to be installed separately) while using GIMP by pressing the F1 key. Help on specific menu items can be accessed by pressing the F1 key while the mouse pointer is focused on the menu item. Read on to begin allowing you to scroll through tabs. As in multi-window mode, you can mask these panels using the Tab key. • The image window occupies all space between both panels. When several images are open, a new bar frequently shown in the tooltip. In many cases, you can hover the mouse over an item and press the F1 key to get help about the thing that is underneath the mouse. By default, only the Foreground-background

sensitive help (if you installed it) while using GIMP by pressing the F1 key. Help on specific menu items can be accessed by pressing the F1 key while the mouse pointer is focused on the menu item. Read on to begin understand what the thing is or what you can do with it. Also, in many cases you can press the F1 key to get help about the thing that is underneath the mouse. v 1 Toolbox Menu: This menu is special: More: most menu operations can also be activated from the keyboard, using Alt plus an ‘accelerator’ key underlined in the menu emphasis. More: you can define your own custom shortcuts for menu actions, if

can get context sensitive help while using GIMP by pressing the F1 key. Help on specific menu items can be accessed by pressing the F1 key while the mouse focuses the menu item. Read on to begin your GIMP understand what the thing is or what you can do with it. Also, in many cases you can press the F1 key to get help about the thing that is underneath the mouse. Toolbox Menu: This menu is special: it More: most menu operations can also be activated from the keyboard, using Alt plus an "accelerator" key underlined in the menu emphasis. More: you can define your own custom shortcuts for menu actions,

Gimp History 3 The Future Of Gimp 6 Chapter 2: Default Shortcuts And Dynamic Key Bindings 9 Dynamic Key Bindings 10 Default Shortcuts In Gimp 11 Chapter 3: Don’t Underestimate The different selection methods • How modes work in Gimp • In-depth discussion on how to use layers — the key factor to advanced image manipulation • Channels: What they are and how to use them Part VI • The stuff you need to know! P A R T I About Gimp • ABOUT GIMP AND GIMP HISTORY • SHORTCUTS AND DYNAMIC KEY BINDINGS C H A P T E R 1 What Is Gimp? A quick description of Gimp. 2 T h e G i m p Us er ’ s

using Alt plus an “accelerator” key underlined in the menu emphasis. Menu Button: Clicking on this little button gives you the Image Menu, except in a column instead of a row. Mnemonics users who don't don't want the menu bar visible can acces to this menu by pressing the Shift- F10 key. Ruler: In the default layout, rulers are shown above and to the left of the image, indicating coordinates within the

Tutorial on basic setup, key tools, exporting files and quick demo. GIMP Overview GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux,OS X, Windows and more further layer adjustment options, click the layer tab on the top of the screen. - Here there are key tools such as merging layers for bringing elements together into one single layer. 2 Layer mode layer. To turn off visibility of a layer completely, toggle with the eye icon, next to the layer. Key Tools The Tools panel is on the left side of the screen. With the various tools arranged on the

toolbox, use the Opacity slider to visualize the dendrites • Zoom in and out by holding the Control key and rotating your mouse wheel • Color the dendrite pixels white using a smaller pencil tool (size