GIMP Quickreference

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Rect Select
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Shift

arrows

drag
Scrolling by keys is accelerated,
i.e. it speeds up when you
press Shift+arrows, or jumps to the borders with
Ctrl+arrows.

Scroll canvas

Ctrl

New image
Open image
Open image as new layer
Duplicate image
Open recent image 01
Open recent image 02
Open recent image 03
Open recent image 04
Open recent image 05
Open recent image 06
Open recent image 07
Open recent image 08
Open recent image 09
Open recent image 10
Save image
Save under a new name
Export to
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Quit

Layers
Brushes
Patterns
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Tool-Options
Palettes
Info window
Navigation window

Close the window

Jump to next widget
Tab
Shift
Jump to previous
Enter
Set thewidget
new
value
This accepts the new value you typed in a text
eld and
Space
Enter
returns focus
, to canvas.
Activate current button or
Alt PgUp ,
Ctrl PgDn In a multi-tab
list
dialog, switch
tabs
Within a File Dialog
Ctrl

Shift
Alt

up

Alt
down

Scroll canvas
horizontally

Drag o a ruler to create

guide
Drag o the horizontal or vertical ruler to create a new
guide line. Drag aCtrl
guide line onto
the rulera
to sample
delete it.
Drag
point out
of the rulers
Shift
Ctrl R
Toggle rulers
Shift
Ctrl T
Toggle guides
drag

drag

Edit
Undo/redo
Ctrl

Ctrl

Undo
Redo

Clipboard
Ctrl

Copy selection

This places a copy of the selection to the GIMP

clipboard.

Ctrl

Shift

Ctrl

Shift

Ctrl

Shift

Ctrl

Cut selection

Open Location
Up-Folder
Down-Folder

Clears selection
Named copy selection
Named cut selection
Named paste clipboard

Fill
Ctrl

Ctrl

Ctrl

Erase selection
Fill with FG Color
Fill with BG Color
Fill with Pattern

Layers
PgUp

,
,

PgDn
Shift

Ctrl

Tab

Ctrl

Tab
Home
End

Ctrl

Ctrl

Select the layer above

Select the layer below
Select the rst layer
Select the last layer
Merge visible layers
Anchor layer

Selections
Shift

Shift

Ctrl

Ctrl

Ctrl

Ctrl

Ctrl

Shift

Toggle selections
Select all
Select none
Invert selection
Float selection
Path to selection

Filters

Scroll canvas vertically

wheel

Rulers and Guides

Tab

Ctrl

wheel

Paste clipboard

Within a Dialog

F4

Scroll canvas

Ctrl

This places the clipboard objects as a oating

selection

These open a new dialog window if it wasn't open yet,

otherwise the corresponding dialog gets focus.

Alt

Fit image in window

Zoom

This works the same as "copy selection" followed by deleting

Ctrl V
the selection.

Dialogs
Ctrl

wheel

Scrolling (panning)

Ctrl

File

Ctrl
Shift

Swap Colors
Default Colors

Click on the colors to change the colors.

Zoom in
Zoom out
Zoom 1:1
Shrink wrap

This ts the windows to the image size.

Context
X

Ctrl

Double click on the tool buttons opens the Tool Options

dialog.

Ctrl

Main Menu
Drop-down Menu
Toggle fullscreen
Toggle quickmask
Close document window

Zoom
R

Shift

click

Shift

Ctrl

Ctrl

Repeat last lter

Reshow last lter

Zoom tool
Shift

click

Zoom in

click

Zoom out

drag