GIMP tutorials

Hi everyone.
I've had quite a few requests lately for people asking me to give them tips and asking how to do stuff in GIMP. And I'm thinking it may be helpful and maybe beneficial to those who are interested in graphic design and editing, that I'll make a few tutorials on how to do different things. Adding extra images to a base image, adding different effects, colors, brushes, designs, merging layers, how to make .gif images, etc.
I have two years of solid graphic design knowledge under my belt and I'm going nuts trying to find a place to use it!!!

So what I'm asking is...for those of you who like graphic design and editing images, would you be interested if I made tutorials? And if so, are there any topics in particular that'd be of interest?

-Kaitlyn

Lol, yes!!! How do you add an image or a backround to a picture??

I'm working on that one!

*bump*

Anyone have an interest or any suggestions?

Em how to like "cut out" something and place it on a different background not sure if that's the same as above but anyway lol

Yep, that's what I'm covering first as it's one of the easiest things to accomplish. =)

Ya, How to cut out something and place it on a backround...haha(:

I don't use gimp haha but mane and tail smudging/drawing

=) If you go to deviant art, look up 'photoshop mane and tail brushes, or horse brushes. You should be able to find brushes that are downloadable, for quick use. That way if you have trouble drawing manes/tails, you can just use a brush instead. =)

Manes and tails are hard as heck to get to look right when you cut/paste them onto a new background, although it helps if the background you are using has quite a lot of depth to it as well, as it helps take away from the edges of the copied object. EXAMPLE:

The easiest way to make them look good is to zoom in to about 500-800% and cut the object you want out, bit by bit, at pixel level so you can have as accurate a mane and tail texture on the edges as you can. And then after the image you want to be placed on a new background is all cut out, select it, and move it to the new background. Make sure that you have a TRANSPARENT layer between your background and the image you are pasting onto the background. Paste the image onto the background and place it where you want it to be, then zoom in to the 500-800% range, and take a rather small brush and blur the edge of the object on all sides. Use a smaller brush for the areas you may want sharper than others, and you should have a smooth cut out image on a new background. =)
If you want to have part of the background in front of the object you pasted on, before copying the object onto the background, go through the same process as if you were to copy it to a new background, and then just paste it on top(again new TRANSPARENT layer in between), and then move it to where it would've been if it was still on the background(like in the image shown above).

Thanks for that. I've been trying to do that for ages, and I never really quite got it. How do you do the cool little signatures like you've got?