Customize an image with GIMP's menu commands for the desired look. GIMP 2.6 features filters that can add texture to an image layer. Each filter features effects that make the image content stand out.

Below are seven of our favorite GIMP Plug-ins and Scripts (with over 800 filter effects, 400+ brushes, and 63 papers (aka textures). GIMP comes preloaded with 71 of its own filter effects, so ...

How to Make Texture Tiles Seamlessly in GIMP. You can use the free graphic editing program GIMP to make patterns and textures for backgrounds in Web design and other digital projects.