window. Many images can be open at the same time: the limit is set only by the amount of system resources. It is possible to run GIMP without having any images open, but there are not very many useful repeatedly undoing and redoing it. This is usually very quick, and does not consume any extra resources or alter the undo history, so there is never any harm in it. If you undo one or more actions you is, of course, another question.) Even a path with thousands of segments consumes minimal resources in comparison to a typical layer or channel. Paths and Selections GIMP lets you transform the

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 18.2 Online resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . window. Many images can be open at the same time: the limit is set only by the amount of system resources. It is possible to run GIMP without having any images open, but there are not very many useful things by repeatedly undoing and redoing it. This is usually very quick, and does not consume any extra resources or alter the undo history, so there is never any harm in it. Caution If you undo one or more actions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 12.1.2 System Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 12.1.3 Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 17.29 Online resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 xv CONTENTS displayed in a separate window. Many images can be open at the same time, limited by only the system resources. Before you can do anything useful in GIMP, you need to have at least one image window open. The

(accelerator keys) and how to reassign them • A gallery showing what you can achieve with the powerful resources of Gimp and providing some insight into advanced image manipulation. Part II • How to get and fore strongly suggest that you upgrade your graphic device to at least 16 bit. ADVICE ON SYSTEM RESOURCES Since we only use Intel and SPARC hardware platforms running Linux and Solaris, we can only give grayscale). You can also set the Preview size. If your computer has a small screen and is low on system resources (like RAM and processor speed) you’ll generally want to keep the Preview size set to small. Check

when you click away from him, the marching ants (or the fence around Wilbur will disappear. GIMP Resources For More on the GIMP: Download it at home: http://www.gimp.org/ Help and Tutorials: http://www

Quintero. Besides a source tree for newer versions of the GIMP, you can find tons of links to other resources: mailing lists, plug-ins, other people's pages, and tutorials. The page is also updated quite often