Guide:GIMP-Know the tools name and what are the tools for.

Hello miscrimaniars, and other miscrits players! i want to share about a program to draw called "GIMP". i usally use that program for make avatars, drawing and more. Now, i want to tell you the function of every tools in your toolbox.

Before we start, here is the links related to GIMP:
-GIMP download:http://www.gimp.org/
-GIMP tutorial how to draw/edit drawings:http://www.miscrits.com/forums/showthread.php?16617-GIMP-Tutorial-For-Editing-Drawing-Miscrits
Now, let's start! ^.^

i'll give every tool a number.

1.Rectangle select tool: allow you to make a rectangle. Good for barners.
2.Ellipse select tool: allow you to make a circle. good for making emblem things, or other circle things.
3.Free-select tool (or lasso select tool):allow you to freely select a areas tu be cutted.
4.Fuzzy select tool (or wand tool):allow you to select an area based on colors. used for cutting an area, or coloring an area.
5.Select by color tool:allow you to select an area with similar color.
6.Scissors select tool: allow you to select shapes precisely.
7.Foreground select tool: allow you to select objects in foreground.
8.Paths tool: allow you to create lines and curves well as lineart.
9.Color picker tool (or color dropper tool): allow you to pick a color from invidual pixels.
10.Zoom tool: allow you to zoom in or zoom out a picture/image.
11.Measure tool: allow you to measure distances and angles.
12.Move tool: allow you to move a picture/image/drawing/layer. useful to make an avatars. (avatars are small pictures that used in forums.)
13.Allignment tool: allow you to align a layer.
14.Crop tool: allow you to crop an image/picture.
15.Rotate tool: allow you to rotate an image/picture/drawing.
16.Scale tool: allow you to make your image/picture smaller or bigger. useful to make avatars too! *(Note: scaling too much will make your image/picture blurry.)
17.Shear tool: allow you to shear a layer or selection.
18.Perspective tool: allow you to change a perspective an image/selected area/layer.
19.Flip tool: allow you to flip an image/picture horizontally or vertically.
20.Text tool: allow you to make a text. if you want more fonts, download it in a font website, such as dafont, or others.
21.Bucket fill tool: allow you to fill an area with a color.
22.Blend tool: allow you to make gardient from 2 colors(can be more) in selected areas/layer.
23.Pencil tool: allow you to draw a pixeled (hard fine edge) line. use this tool and bucket fill tool for coloring big areas.
24. Paint brush tool: allow you to paint smoothly with brush. usually used for coloring drawings.
25.Eraser tool: allow you to erase an area/layer.
26.Airbrush tool: allow you to paint with variable pressure.
27.Ink tool: use this tool to make outline when you draw in caligraphy style.
28.Clone tool: allow you to selectively copy a portion of layer or selection.
29.Heal tool: allow you to corect image irregularties.
30.Perspective clone tool: allow you to copy the edited perspective from diffrent image scource.
31.Blur.sharpen tool: allow you to blur or sharpen areas in an image.
32.Smudge tool: allow you to smudge areas in an image. good to make a shadings almost looks real.
33.Dodge/burn tool: allow you to shade a drawing.



thats it. You can see this guide too in Global Artisty, if you have join the group on facebook.
see you soon!

Very detailed,nice explained guide!
Steff should give you +rep for this,and make it Sticky.

Teteh's entering the world of guides

thx for the rep and stick steff
i don't have any right emotion beside that one XD

Np. You deserved it. Keep it up!