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i've only been using gimp for a few weeks now but it's much better than photoshop FOR BEGINNERS. lots of people can make really good images with gimp and not have to pay 200$ for it. derek the reason why you can resize the image to exactly how you want it is because the background is too small. you have to make a new layer FIRST. make it the size you want the image to be the size of then go into file, open as layers, then then click the image that you wanna resize. then you can resize it to fit the background. that's usually what i do.
i use this thing called WinZip to download fonts and paintbrushes. it's 30$ but they give it to you free for 45 days. personally in that 45 days, i'm gonna try to download as many things as i can so that i wont need to buy to because i wont need to download anything else.
this is how you use it (after i spent a while figuring it out):
the way it works for me is that you first go into gimp. you open that up, make a new layer, then ON GIMP you click edit, preferences, then this really confusing page should pop up. on that page there should be a folders button on the left hand side. if there's a folders button and other folders below that then find the paintbrush or font folder (depending which you want to download). if there arent folders below the folders tab then click on the folders tab. the folders you need are brushes/fonts and gimp 2.6. their both in the other tab when you hit the down arrow. once you find them in there, without xing it out, bring up winzip. this thing might pop up if you got it free for 45 days. just click the use evalution verson. another confusing page with pop up and on that you have to go into either zip my files or the little blue tab next to the home button. click on either than you can find the font/paintbrush you want. click on the font/paintbrush so that it appears on the lines below. ok so here's where the fonts/paintbrush thing gets switched up. go into the start menu on your computer. look up either fonts or brushes depending which you wanna download. once you have that, click on the FOLDER, not everything else. there should be a FILE for brushes and fonts. click on the one you want. once you have that put winzip and the brushes/fonts folder on the small screen thing so that you can see both of the pages. on winzip, click and drag all the fonts/brushes you want into the correct folder. once you done, x out everything and bring gimp back up. the font/brush should appear on there.
keep note that i use a dell computer, not a mac. and sorry if this is confusing.
i use this thing called WinZip to download fonts and paintbrushes. it's 30$ but they give it to you free for 45 days. personally in that 45 days, i'm gonna try to download as many things as i can so that i wont need to buy to because i wont need to download anything else.
this is how you use it (after i spent a while figuring it out):
the way it works for me is that you first go into gimp. you open that up, make a new layer, then ON GIMP you click edit, preferences, then this really confusing page should pop up. on that page there should be a folders button on the left hand side. if there's a folders button and other folders below that then find the paintbrush or font folder (depending which you want to download). if there arent folders below the folders tab then click on the folders tab. the folders you need are brushes/fonts and gimp 2.6. their both in the other tab when you hit the down arrow. once you find them in there, without xing it out, bring up winzip. this thing might pop up if you got it free for 45 days. just click the use evalution verson. another confusing page with pop up and on that you have to go into either zip my files or the little blue tab next to the home button. click on either than you can find the font/paintbrush you want. click on the font/paintbrush so that it appears on the lines below. ok so here's where the fonts/paintbrush thing gets switched up. go into the start menu on your computer. look up either fonts or brushes depending which you wanna download. once you have that, click on the FOLDER, not everything else. there should be a FILE for brushes and fonts. click on the one you want. once you have that put winzip and the brushes/fonts folder on the small screen thing so that you can see both of the pages. on winzip, click and drag all the fonts/brushes you want into the correct folder. once you done, x out everything and bring gimp back up. the font/brush should appear on there.
keep note that i use a dell computer, not a mac. and sorry if this is confusing.
