I have a folder with about 600 transparent PNGs that I use in my photomanipulation projects in Gimp... about 100 of those are the most used of the 600.... would it be a good idea or a bad idea to make Gimp brushes out of those PNGs? or should I just stick to using transparent PNGs via copy and paste?

i am trying to just colour her lips in

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Hi, everyone. Every time I open up GIMP, I have to reposition the Tool Options menu that's all the way to the left so that I can see the menu options at the top (File, Edit, etc.), and I also have to move around the Layers menu as per my own preference.

Is there a way to pin them to a specific spot in GIMP and save them there so that every time I open GIMP they're in the same position as where I left them at?

Thank you!

After working on a complex, multi-layer image, if I save the result as PSD and not as XCF, will I lose anything when I return to the file later?

Hi,

I would like to write a plugin that helps create good color schemes, similar to the way this program does:

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

Does anyone know what algorithm they use for picking colors?

Many thanks in advance!

Pahidla

I'm having an interesting problem where Windows doesn't recognize GIMP's jpeg exports. This could be due to the fact that I stitched together a composite photo in Windows Photo Gallery (Hugin wasn't working right), and Windows didn't recognize the output, even though GIMP did. So I imported into GIMP, did my usual editing, and re-exported it. Unfortunately, Windows still doesn't recognize the file as valid (ex. won't open in Paint), and I can't figure out why. I'd attached said file, but it's too large...

Mostly, I am trying to figure out if this is a GIMP issue (unlikely, since other, specifically non-composite, exports still work) or how to resolve the issue, especially given that Windows Photo Gallery might be causing the issue.

I hope this is the right place to post this - if it isn't, I apologize.

I still use version 2.6, and I'm very happy with it. I would also like to try the newest version, but I'm unsure if it will replace 2.6 when I install it. If someone could explain if it will or not that would be lovely.

I'd also like to know if there's a place where I can redownload 2.6 without getting a virus.

Quite commonly, when I click on the filters in Gimp, this happens:
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The filters completely disappear and I can only see the shadow of it.
The shadow even shows when I minimize Gimp
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If I want to get rid of the shadow, I've to shut down my laptop and then start it again
I've no idea what causes this, does anyone know what to do so that Gimp will stop doing that?

Situation
Basically I have a series of 8-bit bitmap images which all use different palettes but have around 64 colors in common.
This will allow them to be combined with another graphic which uses only those 64 colors in a 3D engine,
thereby allowing that graphic to be used with the images with no color misassignments.

I need to be able to set those 64 colors to the same position in the colormap for each image.
I could just limit the images to 192 colors, but the loss of information is unacceptable to me.

The task
I'd like to manually drag those specific colors to the bottom of the colormap in a set order, but the "Rearrange Colormap" dialogue does not show me what their RGB values are, so there is too much room for error.

Does anyone have a solution to the problem? Thanks.
(Tried in Gimp-2.6 and 2.8)

I believe for the longest time I had Gimp version 2.4 or 2.5. I loved it, but I noticed some errors and the help was outdated or moved. Today I downloaded 2.8.4 of gimp and I noticed the tablet works fine but it is not touch sensitive.

For now, I rather work with a very buggy outdated version of Gimp than one that is not touch sensitive.

Do you know where I can find the older versions of Gimp? I cannot find the files on the offical website.

Thanks!