Better control and functionality) I will not use LibreOffice. You can use Open Office (I prefer Open Office vs LibreOffice. I often create images in GIMP, saving them as a. I realize this is question has some age on it, but I thought I would offer a more clear explanation for any future curious Gimp users. Usable means any "any area can be marked to be a hyperlink button - with or without visible hyperlink symbols".
#ADDING GIMP GAP TO GIMP PDF#
But I have found some affordable PDF editors with usable hyperlink capablity: Serif PagePlus, Foxit Fantom. I have not tested all PDF editing freeware, so my knowledge is very limited.
#ADDING GIMP GAP TO GIMP FULL#
Some other add web links only to text, some even want the link to be visible in its full text form. For example Adobe reader adds comments, but not working web links. Unfortunately freeware has limitations just in this. There are plenty of more affordable programs that can open a PDF, allow adding comments and hyperlinks and ave the result as new PDF. That area can contain anything.Īcrobat is a high cost program. There an area can be selected and marked to be a hyperlink activation button. Hyperlinks can be added to PDF in PDF editors such as Adobe Acrobat. In PDFs that spoils hyperlinks and the editability of the texts. Read affiliate disclosure here.I have not found a way to save a GIMP image as PDF without changing all text to an image. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Logos By Nick LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to.
#ADDING GIMP GAP TO GIMP SERIES#
Want to learn more about how Adobe Illustrator works? Check out my Illustrator Explainer Series - a comprehensive collection of over 100 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful. And if you’d like to learn more about how GIMP works, be sure to check The GIMP Series - a collection of 60+ videos where I go over all of the major tools and features in GIMP and explain what they are and demonstrate how they work. If you have any questions or run into any problems simply leave a comment below. To save your work, simply go to File > Export As... and make sure you choose to export it as a. Once you’ve done that you are finished! You’re successfully used GIMP to add a white outline around a transparent PNG. Now go to Select > None in order to remove the dotted outline from your screen. Simply go to Layer > New Layer, name it “Outline”, then click and drag it beneath the current layer in the Layers panel to the bottom right of your screen.īy default, your foreground color in GIMP should be set to black and your background color should be set to white, so all we have to do now is fill in the selection with white by going to Edit > Fill with BG color. Now we’re going to create a new layer and move it below the current layer. You will notice the thickness of your outline increase after applying This will determine the thickness of the white outline around your transparent PNG. Choose how many pixels you’d like to grow the selection by. Now we need to increase the size of the selection by going to Select > Grow. This will create a dotted line going around your subject. Next we’re going to create a selection around the subject of our PNG by going to Layer > Transparency > Alpha To Selection. Add a few extra pixels to each dimension (width and height) in order to accommodate a white outline.