transforming grid was shown. GNOME Human Interface Guide conformance A lot of work has been done on making the GIMP's interface simpler and more usable for newcomers. Most dialogs now follows the GNOME HIG opening or saving files. The best thing about it is that it lets you create a set of "bookmarks", making it possible to navigate quickly and easily to commonly used directories. • GIMP now Supports fancy works by applying a Gaussian blur to the selection channel, with the specified blurring radius. Making a selection partially transparent You can set layer opacity, but you cannot do that directly for

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 7.1.2 Making a Selection Partially Transparent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 B Reporting Bugs and Requesting Enhancements 632 B.1 Making sure it’s a Bug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . transforming grid was shown. 1.2.5 GNOME Human Interface Guide Conformance A lot of work has been done on making the GIMP’s interface simpler and more usable for newcomers. Most dialogs now follows the GNOME HIG

Feathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 7.1.2 Making a Selection Partially Transparent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 7.2 Creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 VIII Reporting Bugs and Requesting Enhancements 991 .10 Making sure it’s a Bug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 QuickMask button. A large component of learning how to use GIMP effectively is acquiring the art of making good selections—selections that contain exactly what you need and nothing more. Because selection-

programs, other books, databases, or any kind of software without written consent of the publisher. Making copies of this book or any portion for any purpose other than your own is a violation of United States 24 Transforming A Photograph To A Drawing 28 Light, Motion And Texture Transformation 32 Making A Montage 36 T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S vi T h e G i m p Us er ’ s M a n u a l Ta b better airbrush • Cloning between all image types • A pattern selection dialog and a clone tool making it possible to clone from the active pattern • Paint modes • Border and feather selection commands

the desired layers • Finally, make each layer (except the bottom layer) show only its colour, making the underlying layers visible – Layer Dialogue Box -> Mode > ‘Lighten Only’ 15/10/2019 Creating Scaling Images • GIMP can be used to scale the size of your image – Image > Scale Image Avoid making your images bigger than original size, bitmaps do not scale up well! Exporting Images • Once

two layers • Make sure the copy layer is selected 4 In-Class Activity: Segmentation Using GIMP Making the copy image black • From “Brushes”, select the circular brush with hardness 100 • From the

what's new with the program, screen shots, and some tutorials. The authors deserve lots of credit for making such a powerful program a reality and then releasing it for general usage. You can find links at