UPDATE; I give up!!! **Downloaded the new GIMP... need some help. Anyone good with photoshop-type stuff?

[FirstLight]

Last edited Wed Mar 19, 2025, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

I have a rudimentary knowledge of how to use the app, I can cut and paste layers etc, scale images, whatnot. I am not an artist so most of my skills involve manipulating clipart and photos into something new.

I have a basic shape that I want to "fill" with a photo. I used the Fill bucket, selected my image as the filler, and yet it's not coming out at all! It's coming out grayscale and like it's got transparency... I dont know what I did wrong because a lot of the terms are not anything I understand, so I'm doing this by trial and error and it's getting really frustrating cuz it should be an easy thing!

GAH! does anyone wanna do it FOR me and I will fucking pay you $100!

Update...
I got the base down and can't do the rest. I can't make anything transparent... I am literally a writer NOT an artist! I ended up posting on my local FB group for a graph9c artist to help me...maybe it won't cost an arm/leg...

[usonian]

1. You're ahead of me. But I found some suggestions. You may want to ask on a more graphics-heavy forum.

Can we use a photo we take as fill pattern?
https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Can-we-use-a-photo-we-take-as-fill-pattern


How to Fill Shapes with Images in GIMP
https://rafiksgraphics.blogspot.com/2024/08/how-to-fill-shapes-with-images-in-gimp.html
svg? ouch.

No doubt some photoshop wizard can make an informed suggestion.

Good Luck

[FirstLight]

2. lol...you did better than me! I just came here to beg someone to do it FOR me lmao

But yeah, I'm gonna read these and see what I'm doing wrong

[Nigrum Cattus]

3. Tutorial

https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

[FirstLight]

4. nothing there that fits my need..

and the above tutorial is WAYYYYY too complicated for what I want! ug...

[Egwinsi]

5. Tryyyyy

Making sure you have the correct layer selected. You may be applying the fill to the "Background" layer. Additionally, when selecting the fill tool, there may be an option to change it from gradient to a solid color.

GIMP's User Interface is atrocious so it's difficult to know off the top of my head where I elements are. But, that's a good start for your sanity check.

[FirstLight]

6. I literally ended up doing a composit in Publisher and saving it as a picture...

it's easier and I think it looks cool, like an eclipse... I'll upload in a sec

[FirstLight]

7. I wanted to do it like an actual circloe with the elements like pie shapes...

but this is what I came up with in Publisher...

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It still mneeds a frame of some sort, but this is a good start

[FirstLight]

8. I finally gave up and posted locally for a graphic artist to help! Paying someone is gonna be easier

than trying to learn a new program when I dont understand half the stuff it does...

I'm hoping that it is just an easy 15 min job and won;t cost too much... ugh.