Pros

Brush selection toolbar - Much simpler to use than Photoshop's scroll menu. Also the edit brush option is very easy to use. There are also some cool default brushes like the clover.

Layer option - There are a lot of layer options in the toolbar including an easy way to create a layer mask

Extra tools - Tools like the rotate tool, shear tool etc make it easier to manipulate whole layers.

Cons

Brush Options: Although the option to create your own brushes is there a lot of the defaults I use in Photoshop are missing. Most of the basics are there at least.

Text Input - A major pain in the butt, when trying to move your text, resize the box etc. The default text box is very finicky and if you select the wrong spot you often go back to the actual text edit. Did I mention that the text edit is in another mini-window that pops up? It can be very frustrating when you are simply trying to resize the box.

Lack of tabbed images - I find it more efficient when cutting out parts of an image and moving them to use tabbed images like in Photoshop. GIMP unfortunately doesn't offer that.

Overall I found GIMP 2.6 to be a fairly decent program for minor image creation. I haven't delved to much into photo editing yet so we shall see the final results.

For Now I've got a nice baby photo on the internet, and although it has great sparkling blue eyes I've decided to change their color to green, easily made, the Quick & Easy Sweet Effects way.

So … let's get started!

1. Open your preferable photo for editing (in this case I've chosen the baby photo because it has big eyes which is easier to edit, and let's face it…because it's so cute)
   
   
2. Press Q (to enter the quick mask mode)
3. Select a nice brush size (preferably the Round Tip type) and mark the eyes. Then press Q again to exit the Quick Mask Mode.
   
   
4. Now we have masked the eyes. The trick here is to simply go to SelectInversesince we actually want to mask everything but the eyes.
5. Go to your layers panel and on the bottom you'll find a small button called “Create new Fill or Adjustment Layer”. Click on it and then select “Hue/Saturation”.

6. By using the sliders simply adjust to the color of your preference

How this actually works:

By selecting only the eyes with the magic wand tool and simply painting over them, the result is quite unreal and not professional work at all. Nevertheless, this is a great method of changing color on photographs and of course not only the eyes but practically anything!

Stay tuned for more of my Quick and Easy Sweet Effects. My next Tutorial will be Instant Woman Model Lifting effects of this effect with the use of exposure, and take some time to visit my other tutorials here.

1. Get an image like this.
2. Click on image like this.
3. Click on adjustments then hue/saturation, and try to find a shade same but different color as the real items in VMK if you want them to look real like this. Hint: Mostly try to use magic wand and normal select tool use ALT+click to deselect
4. Choose colors, Hue makes things different color and saturation is how light it is like this.
5. Do it for all until you get this.