Although many people write off the free image editor Gimp as annoying and restrictive in certain regards, what’s certain is that it has nothing to envy to commercial alternatives when it comes to importing and applying effects to images. In this case, we’re going to do a Gimp tutorial to simulate the look of an old-school Game Boy on a photo by rescaling it, giving it a pixellated look, and limiting the color palette.
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You can use GIMP both to retouch images and to create new ones. The app's tools include a brush, pencil, clone pad, and airbrush. GIMP's features are virtually the same as those of any current image editor: layer system, alpha channels, operation history, selection and transformation tools, masks, gradients, and so on. You can also use GIMP to convert images between formats, batch process files, compose vector images, or edit motion graphics formats. Plus, the program's functionality can be extended through the use of plug-ins. There are more than a hundred of them.
GIMP can work with virtually all current image formats, such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, MNG, PCX, PNG, PSD, PS, PDF, TIFF, TGA, SVG or XPM. In addition, its fragmented interface can be particularly useful because you can always modify the layout of the floating windows to suit your preferences or revert to the classic system to make it more like Adobe tools.
How to apply a “Game Boy effect” to your photos using Gimp
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It's a little hard to learn, but... It'sa little hard to learn to use, but a good alternative for Photoshop.
Gimp is a good alternative for Photoshop. I find it very useful, also for digitalpainting. The only thing is that it takes time to learn the basic functionalities and get used to it. Also, a good advi...
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