distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front- Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section enphrased GNU Free Documentation License. GNU Image Manipulation Program Generated by docbook2odf Page 1 of 421 complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. One of The GIMP's strengths is its free availability from many sources for many operating systems. Most GNU/Linux distributions include The

distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section enphrased GNU Free Documentation License. GNU Image Manipulation Program 3 / 653 COLLABORATORS TITLE : REFERENCE : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 7.2.2 Creating a Free Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Selections 112 Rectangular And Elliptical Selection Tools 115 Selection Options 116 The Free-Hand Selection Tool 118 Fuzzy Select 119 The Bezier Selection Tool 120 Intelligent Load, display, convert and save to many file formats • Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent • Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats and of plug-ins. So GO AND GET IT!! You will not be disappointed, and, well, it’s not wrong that it is free. Karin Kylander & Olof S. Kylander GIMP HISTORY 0.54 We’ll quote a bit more, this time from Peter

distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section enphrased GNU Free Documentation License. ii Contents I Getting Started 1 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Welcome to GIMP Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 14.2.4 Free Selection (Lasso) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 14.2

stands for General Image Manipulation Program (or the GNU Image Manipulation Program). The GIMP is a free, robust, powerful program for painting, image processing, and manipulating pictures. If you enjoy that it is free software. It is released under the General Public License of the Free Software Foundation. That means that you can always obtain the source to the program. Furthermore, it is free for downloading downloading over the Internet. The GIMP fills the need for a free Photoshop®-like program. The tool is available for most UNIX platforms. Binary versions are available for Solaris, SunOS, HP- UX, SGI's

X, Windows and more operating systems, and is often considered a Photoshop alternative. It is a FREE software and has many functions similar to Adobe Photoshop such as; image editing, digital painting graphic design tools and photo retouching and manipulation. GIMP vs Photoshop GIMP Photoshop -FREE. -20x smaller than Photoshop,space saving. -GIMP will open PSD files, but you need to export and the screen. With the various tools arranged on the top and below is the tools properties panel. Free Select tool (F) Fuzzy Select tool (U) Colour Picker tool (O) Move Tool (M) Paint brush tool (P)

square or rectangular regions. Ellipse E Selects circular or elliptical regions. Free (Lasso) F Draw free-form selections. Fuzzy (Magic Wand) U Select continuous regions of colour. select a certain portion of an image, use the "Rectangle Selection Tool or Ellipse Selection Tool or Free Selection Tool" of the Selection Tools from the toolbox. - The Paste Into option pastes the image

top menu bar 2. Single Window Mode GIMP GIMP edits images and is a great free alternative to Adobe Photoshop 2 Crop or Trim your image 1. Click tutorials You can also access a great GIMP Essential Training course on Lynda.com, available for free with your Surrey Libraries card.

GIMP Basics Welcome to the GIMP Kind of like a free Photoshop, the GIMP (which stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program) allows you to do pretty much anything with images. 1. Tool Box 2. Tip of the

Quickreference GIMP Help F1 Help Shift F1 Context Help Toolbox Tools R Rect Select E Ellipse Select F Free Select Z Fuzzy Select Shift O Select By Color I Scissors B Paths O Color Picker M Move Shift