Hello everyone, I am new to Graphic Design...new as in the past 72 hours new. I have been building a website for my buddy, in the course of coding it. I couldn't find any pictures I liked, so I decided to have a go at making some stuff. I have never attempted designing my own stuff before. Always had others do it.

I downloaded gimp, and have been reading and watching youtube, learning as much as I can. I stumbled onto this site via Youtube, and its looks like it will be my home as I continue to learn.

Right now I am working on layering...I have a lot to learn, the tutorial section has already proved to be a valuable asset. Thanks for the info, I hope to be able to contribute when I get more comfortable with whatever the heck it is I am doing...

Regards,

Burnall4

Nice to have you here Burnall4 welcome to Gimp Chat.

Welcome Burnall4, You have come to the right place cuz you will find lots of eager beavers here to help you with whatever you are having problems with. BTW, they are also a very friendly bunch.....

Thanks for the warm Reception

did have a question...maybe I not keying in the right search terms...:shrug:

How can I have a saved version of the motorcycle rider, where i don't have to use the 'path' tool to cut him out every time I want to put him the picture some where. Each time I have to go to my saved image of him cut him out, drop the background then paste him in a new layer...I want to cut out the "cutting him out"

Thnx

Make all the layers invisible except the cut out layer then save it as a PNG image.

Thanks Rod, I will give it a shot!

You are very welcome.

Welcome Burnall
I am willy, just hang out here for the nostalgia and I love to learn a few things about gimp here or there that could be useful for me at this time, but I have moved on to making Fractals in Apophysis.
I am sure I'll see you around.

I would also suggest keeping an xcf format file of all your edits/paths/layers, which will also help you maintain a selected object.

And welcome to GimpChat!

Welcome to Gimp Chat, Burnall4!

Burnall4, I always do my renders separately, then save them as the original name but with _render added. Also, I save as png in order to preserve the transparency of the erased background. When saving a png, tick merge, not flatten and untick save background. These choices will appear in pop up boxes upon saving. Then whenever I want to use the render, I can just add as layer to the graphic I am working on.