From its dominating perch as the most popular image editing software in the world, it’s easy to see why almost everyone believes Photoshop is the only photo editing system you’d ever need. But if you ...

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 ...

The developers behind the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) have announced the official release of version 2.8, the first stable update since 2008. The new version brings a number of significant ...

I've been using GIMP for decades to do everything from editing screenshots to creating complex book covers, website banners, and so much more. I use GIMP every day. Without GIMP, I'd have to turn to ...

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 ...

If we only want the central petals of this rose to be in focus we can easily arrange for this to happen in a few simple steps using a layer mask and Gaussian blur to recreat a similar affect that ...

The GNU Image Manipulation Program is a free alternative to pricey image editors. This no-cost, open source software runs on Linux, UNIX, Windows and Mac platforms. In addition to features such as ...

Over six months ago, I stopped using Adobe Photoshop and switched to the open source alternative, GIMP, for all my personal photography projects. This wasn't the impossible task that most people ...