anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything to be easily scripted, from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures. FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES This is only a brief in a constant clicking, dragging and moving the mouse up and down, to per- form even the simplest task (which is why remembering shortcut commands by heart tends to be so important in Photoshop). In Gimp 0.10 or 0.20 (although in most cases something like xv or Guash is better suited for this kind of task). Sometimes in JPEG images, sharp edges can appear a bit jagged. If this happens, you can increase

extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. One of GIMP’s strengths is screen. A “dialog” is a moving window which contains options for a tool or is dedicated to a special task. A “dock” is a container which can hold a collection of persistent dialogs, such as the Tool Options computer graphics in general. Hopefully, these tutorials will not only help you with your current task, but also get you ready to learn more complex tools and methods later, when you have the time and

extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. One of The GIMP’s strengths the image back to a previous state. This is especially useful when you are working on a difficult task, where you often need to undo several steps at once. It is much easier to click on step 10 than to this option lets appear two settings: • Depth: Defines antialiasing quality, to the detriment of execution speed. • Threshold: Defines antialiasing limits. Antialiasing stops when value difference between

of tutorials on GIMP over the Web, as you will discover in the next section. Let's do a simple task right now so you can see how easy it is to start using the GIMP. Let's create an effect known as

extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. One of The GIMP's strengths the image back to a previous state. This is especially useful when you are working on a difficult task, where you often need to undo several steps at once. It is much easier to click on step 10 than