This would be equivalent to the Line function of the Line/Curve tool in Paint.NET. One feature of Brush tools is the ability to draw point-to-point. The Paintbrush and Pencil tools are quite similar, with the exception of The GIMP's ability to use custom brushes. In The GIMP, you would select the tool for the type of manipulation you wanted to perform, then change the mode of that tool to affect the Layer (default), Selection (hold Alt), or Path (hold Ctrl). For example, in Paint.NET you would use the Move Selected Pixels ( ) tool to move, scale, or rotate the current layer contents, and you would use the Move Selection ( ) tool to move, scale, or rotate the current selection. Any of these tools can be changed to manipulate the current layer, selection, or path. Move, Rotate, and Flip are pretty self-explanatory, and Perspective can provide an effect similar to that of Paint.NET's Layers > Rotate/Zoom. The difference is, while in Paint.NET the Shift key with the Magic Wand changes the mode from Contiguous to Global, in The GIMP the Magic Wand is strictly Contiguous and Select By Color is strictly Global.įor Manipulation tools, you've got the Move, Rotate, Scale, Sheer, Perspective, and Flip tools. The Magic Wand and Select By Color tool together perform the same functions as the Magic Wand in Paint.NET. Either method can be used at any time, and can be used in combination while drawing a single selection region. The Lasso serves as both freeform selection and point-to-point selection - click and release to create a selection point, click hold and drag to draw a freeform selection boundary. While drawing a selection, the Shift key locks the aspect ratio of the new selection, and Ctrl changes the drawing mode to Expand From Center, which draws the selection area with your origin as the midpoint, expanding outwards equidistantly to your cursor position.Īs for selection tools, you've got your basic shapes (Rectangle and Ellipse), as well as the the Lasso, Magic Wand, and Select By Color tool. After you've begun drawing the selection, the modifier keys take on new functions - the mode is locked in, so any modifier keys can be released without consequence. For example, let's take Rectangle Select: before you begin drawing a selection, holding Shift changes the selection mode to Addition, holding Ctrl changes the mode to Subtract, and holding Shift+Ctrl changes the mode to Intersect. You can get at alternate tool modes by a combination of Shift, Ctrl, and Alt. While the Right Mouse Button in Paint.NET is used to access alternate tool functions, in The GIMP the RMB brings up a context menu. The layer boundaries are denoted by a black and yellow dashed line by default, but I tend to turn that off (View > Show Layer Boundary) because it annoys me. They can be smaller or larger than the visible area, and can have any part of them dragged off the visible canvas without losing the data on the layer outside of the canvas bounds. Layers work similarly to Paint.NET, except for the fact that GIMP layers are allowed to be sized differently than the canvas itself. Size works just like the Paint.NET brush size controls, while Hardness adjusts the spread of the alpha painted by the brush. The editor has six brush controls, but the ones I use most often are Size and Hardness. You can do this by clicking on the title "Brush Editor" and dragging it over onto the title of your currently selected tool at the top of the dialog under the tools bin. This dialog is dockable, and I usually put it as a tab behind the Tool Options dialog for easy access. The second button creates a new brush and brings up the Brush Editor. At the bottom of the Brushes dialog (Shift+Ctrl+B by default) is a row of five buttons. You can change, remove, and assign custom shortcuts to just about anything, from dialogs to tools to effects filters.Īs for brushes, The GIMP comes with a default collection of brushes in various diameters, but I find it handy to create at least one custom brush that I can manipulate independently. If you were a heavy user of keyboard shortcuts in Paint.NET, I'd recommend spending time with The GIMP's keyboard shortcut mapper (Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts). Without knowing exactly what your working style is, I'm not sure how best to help, but I'll cover a few basics. It's a powerful beast, but one that takes time to tame.
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