StepByStep Index

Create a Non-Destructive Vignette Effect with The GIMP
A vignette is a photograph whose edges fade out gradually. This tutorial shows you a non-destructive way to create this effect for your photos in the free GIMP photo editor using a layer mask. This is a good introduction to working with masks and layers in the GIMP.

Non-Destructive Sepia Tone Effect with the GIMP
Here's a quick and easy way to give your photo a sepia tone effect with the free GIMP photo editor. Best of all, it's completely non-destructive, so if you change your mind, you can go back to the edited photo easily.

How to Do a Black and White Partial Color Effect with The GIMP
One of the more popular photo effects you may have seen is the black and white partial color effects, where a photo is converted to black and white, except for one object in the photo which is made to stand out by keeping it in color. This tutorial shows you a non-destructive way to do it using a layer mask in the free photo editor The GIMP.

Straighten a Crooked Photo with The GIMP
We probably all have pictures we took when the camera was not perfectly level, resulting in a skewed horizon line, or crooked object. I'm going to show you how easy it is to correct a crooked photo with the rotate tool in The GIMP.

Correcting Perspective Distortion with The GIMP
Most of you probably have some photos of tall buildings in your collection where the sides appear to slant inward at the top, due to the perspective from which the photo was taken. We can correct this with the perspective tool in the GIMP.