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Beginning Gimp from Novice to Professional is for you if you want to learn image editing! Maybe you’ve been shooting lots of pictures with your digital camera and want to learn how to make them look great, or prepare them for the web. Maybe you’re interested in creating drawings or cartoons. Or you’re already editing photos, but you want to do more… even learn some of the theory behind imaging. In any case, you’ve been hearing about GIMP the GNU Image Manipulation Program—and you’re ready to learn how to use it and get the most out of it.

This book is ideal for anyone attempting image editing for the first time, but it goes deep enough to satisfy the intermediate GIMPster who knows the basics but needs more. Plus, it contains enough tricks and reference matter to gratify even power users. Anyone with an interest in digital art and a willingness to explore should find lots of useful tips and fun projects throughout the book. This second edition includes several new projects and tips not in the first edition, and covers some of the new features that went into 2.4 at the last minute (as well as a preview of GIMP 2.6).

What is GIMP?

GIMP, sometimes called the GIMP, is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It’s a computer program for creating and editing digital images. In particular, it’s designed for editing digital photographs and typical web graphics. You can also use it to make some pretty amazing drawings.

GIMP is a complex program suitable for professional artwork, but it’s also just plain fun— a place to play with pretty pictures and let your imagination run wild. As you read this book, please keep that in mind. Make a point of “fooling around” and having fun with your image-editing projects.

GIMP is also free open source software. It’s written and maintained by volunteers and distributed without cost. In fact, you’re encouraged to make copies of it to share with friends, and you can even contribute to it yourself.

GIMP arose out of a 1995 computer science class project by Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis. Within a year, it had grown into a popular open source image editor, with users and contributors from around the world. It’s been growing and improving ever since.

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