

Once you’re happy with the layout, hit enter to crop your image. To move the cropping frame, just select the middle of the box and drag it to the desired area of the image. Once you’ve scaled your image, you’ll see that the cropping frame has remained the same size while the size of the original image has changed. You can leave your cropping frame as-is and just go to Image > Scale Image and play around with the size of your original photo. In this case, all you need to do is scale the image. You may decide that you want to zoom-in on certain elements of the image, all while maintaining the desired dimensions. In this example, we used the recommended dimensions for Instagram stories (1080px x 1920px). If you’re trying to crop your image to specific dimensions, you can go to the “ Size” section under “ Tool Options” on the left-hand side and type the dimensions directly into the box. Once you’ve drawn the cropping box, you can adjust the size by clicking and dragging the edges. Similar to Photoshop, whatever is outside of the frame will be cropped out. Then, just click and drag anywhere on the canvas to create a frame. In the toolbar on the left side of your screen, select the Crop Tool (the icon looks like a utility knife). To open the image in GIMP, simply go to File > Open and select your image. Open your file in GIMPįor this tutorial, we started out with a photo of two women having drinks.

Then, we’ll show you how each image can shine in your digital marketing campaigns. With just a few clicks, you’ll have three completely different images that each tell their own story.
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We’re going to show you how to do some creative cropping in GIMP-a free Photoshop alternative. The best part? You don’t even need Photoshop to get the job done. It’s an incredibly easy technique that saves time and money, allowing you to create completely new designs that pack a punch. As elusive as that may sound, one of our favorite design hacks meets all of those criteria: cropping. Finding a design technique that is simple, budget-friendly, and versatile is like discovering the holy trifecta of content marketing.
