Photomontage with Gimp
Without the need to draw anything, we can make this free software a tool of choice for graphics of a website. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation) is an open source graphics editor that is a good alternative to Photoshop, although of a more laborious use.
Once mastered the use of this software, it becomes very useful for Web graphics.
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How to give a blurred contour to an image. Fuzzy border is often used in banners of websites. |
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How to superimpose an image into another. Make your own advertisement pictures. |
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Merging two images with a fading effect. Use a layer mask to build an awesome picture. |
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Transparent fuzzy border and incrustation. The transparency to a blurred border allows to merge one or several images in another. |
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No need for Photoshop to suppress objects and rebuild the background automatically. |
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Creating a text and image logo. Alpha to logo filters allow to make automatically fancy logos. |
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Learning to retrieve an object from an image for use in another. |
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Erasing the background of an image. In some case filling the background with transparency is simpler than clipping an object. |
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Gimp, criticism and the future. How to use Gimp, and what services it can provide to a webmaster. Criticism of the software led to consider improvements to give it a bright future. |
More tutorials
- List of tutorials.
- Gimp Paint Studio. Additional brushes. (External link).