The GIMP image editing application offers a robust set of tools for working with layers in graphics files. The tools are grouped together in the Layers palette, which also features thumbnails of each ...

A very useful skill in Photo manipulation is the ability to selectively alter an area. If you can selectively colour an area you can use the same technique to apply a whole range of effects to very ...

Selective focus is a photographic effect that places one area of an image in sharp focus while blurring the rest. Traditionally you'd achieve this effect with special camera lenses; with the advent of ...

I've been using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Project) since its initial release (back in 1998), and it has served me very well. Thankfully, the app hasn't leaped into artificial intelligence (as I don ...