08-20-2019, 09:02 AM
When coming to Gimp for the first time having used some other image editing application for a long time you have to forget how "thing-were-done". It will be difficult, what you expect to happen often goes wrong.
First thing to look at is the Gimp help manual. Often on the terse side and basic but it is there.
example: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tools-selection.html Pages of options but probably not what you immediately want to know - that the selection is a boundary indicator, nothing else.
For Gimp 2.10 help files there is an installable version. https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gim...-setup.exe The same as a PDF, http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/ 1000 pages with index and searchable.
When it comes to other sources of "help" there is plenty around. Many are old, refer to previous versions of Gimp which can be confusing. If you can read between the lines these are useful. Example, this one a PDF https://www.udmercy.edu/about/its/help/files/gimp.pdf shows Gimp 2.8 but introduces the basics.
Then there are video tutorials. Many of the newest are long winded, include advertising and often incorrect or give poor advice. Unfortunately these are pushed by the search engines. Ignore those, others can be useful for specific topics.
Get stuck? You can always come back and ask here.
First thing to look at is the Gimp help manual. Often on the terse side and basic but it is there.
example: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tools-selection.html Pages of options but probably not what you immediately want to know - that the selection is a boundary indicator, nothing else.
For Gimp 2.10 help files there is an installable version. https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gim...-setup.exe The same as a PDF, http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/ 1000 pages with index and searchable.
When it comes to other sources of "help" there is plenty around. Many are old, refer to previous versions of Gimp which can be confusing. If you can read between the lines these are useful. Example, this one a PDF https://www.udmercy.edu/about/its/help/files/gimp.pdf shows Gimp 2.8 but introduces the basics.
Then there are video tutorials. Many of the newest are long winded, include advertising and often incorrect or give poor advice. Unfortunately these are pushed by the search engines. Ignore those, others can be useful for specific topics.
Get stuck? You can always come back and ask here.