Aligning Layers By Hand in GIMP - An Imperfect but Sometimes Useful Method - Jody Bruchon
Channel: Jody Bruchon
Date: 2019-07-10

Part of my GIMP Tutorial Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7RxkOabi7GxfVowPXxdOyhtdiYW-pVlL

UPDATE: In GIMP 2.10 with any color precision other than 8-bit, this won't work quite right. I found a way that works in all GIMP versions with all color precisions: set the top layer to "Difference" mode instead of doing the inversion and 50% opacity combo.

One weird trick to align layers by hand in GIMP! This technique uses the "invert" command with a half-transparent layer to create an emboss effect that goes away more as your layer alignment is more correct. There are plugins around the internet that will align layers for you, but this is a fast, easy way to do it with stock GIMP. It won't help with layers that are misaligned due to rotation or scaling, only vertical and horizontal movement, but most pictures seem to only suffer from H/V offsets, so it's a handy trick to have in your GIMP toolkit.

Watch my HDR in GIMP tutorial that was mentioned in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mwYvzwKo3Q

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