Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
GIMP is a photo editing powerhouse that allows you to manipulate your images in virtually any way possible, and for a free piece of software, the amount of features it has to offer is really quite impressive. In this post I'll be going over 10 of the more obscure features that you may not know about, and once you do know about them, it'll surely improve your workflow.
The video breakdown is as follows...
00:00 Intro
00:42 Creating layers from selections
01:07 Exporting paths to SVG format
01:49 Creating rounded rectangles
02:32 Transforming paths
03:28 Toggling menu visibility
04:09 Converting selections to paths
04:40 Creating dotted strokes
05:13 Compressing file sizes
06:05 Flowing text along a path
06:36 Editing and exporting animated GIFs
Want to learn more about how GIMP works? Check out The GIMP Series - a comprehensive collection of over 60 videos where I go over all of the major tools, features and functions in GIMP and explain what they are and demonstrate how they work. Learn more here: logosbynick.com/gimp
Credit to Davies Media Design for inspiring this video. Check out his video if you want to find 5 more hidden treasures within GIMP: youtu.be/GSsqrRXF578
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
GIMP is a photo editing powerhouse that allows you to manipulate your images in virtually any way possible, and for a free piece of software, the amount of features it has to offer is really quite impressive. In this post I'll be going over 10 of the more obscure features that you may not know about, and once you do know about them, it'll surely improve your workflow.
The video breakdown is as follows...
00:00 Intro
00:42 Creating layers from selections
01:07 Exporting paths to SVG format
01:49 Creating rounded rectangles
02:32 Transforming paths
03:28 Toggling menu visibility
04:09 Converting selections to paths
04:40 Creating dotted strokes
05:13 Compressing file sizes
06:05 Flowing text along a path
06:36 Editing and exporting animated GIFs
Want to learn more about how GIMP works? Check out The GIMP Series - a comprehensive collection of over 60 videos where I go over all of the major tools, features and functions in GIMP and explain what they are and demonstrate how they work. Learn more here: logosbynick.com/gimp
Credit to Davies Media Design for inspiring this video. Check out his video if you want to find 5 more hidden treasures within GIMP: youtu.be/GSsqrRXF578
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
