it for easy desktop publishing, is it to digitalize drawings or doc- uments, is it to put all your slides and negatives into the computer or is it just for you and your family’s sheer enjoyment? Well, the desktop publishing • Drawings and image composing • Professional desktop publishing • Scanning of slides and negatives The modest scanner requirements are at the beginning of the list, followed by the Gimp, is a flatbed scanner. Optionally, you can get a slide scanner if you like to be able to scan slides or negatives. WHAT SCANNER QUALITY DO YOU NEED? The recommendations in this section aren’t absolute

Click on Rotate to confirm 4 Fix Dust Spots & Scratches If you scan negatives or slides, it’s important to clean them well before scanning. If a picture that’s already been scanned has

the main interface to edit, modify and manage your layers. You can think of layers as a stack of slides or clothes on your body. Using layers, you can construct an image of several conceptual parts, each filter cuts the image (active layer or selection) into several pieces, with square form, and then slides them so that they, more or less, overlap or move apart. They can go out image borders a little. be present when the resulting image is later saved. You can think of layers as a stack of slides or clothes on your body. Each part of clothes you're wearing is a layer in the layers dialog. Layers

the main interface to edit, modify and manage your layers. You can think of layers as a stack of slides or clothes on your body. Using layers, you can construct an image of several conceptual parts, each – Screen: Dark areas of image are enlightened by corresponding light areas of glow. Imagine two slides projected onto the same screen. Rays Paint Options Options are the same as for "Glow". Second Flare filter cuts the image (active layer or selection) into several pieces, with square form, and then slides them so that they, more or less, overlap or move apart. They can go out image borders a little.

100 Chapter 8 Combining Images 8.1 Introduction to Layers You can think of layers as a stack of slides. Using layers, you can construct an image of several conceptual parts, each of which can be manipulated image. Screen Dark areas of image are enlightened by corresponding light areas of glow. Imagine two slides projected onto the same screen. Rays Paint Options Options are the same as for Glow Paint Options filter cuts the image (active layer or selection) into several pieces, with square form, and then slides them so that they, more or less, overlap or move apart. They can go out image borders a little.