Create an image of several images in GIMP

This tuto­r­ial was orig­i­nally cre­ated in Finnish and there­fore the pic­ture names are in Finnish. The instruc­tions are in Eng­lish though.

Part 1

In this part you will learn how to

1. Remove a back­ground with the Select by Color Tool
2. Select a part of an image with the Free Select Tool
3. Copy an image to a new layer
4. Rotate with the Rotate Tool
5. Select a part of the image with
6. Use the Quick Mask mode
7. Use the Ellipse Select Tool
8. Use the Clone Tool

Save kuva2.jpg and open it in Gimp. Erase the back­ground with the Select by Color Tool.

Instruc­tions for Part 1

Part 2

In this part you will learn how to

1. Select a back­ground with the Fuzzy Select Tool
2. Invert a selec­tion (Select -> Inverse)
3. Copy an image from one file to another
4. Change the order of layers
5. Scale an image
6. Use the Over­lay Blend Mode
7. Copy a layer to a new layer
8. Desat­u­rate a layer using the lumi­nos­ity option
9. Use the GIM­Pres­sion­ist fil­ter and the can­vas pre­set and paper

Save kuva1.jpg and open it in Pho­to­shop.
Select the back­ground with the Magic Wand Tool.

Instruc­tions for Part 2

Part 3

In this part you will learn how to

1. Pick a color from the image
2. Cre­ate a new layer filled with the fore­ground color
3. Cre­ate a drop shadow
4. Resize a drop shadow
5. Copy an image from one file to another
6. Invert the col­ors in an image
7. Use the Value mode
8. Change the opac­ity of a layer

Save kuva3.jpg and open it in Photoshop.

Instruc­tions for Part 3

Part 4

In this part you will learn how to

1. Cre­ate an ellip­ti­cal selection
2. Add text to an image
3. Add text to a path
4. Con­vert a text path to a selection
5. Add color to the text
6. Add a drop shadow to text

Instruc­tions for Part 4

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