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 your GIMP journey. 1.1.3 Features and Capabilities The following list is a short something, such as a brush, a pattern, a gradient, etc. It gives you a tab showing a representation of the item currently selected. Text This choice gives you a tab showing the dialog type in text. Icon and Text where available, shows the item currently selected, as well as the type of dialog. View as List; View as Grid These entries are shown in dialogs that allow you to select an item from a set: brushes, patterns

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 your GIMP journey. 1.1.3 Features and Capabilities The following list is a short cut keys are also 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 It’s a way to create a paradoxical new window in single-window mode! If the tab is locked, this menu item is insensitive and grayed out. 22 CHAPTER 3. FIRST STEPS WITH WILBER 3.2. MAIN WINDOWS Lock Tab

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 journey. Features and Capabilities The following list is a short overview Generated by docbook2odf Page 32 of 421 G e n e r a t e d b y d o c b o o k 2 o d f A text item created using the Text tool can be transformed into a path using the Create path from text button improvements of GIMP 2.0 over GIMP 1.2 is in the handling of text. In GIMP 2.0 and 2.2, each text item goes in a separate Text layer, and you can come back later to the layer and edit the text in it.

Xsane can be accessed from Xtns|xsane and xscanimage is in Xtns| Acquire Image. Under each menu item you will find a list of the available devices (scanners). To use a scanner, you only have to select enter rm ~/.gimp/pluginrc, restart Gimp and your new scanner (configuration) will be visible as a menu item under both Acquire Image and Xsane. We have chosen to use Xsane and not xscanimage in the following These filters allow you to sign, encrypt/decrypt your image or send hidden files Notice that this item is not a part of the core Gimp distribution. • Distorts: Creates the kinds of effects you’d find