If you want to make some additional changes by yourself you can do this directly in GIMP. When you start GIMP you will notice that you are now able to use most of Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts.
#GIMPSHOP 2.8 TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS HOW TO#
Then open the menurc file with a text editor and replace it’s contents with the code you’ve copied before ( for detailed instructions how to do it click here). gimp-2.8 folder on a Windows computer: C:\Users\ your username\.gimp-2.8 Note: You have to tell your file manager to make hidden files visible by pressing Ctrl+H on your keyboard. gimp-2.8 folder on a Linux or BSD computer: /home/ your username/.gimp-2.8 The exact location of the folder varies between operating systems: gimp-2.8 folder (using the file manager of your operating system). Note: If you want to restore the original GIMP keyboard shortcuts later you have to create a backup of your menurc file before you replace it’s contents. Just copy the contents of the menurc file I’ve created from here. GIMP saves the shortcuts in a file called menurc.īecause I’ve already done the work you can simply replace the contents of your menurc file whith mine’s. You could edit the keyboard shortcuts manually by clicking on Edit → keyboard shortcuts. I’ve used the latest version of Photoshop CC (released in April 2016) for a reference.Īdditional info (unimportant): A great majority of Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts could be assigned to GIMP very well. If you have to use GIMP and Photoshop you don’t get confused.If you’re used to work with Photoshop you don’t need to learn something new.Using Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts in GIMP has two advantages:
In the next line click on the rectangular box to choose a colour. Choose Custom colour from the drop-down menu. In the same window you can change the Mode of the canvas frame. This removes the yellow-black dashed border around layers.
Uncheck show layer boundaries (both on the display settings of the normal mode and fullscreen mode). Open up GIMP, click on Window and check single window mode.Ĭlick on Edit → Settings, maximise the category Image window and choose the sub-category Display.
#GIMPSHOP 2.8 TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS INSTALL#
Install themes and plugins (external links).This tutorial requires an installation of GIMP 2.8 on your computer. change the GIMP keyboard shortcuts to the one’s of the latest version of Photoshop CC (April 2016).make GIMP’s look more similar to Photoshop.This step by step instruction shows you how to On many Linux distributions GIMP is already preinstalled.īecause GIMP is software you can customize everything to meet your needs. It is open source and free to download from.
GIMP is a professional, pixelbased image manipulation program.
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