create the main layer as a 1" box.  I then made a 2nd layer with the full picture in it.  Only a 1" box of the 2nd layer is seen through the original layer, and that is perfect.  Now I want to grab a corner of the 2nd layer and shrink it until the face on that layer fills the 1" box.

The problem I am having is that I cannot figure out how to grab a corner on the 2nd layer to do this.  I have the option of resizing the 2nd layer, but I need to know exactly what size I want that entire layer to be to do that.

Has anyone figured this out?

Hi,

I have a question about editing pdfs in GIMP (GIMP 2.8.18-Windows). Can I open up a multi-page pdf as a single document; edit some of the pages (I am whiting out text with Ink Tool), then re-save it as a single pdf again?

I have been opening a 36 page pdf by selecting: open-select all-open pages as images. This opens up each page separately. Then I have been saving each page as a separate file by choosing: file-export. Takes a long time.

Is there an easier way to do this, by opening the pdf as one doc maybe? Apologies in advance, I'm new to GIMP, and I'm not a computer guy.

Thanks!

Mike

I am extending a board game by making a map of the real world, and I want to put dots at each corner of a grid layout as show. I only need the dots rendered, not the grid shown.

How i am doing it is i show the grid and put a dot on the water anywhere they intersect on a new layer. However 1) they are manually set so some look mis-aligned, and 2) its taking forever to manually put the dots and try to align them exact. 

Is there a way to automate this so all corners of the grid to insert a dot, and then just remove the ones manually that are over land? 




My other question is how can i render a grid to the image? I need to add a grid to the picture, just not the one show for dots. It needs to be spaced larger for sectors whether the one shown is just to put the dots somewhat aligned.

map
http://imgur.com/a/gaNFB

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  world-physical-map.xcf (Size: 1.45 MB / Downloads: 906)

Under Preferences>Environment in Gimp 2.8.10 there is a check box 'Confirm closing of unsaved images'. In Gimp 2.8.18 this feature is missing in Environment. Has this been moved to another area or just deleted? Is there a way to issue a text command that would be equivalent to unchecking this box? Thanks Fred

I uploaded an avatar from my pc. It is listed, but does not appear. It is a png file and not too large.

Can anyone advise