savethebeer Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Morning to you all. I watched several of the GIMP tutorials by Travis and cant wait to start producing portraits. I've downloaded GIMP 2.8 and then tried downloading the user manual. GIMP works perfectly but I cant get the manual to work. What shows when I open the manual folder are the following folders; [i tried taking a screen shot but failed] 32, bin, etc, lib, libexec, python, share, uninst. When I click on any of these folders I get lots of files but none of them start a programme. I've downloaded the user manual twice but still cant get the manual working. Any ideas? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Oop's i can't help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Hello Bob, I just downloaded the "Gimp user manual" of the internet in a PDF dock. and it works fine, I Googled.....Gimp user manual and clicked on the one I wanted and down the wire she came! Hope you get sorted, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragax Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I am a Gimp that also struggles with GIMP. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savethebeer Posted July 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Thanks Bob, just downloaded 653 pages in pdf in under 2 minutes. great tip. Now can anyone call over and go through it with me page by page? You'll only be required for the big words. Bob wombatie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 No chance Bob LOL , I haven't got a boat! You are right there are a lot of pages! All the best to you, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I would suggest you go on YouTube there are a lot of good videos there too. You usually can type in. GimpTutorials for making portraits or what ever you are trting to learn. I find Mathis very helpful at times. Hope this helps Dick heppnerguy WayneMahler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Sounds like you got the manual to work. Usually, I go to their website for anything I need a manual for. That way it's the most up to date. I find YouTube to be the best place to learn new software. If you're just looking to do Scroll Saw Patterns, I'd go through my class. That way you're not bogged down with information that you really don't need. If there's anything extra, you can Google what you need to know. You can ask here too. Lots of GIMP users that can help you out. I've been known to throw together a tutorial when a member has a specific question. WayneMahler and bobscroll 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savethebeer Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks Travis, I have your email address at the top of my panic list. Bob WayneMahler and Travis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennman Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 ;) Hi all I downloaded the videos from here that Travis did and I put them on a cd so I could set my laptop next to my big pc and watched them as I went thru the making pics to cut and it worked perfect for me...a lot of the stuff in gimp I'll never use,and his videos go right to the point... thanx Travis bobscroll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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