GIMP Quickreference
GIMP
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View
Window
Help
F1
Context Help
F1
Shift
Menus can also be activated by Alt with the letter
Main Menu
F10
underscored in the menu name.
,
click
Drop-down Menu
F10
Shift
T oolbox
T oggle fullscreen
F11
T oggle quickmask
Q
Shift
Close document window
W
Ctrl
Tools
Zoom
Rect Select
Zoom in
R
+
Ellipse Select
Zoom out
E
-
Free Select
Zoom 1:1
F
1
Fuzzy Select
Shrink wrap
Z
E
Ctrl
Select By Color
This fits the windows to the image size.
O
Shift
Fit image in window
E
Shift
Ctrl
Scissors
I
wheel
Zoom
Shift
Paths
B
Color Picker
O
Scrolling (panning)
Move
M
Scroll canvas
Ctrl
Crop and Resize
C
arrows
Shift
Rotate
R
Scrolling by keys is accelerated, i.e. it speeds up when you
Shift
drag
Scroll canvas
press Shift+arrows, or jumps to the borders with
Ctrl+arrows.
Scale
T
Shift
wheel
Scroll canvas vertically
Shear
S
Shift
Perspective
P
wheel
Scroll canvas
Shift
Ctrl
Flip
horizontally
F
Shift
Rulers and Guides
T ext
T
drag
Drag off a ruler to create
Bucket Fill
B
Shift
guide
Blend
L
Drag off the horizontal or vertical ruler to create a new
drag
Drag a sample point out
Ctrl
Pencil
guide line. Drag a guide line onto the ruler to delete it.
N
of the rulers
Paintbrush
P
T oggle rulers
R
Shift
Ctrl
Eraser
E
T oggle guides
Shift
T
Shift
Ctrl
Airbrush
A
Ink
K
Edit
Clone
C
Blur/Sharpen
U
Shift
Smudge
S
Undo/redo
Dodge/Burn
D
Shift
Undo
Z
Ctrl
Double click on the tool buttons opens the T ool Options
dialog.
Context
Redo
Y
Ctrl
Swap Colors
X
Clipboard
Default Colors
D
Copy selection
C
Ctrl
Click on the colors to change the colors.
This places a copy of the selection to the GIMP
clipboard.
Cut selection
X
Ctrl
File
This works the same as "copy selection" followed by deleting
Paste clipboard
V
Ctrl
the selection.
This places the clipboard objects as a floating
selection
Clears selection
K
Ctrl
Named copy selection
C
Shift
Ctrl
New image
N
Ctrl
Named cut selection
X
Shift
Ctrl
Open image
O
Ctrl
Named paste clipboard
V
Shift
Ctrl
Open image as new layer
O
Ctrl
Alt
Fill
Duplicate image
D
Ctrl
Erase selection
Open recent image 01
1
Ctrl
Fill with FG Color
D
Ctrl
Open recent image 02
2
Ctrl
Fill with BG Color
D
Ctrl
Open recent image 03
3
Ctrl
Fill with Pattern
D
Ctrl
Open recent image 04
4
Ctrl
Open recent image 05
5
Ctrl
Open recent image 06
Layers
6
Ctrl
Open recent image 07
7
Ctrl
Open recent image 08
8
Ctrl
Open recent image 09
9
Ctrl
,
Select the layer above
PgUp
T ab
Ctrl
Open recent image 10
0
Ctrl
,
Select the layer below
PgDn
T ab
Shift
Ctrl
Save image
S
Ctrl
Select the first layer
Home
Save under a new name
S
Shift
Ctrl
Select the last layer
End
Export to
E
Ctrl
Merge visible layers
M
Ctrl
Export ...
E
Shift
Ctrl
Anchor layer
H
Ctrl
Quit
Q
Ctrl
Selections
Dialogs
T oggle selections
T
Ctrl
Layers
L
Ctrl
Select all
A
Ctrl
Brushes
B
Shift
Ctrl
Select none
A
Shift
Ctrl
Patterns
P
Shift
Ctrl
Invert selection
I
Ctrl
Gradients
G
Ctrl
Float selection
L
Shift
Ctrl
T ool-Options
T
Shift
Ctrl
Path to selection
V
Shift
Palettes
P
Ctrl
Info window
I
Shift
Ctrl
Filters
Navigation window
N
Shift
Ctrl
These open a new dialog window if it wasn't open yet,
Within a Dialog
otherwise the corresponding dialog gets focus.
,
Close the window
F4
W
Alt
Ctrl
Repeat last filter
F
Ctrl
Jump to next widget
T ab
Reshow last filter
F
Shift
Ctrl
Jump to previous
T ab
Shift
widget
Set the new
Enter
Zoom tool
value
This accepts the new value you typed in a text field and
,
Activate current button or
Space
Enter
returns focus to canvas.
list
,
In a multi-tab dialog, switch
PgUp
PgDn
Ctrl
Alt
Ctrl
tabs
Within a File Dialog
click
Zoom in
Open Location
L
Shift
click
Zoom out
Up-Folder
Shift
Alt
up
Down-Folder
Alt
drag
down