GIMP for Absolute Beginners [electronic resource] /
Smith, Jan.author.
Joost, Roman.author.
GIMP for Absolute Beginners gives us an easy way to use the power of GIMP, and enjoy digital photography and graphics without worrying about application features. GIMP is a powerful open source graphics and digital imaging application with almost all the features of its proprietary counterpart, Photoshop. But many of us are photographers and artists first, and we like to use our tools without having to think about them too much. GIMP for Absolute Beginners gets us to this stage without patronising users who haven't used GIMP before. But what can we actually do with photos and graphical images? These questions are answered in a photo projects chapter as well as a chapter on digital painting: Starting with making small changes to photos and adding information to them to creating paintings and drawings without photographic input. GIMP for Absolute Beginners covers the newest version of GIMP, version 2.8, so you can be sure the book covers the latest GIMP features. **The print version of this book is black & white, but the ebook version is in color on color-enabled devices. **.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Is This Book for You?; What Is GIMP?; GIMP for Windows, Mac, and Linux; Why Does GIMP Have an Odd-Sounding Name?; This Book Is for Beginners; The Focus Is on Problem Solving; Will I Be Successful in Using GIMP?; Is GIMP Too Complicated?; Photoshop and GIMP Comparisons; Why Is GIMP Free?; The History of GIMP; Collaboration and Sharing in the Open-Source World; GPLv3 License for GIMP; GIMP 2.8; 400,000 Downloads a Week?; Summary
CHAPTER 1 Finding and Installing GIMPIn This Chapter; Is This Chapter for You?; GIMP Works on Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux; System Requirements; GIMP Is Free Open Source Software; Windows: Downloading and Installing GIMP; Portable GIMP for Windows: Installing GIMP on a USB Drive, CD, or DVD; Mac: Downloading and Installing GIMP; Snow Leopard and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6x, Mac 10.5x); Tiger: Downloading and Installing GIMP; GNU/Linux; Ubuntu; Extra Functionality in GIMP via Plugins; Summary; CHAPTER 2 Getting to Know the GIMP Workspace; In This Chapter; Is This Chapter for You?
Quickest Way to Learn GIMPStarting GIMP; Windows; Mac; Linux; What Version of GIMP Do You Have?; GIMP 2.8 Workspace; Simplifying GIMP's Workspace; Single-Window Mode; Flexible Workspace; Getting Single-Window Mode; Single-Window Mode Screenshots; Quick Quiz; GIMP Workspace Tour; Opening a Blank Image; Opening a Photo in GIMP; Information About Your Image; Rulers; Guides; Mouse Coordinates; Zoom; Image Resize to Fit Window; RAM Usage, Not File Size; Quick Quiz; Toolbox; Quick Quiz; Menus in GIMP; File Menu; Edit Menu; Select Menu; View Menu; Image Menu; Layer Menu; Colors Menu; Tools Menu
In This ChapterStraightening or Rotating an Image; To Straighten an Image; Image Opens Upside Down; To Flip an Image Vertically; Cropping an Image; Basic Crop; Cropping to an Aspect Ratio; Displaying Images in a Digital Photo Frame; Check the Photo Size before Printing; Cropping to an Aspect Ratio in GIMP; Cropping to a Width or Height; Changing the Size of an Image; Making an Image Larger; Making an Image Smaller; Fixing Perspective: Leaning Buildings; Framing an Image; Summary; CHAPTER 5 Fixing Problems in Images; In This Chapter; Assessing Images; Image Assessment Gallery
Assessing Brightness and Darkness
"Covers GIMP 2.8".
Includes index.
GIMP for Absolute Beginners gives us an easy way to use the power of GIMP, and enjoy digital photography and graphics without worrying about application features. GIMP is a powerful open source graphics and digital imaging application with almost all the features of its proprietary counterpart, Photoshop. But many of us are photographers and artists first, and we like to use our tools without having to think about them too much. GIMP for Absolute Beginners gets us to this stage without patronising users who haven't used GIMP before. But what can we actually do with photos and graphical images? These questions are answered in a photo projects chapter as well as a chapter on digital painting: Starting with making small changes to photos and adding information to them to creating paintings and drawings without photographic input. GIMP for Absolute Beginners covers the newest version of GIMP, version 2.8, so you can be sure the book covers the latest GIMP features. **The print version of this book is black & white, but the ebook version is in color on color-enabled devices. **.
GIMP (Computer file)
Computer graphics.
Optical data processing.
Computer Graphics.
Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.