This video will show you how to make a GIF in GIMP, a free image editing software that is available in Linux, Windows and Mac. So, this tutorial will work on all operating systems.

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To make an animated GIF in GIMP:

Open GIMP. Go to File → Open as layers
And select all the images you want to make a GIF of
Order the images in the layer panel.

Crop images if necessary.

Resize images because they are quite large and the GIF file will be large too. Go to Image → Scale Image.


Zoom to 100%. Assess image quality. If it is too small and low resolution, undo the changes by pressing Ctrl+Z or through this menu and adjust the size and resolution until you are satisfied with the results.

Next, go to Filters → Animation and Optimize these images for GIF.
This will open all your layers in a new tab and you can see that some information is removed from the images. This will further reduce the size of the images and thus the…

In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to create glowing neon text using GIMP.

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This tutorial is for GIMP version 2.8 and is intended to teach beginners how to use the software. GIMP is a great free alternative to Adobe Illustrator.

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