Introduction to Indexed Pixel Art in GIMP (Graphical Image Manipulation Program)
GIMP as a graphics editor Much of it’s functionality seems to be engineered for scientific research, especially colour spaces. A major frustration to me was finding the way to change the colour, or view swatches or rgb values from the default user interface. So it took a period of investigation to accumulate the knowledge to actually find and choose colours to be used in brushes and fills. Basic functions can be confusing and the default layout can serve as a barrier, as it’s arranged with no particular use in mind. There is no way to load in preset workspaces in recent version, so the first thing is to understand the tabs (Dockable Dialogues) you need to work with. Setting up the Workspace for Pixel Art First we will customise the tabs. Tip: You can switch from single-window mode to floating-window mode from either checking or unchecking Window > Single-Window Mode. I tend to use single-window mode as I find it can get messy working in floating-window mode. When you switch fr...