GIMP – Manage your templates

Welcome!

Today’s tip is very simple, but kinda hard to find:

How to find GIMP‘s template editor

It’s easy to save your settings to a template, but editing that template afterward? Not so easy.

Screenshot – Create a Template in GIMP

The location of GIMP’s template editor isn’t very intuitive; it’s “hidden” in the Dockable Dialogs section:

Screenshot – Find GIMP’s Template Editor

Voilà! You can now work more efficiently by creating your own GIMP templates and modify them to your heart’s content.

Enjoy!

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Reference
-http://www.gimp.org
-http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-template-dialog.html

GIMP – Edit multiple files in a single window

I recently discovered a bug in GIMP: whenever you edit multiple files with GIMP, if the program is NOT already opened, you will get as many windows as files you asked to edit. Not really desirable.

Here’s how to fix this problem:

GIMP, always numero uno

1. First, start GIMP.

2. Then select all the files you wish to edit.

3. Edit your selection with GIMP.

Gimp will then open all the files in tabs WITHIN GIMP instead of separate windows. Problem solved!

Enjoy!

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How to edit a PDF with GIMP

PDF documents are meant to be read-only and usually can’t be modified. That’s true, though it’s still possible to edit a PDF as an image (since that’s what a PDF IS)

Editing a PDF

Simply open the PDF you want to edit with Gimp (free), edit the documents, then export & save the modified file in PDF format! That’s it!

Alternative

The same thing can be done with Adobe Photoshop (not free).

IMPORTANT NOTE

It currently only works with SINGLE page PDFs… Yeah, I know…. I’m working on a how-to for multiple pages PDF export though. Stay tuned!

Enjoy!

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