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For the love of GOD how do you use GIMP?

trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Artist's Corner
Ok I have GIMP 2.0 and I wanted to use it to color line work.

Specifically, I wanted to do the thing where you can just cover an area with paint, even going outside the lines, then you shade in the parts you want and remove the paint that is outside the lines. In the live Penny Arcade drawings I've seen him do that as well.

Basically this link is the sort of thing I want to be able to do (not the anime, shut it.)

Problem is little chick just goes by at lightning speed and no matter how many times I watch it I can't figure out what the hell she is doing. Especially in regards to layers (like, which layer am I on? Even when I select "go to bottom layer" or whatever I can't see the name at the top of the window change or anything so how do I know?)

Also when she removes the colors, what the fuck is she doing? I see her draw lines around something super fast (Do you draw the lasso around the chunk of color and go super close to the lines or do you select the whole area you painted in?) and then she says she hits "clear" (Doesn't say where she hits it, I've only found a "clear" button under "edit") but when I do this it either does nothing or takes a chunk of the picture away (I'm assuming this means I'm on the wrong layer but once again, how do I know which one I'm on?) She also says something about removing by color but whatever she clicks on I can't freaking see what she does.

tl;dr Please to be sharing GIMP knowledge. Specifically how to color stuff.

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  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    We have a thread dedicated to asking questions - here.

    You would have known this had you looked at the rules thread - "RULES! READ BEFORE ANYTHING!!!"

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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Use GIMPshop.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oh my bad.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2008
    Mayday wrote: »
    Use GIMPshop.

    Yeah I was going to suggest this. Makes things laid out more like Photoshop, thus easier to get help with.

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