xxi Part I Getting Started 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Welcome to GIMP GIMP is a multi-platform tool to create and edit images of all kinds. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program 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 dialog, Brushes dialog common, not entirely accurate, idea you could get from this, is that the selection is a sort of container, with the selected parts of the image inside, and the unselected parts outside. Although this concept

layer it belongs to and consequently consists of the same pixels. Every pixel can be regarded as a container which can be filled with a value ranging from 0 to 255. The exact meaning of this value depends of placing each dialog in its own window, you can group them together using docks. A "dock" is a container window that can hold a collection of persistent dialogs, such as the Tool Options dialog, Brushes enclosing a portion of the image. The idea you could get from this is that the selection is a sort of container, with the GNU Image Manipulation Program 76 / 653 selected parts of the image inside, and the

placing each dialog in its own window, you can group them together using docks. A "dock" is a container window that can hold a collection of persistent dialogs, such as the Tool Options dialog, Brushes enclosing a portion of the image. The idea you could get from this is that the selection is a sort of container, with the selected parts of the image inside, and the unselected parts outside. This concept of an early beta stage. We want to release now to start working on compatibility issues and cross-platform stability. Also, we feel now that the program is actually usable and would like to see other interested

Bitmap Graphics Editor • Open Source • Cross Platform • Not for Vector editing www.gimp.org Vector vs Bitmap Getting GIMP • Open Source • Cross Platform www.gimp.org • View Toolbox – Windows > New

GIMP?  GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program.  It is Open Source.  It is Cross Platform.  It is Bitmap Graphics Editor, not for Vector editing. GIMP Interface When you start l o p e d B y - S a r o j J u n g h a r e Page 12 SAVING FILES The cross-platform image editor can save files in many formats. GIMP NOTES UNIT IV D e v e l o p e d

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 operating systems, and is often considered

reached an early beta stage. We want to release now to start working on compatibility issues and cross-platform stabil- ity. Also, we feel now that the program is actually usable and would like to see other interested recommended hardware for running Gimp. On a Linux Intel platform: • Minimum: Pentium 75, 32 MB RAM • Recommended: Pentium 200, 64 MB RAM Solaris Sparc platform: • Minimum: SparcClassic, 32 MB RAM • Recommended: local print shop can manage EPS files, you should probably use that for- mat. EPS is device and platform independent, and you can be sure that the out- come will look just like the image you created (assuming