Previous installers for macOS/OSX can be found here:. Just open the downloaded DMG and drag and drop GIMP into your "Applications" folder. It works on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and later. The official GIMP 2.8 DMG installer (linked above) is a stock GIMP build without any add-ons. Since the 2.8.2 version, GIMP runs on macOS/OSX natively.
If the mirrors do not work or you would rather download directly from our server, you can get the direct download here. The download links above will attempt to download GIMP from one of our trusted mirror servers. Please refer to the documentation for your Unix-like system on the installation of software. GIMP can also run on Solaris and is available for the BSD family of systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Nevertheless, note that many distros decide to pin a specific version of GIMP to their releases, whereas our flatpak will follow GIMP releases closely. It is the preferred method of installing GIMP, as the distribution maintainers take care of all the dependencies and bug fix updates. It's very likely your Unix-like system distribution already comes with a GIMP package. The flatpak build is very new and therefore may have shortcomings.
If that is the case, ensure flatpak is installed and if clicking the link still does not prompt to install GIMP, then manually install by command line: It may not work out-of-the-box on some platforms since the flatpak technology is new.
It’s a Christmas gift for a client.The flatpak link above should open your software installer and prompt you to install GIMP (available platforms: i386, x86-64, ARM and AArch64). Hope you find this quick tutorial useful. Import your paper-texture into Inkscape, then draw your interface elements over it using Inkscape’s tools.
You may find it for free download and use for your platform here: I use the muft and mukt illustration-design software, Inkscape, for authoring user-interface designs. Use the Color-menu > Brightness-Contrast slider to set the tonality of your paper. Save your file in the format of your choice, and you’re done. If required, you may re-apply Gaussian Blur with a different value, for an even smoother finish. Check out the ‘Preview’ to see what suits your taste, and click ‘OK. Choose a value between 3 and 9 on the slider below. Step 5: Go to Filters-menu > Blur > Gaussian Blur. This one step will make the dots appear more textured, and shrink your file to one-third its size in kilobytes or megabytes, which is a good thing. Step 4: Go to Image-menu > Mode > Grayscale. Once you find a pattern to your taste, click ‘OK’. Check out the preview which may show granular dots increase or decrease in density. Do notice how all three values move in tandem. Step 3: Do you want your paper to be smooth, or would you like to have a texture that’s tad stronger? Take your pick as you slide the tab on ‘Red’ ‘Green’ or ‘Blue’ between 0.20 to 0.69.
Apart from ‘Preview’ make sure all other check-boxes are unchecked. Step 2: Select Filters-menu > Noise... and choose ‘RGB Noise’. Choose the height and width of your paper in pixels, and press ‘OK’. Step 1: Launch GIMP, and select File-menu > New. GIMP is available for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, from so get your copy and let’s get started. GIMP is a free and powerful alternative to Photoshop software.
I prefer realistic-looking paper that is subtle, and use it with sensitivity to draw a viewer’s attention to the content. Better than using just a plain white background, or a background with black-to-white gradients that often remind me of retro-1980s design. Realistic paper-textures! They look so cool in the background of sophisticated website designs, mobile-applications, desktops, in brochures and print-production design, and for interesting user-interface design.