How to Create Custom Guides in GIMP (Angled & Shape Guides)

In this GIMP tutorial, I show you how to create custom guides, including angle guides and shape guides, using a simple trick or hack in GIMP. You'll be able to use the result to align anything you want on an angle or based on a shape. This will even work with text or irregular/hand-drawn shapes!

0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Creating a New Document
1:13 - Creating Center Guides
1:43 - Drawing a Path with Paths Tool
3:05 - Transform the Path
5:31 - Using Paths as a Guide
6:36 - Creating a 60 Degree Guide
7:21 - Changing Axis of Rotation
10:44 - Creating Shape Guides
12:07 - Final Thoughts

Read the Help Article version of this tutorial, available in 30+ languages:
https://daviesmediadesign.com/how-to-...

Visit our website for more text and video tutorials:
https://www.daviesmediadesign.com/tut...

Enroll in Our GIMP Photo Editing Masterclass:
https://www.udemy.com/course/gimp-pho...

Get My New E-book - The GIMP Book of Layers:
https://daviesmediadesign.com/gimp-bo...

Want to make your GIMP theme look like mine? Check out this GIMP tutorial article:
https://www.daviesmediadesign.com/cus...

See how you can help out the GIMP Team:
https://www.gimp.org/develop/

Download the latest version of GIMP 2.10:
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Facebook:   / daviesmediadesign  
Twitter: @DaviesMediaDes
Instagram: @DaviesMediaDesign