cm. ISBN 1-57610-520-2 1. Computer graphics. 2. GIMP (computer file) I. Kylander, Karin. II. Title. T385.K866 1999 006.6'869--dc21 99-38515 CIP Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 Dynamic Key Bindings 9 Dynamic Key Bindings 10 Default Shortcuts In Gimp 11 Chapter 3: Don’t Underestimate The Power Of Gimp...19 Creating Image Objects 20 Handling Glass, Water And Reflections 28 Light, Motion And Texture Transformation 32 Making A Montage 36 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S vi T h e G i m p Us er ’ s M a n u a l Ta b l e O f C ont ents PART II Gimp Installation

421 G e n e r a t e d b y d o c b o o k 2 o d f GIMP User Manual Authors and Contributors GNU Image Manipulation Program Generated by docbook2odf Page 2 of 421 G e n e r a t e d b y d o c Introduction GNU Image Manipulation Program Generated by docbook2odf Page 3 of 421 G e n e r a t e d b y d o c b o o k 2 o d f Welcome to The GIMP The GIMP is a multiplatform photo manipulation PS, PDF, PCX, GNU Image Manipulation Program Generated by docbook2odf Page 4 of 421 G e n e r a t e d b y d o c b o o k 2 o d f BMP and many others • Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse

desired language should be the first in the list. 2.1.3 Command Line Arguments Ordinarily you don’t need to give any arguments when starting GIMP, but here is a list of some that may at one time or anther that GIMP will create. It will have some complaints if you told it to install some place that it don’t have permission to be. There is a scroll bar to see all the things GIMP has created for you. Figure can be made to disappear using commands in the View menu; but you will probably find that you don’t want to do that. v 1 Title Bar: At the top of the image window you will probably see a emphasis bar

image has a size measured in two dimensions, such as 900 pixels wide by 600 pixels high. But pixels don’t have a set size in physical space. To set up an image for printing, we use a value called resolution the same elements, with differences in their management: • Left and right panels are fixed; you can’t move them. But you can decrease or increase their width by dragging the moving pointer that appears enter it in the dialog at the top where it says Width. This is shown in the figure above. If you don’t have such a number in mind, choose an appropriate width for the desired use. Common screen sizes range

O Color Picker M Move Shift C Crop and Resize Shift R Rotate Shift T Scale Shift S Shear Shift P Perspective Shift F Flip T Text Shift B Bucket Fill L Blend N Pencil P Paintbrush Shift E Eraser Ctrl G Gradients Shift Ctrl T Tool-Options Ctrl P Palettes Shift Ctrl I Info window Shift Ctrl N Navigation window These open a new dialog window if it wasn't open yet, otherwise Ctrl drag Drag a sample point out of the rulers Shift Ctrl R Toggle rulers Shift Ctrl T Toggle guides Edit Undo/redo Ctrl Z Undo Ctrl Y Redo Clipboard Ctrl C Copy selection This places

Paste as new image 填充 Del Clear Ctrl , 用前景色填充 Ctrl . 用背景色填充 Ctrl ; Fill with Pattern Select Ctrl T Toggle selections Ctrl A 选择全部 Shift Ctrl A 取消选择 Ctrl I Invert selection Shift Ctrl L Float selection Ctrl drag Drag a sample point out of the rulers Shift Ctrl R Toggle rulers Shift Ctrl T Toggle guides Image Ctrl D 复制图像 Alt Return Image properties 图层 Shift Ctrl N New layer Shift Ctrl 旋转 Shift S 缩放 Shift H 剪切 Shift P 透视 Shift T Unified Transform Shift L Handle Transform Shift F 翻转 Shift G Cage Transform W Warp Transform B 路径 T 文本 O 颜色拾取器 Shift M Measure Z 缩放 双击工具按钮打开工具选项对话框。

corners of the box after drawing to fine tune • Crop: Image > Crop to Selection Cropping Images Don’t forget about Ethics! Brightness and Contrast Increasing Brightness Increasing Contrast Brightness histogram of colour value usage – Useful to display a Logarithmic histogram so that values aren’t hidden at the bottom of the graph Colour Levels Display Logarithmic Histogram The middle handle of a specified color Pseudo-colour Overlays Or … Colors > Levels • Dial down the colours you don’t want • Once images are correct colours, we need to overlay them • Open Layers dialogue box (if not

the image. Rotate Shift + R Rotates the active layer, selection or path. Scale Shift + T Scales the active layer, selection or path. GIMP NOTES UNIT IV D e v e l o p e d B y - little button gives you the Image Menu, except in a column instead of a row. Mnemonics users who don't want the menu bar visible can acces to this menu by pressing the Shift- F10 key. Ruler: In the default time-consuming operation (most commonly a plug-in), and then decide, while it is being computed, that you didn't really want to do it after all, this button will cancel it immediately. Image Display: The most important

merges anything pasted to the layer below) 4 To transform the texture to the surface, press (SHIFT + T) this will prompt the transformation box, hit enter when done. 5 Experiment and see which Layer mode merges anything pasted to the layer below) 4 To transform the texture to the surface, press (SHIFT + T) this will prompt the transformation box, hit enter when done. 5 Experiment and see which Layer mode

info? Since the growth of the GIMP is due in large part to the Internet and the Web, it shouldn't be surprising that quite a few sites devoted to the GIMP exist. You can start at the GIMP's official