On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:13:30 -0400 "Brad Pears" wrote:

Can someone point me to or send me "detailed" instructions on how I would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new image - either beside or on top of the images, and then save it as a new image???

Surprise... First line of googling 'gimp tutorial':

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

John

The scope of this question is way beyond what can be imparted via mailing list in any practical way. I'd recommend you browse the Tutorial section at an art community.
deviantArt, for example, has plenty of GIMP tutorials already:

http://browse.deviantart.com/#order=9&q=gimp+tutorial

Have fun!

--------- Original-Nachricht -------- Von: Brad Pears
An: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Betreff: [Gimp-user] newbie question!!! Datum: 30/03/10 00:14

Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when it comes to graphics stuff. The guy who used to do all of this at our company left and I got stuck holding the bag. I've never used GIMP nor Photoshop. I have Gimp on my machine for some strange reason though - I guess because I was goiong to be the "chosen one" at some

point!

I am trying to create a custom image but I to do so, I need to join a couple of other .jpg images I have together to make this one new image. I am trying to make a "banner" kind of a thing for a constant

contact

email we want to send out...

Can someone point me to or send me "detailed" instructions on

how I

would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new image - either beside or on top of the images, and then save it as a new image???

Thanks,

Brad Pears
Information Technology
True North Log Homes
bradp@truenorthloghomes.com
(705)-645-3096
www.truenorthloghomes.com

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 17:13 -0400, Brad Pears wrote:

Hi all!! Well I am no graphic designer and am the dummest of the dumb - when it comes to graphics stuff. The guy who used to do all of this at our company left and I got stuck holding the bag. I've never used GIMP nor Photoshop. I have Gimp on my machine for some strange reason though - I guess because I was goiong to be the "chosen one" at some point!

I am trying to create a custom image but I to do so, I need to join a couple of other .jpg images I have together to make this one new image. I am trying to make a "banner" kind of a thing for a constant contact email we want to send out...

Can someone point me to or send me "detailed" instructions on how I would open up two (or more) different images and then join them together - change the background colours (if need be), add some text to the new image - either beside or on top of the images, and then save it as a new image???

It is certainly possible to do what you say. You might find it would help to use the pandora plugin

www.shallowsky.com/software/pandora/

I strongly recommend the book Beginning Gimp: From Novice to Professional by Akkana Peck. It is an excellent comprehensive introduction to gimp and contains a section on stitching panoramas, which will tell you what to do.

Thanks,

Brad Pears
Information Technology
True North Log Homes
bradp@truenorthloghomes.com
(705)-645-3096
www.truenorthloghomes.com