GIMP for Absolute Beginners by Smith, Jan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER 1: Finding and Installing GIMP

In This Chapter

Is This Chapter for You?

GIMP Works on Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux

System Requirements

GIMP Is Free Open Source Software Windows: Downloading and Installing GIMP

Portable GIMP for Windows: Installing GIMP on a USB Drive, CD, or DVD

Mac: Downloading and Installing GIMP

Snow Leopard and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6x, Mac 10.5x) Tiger: Downloading and Installing GIMP

GNU/Linux

Ubuntu

Extra Functionality in GIMP via Plugins Summary

CHAPTER 2: Getting to Know the GIMP Workspace

In This Chapter Is This Chapter for You? Quickest Way to Learn GIMP Starting GIMP

Windows Mac Linux

GIMP 2.8 Workspace

Simplifying GIMP's Workspace

Quick Quiz GIMP Workspace Tour Quick Quiz Toolbox Quick Quiz Menus in GIMP

File Menu Edit Menu Select Menu View Menu Image Menu Layer Menu Colors Menu Tools Menu Filters Menu Windows Menu Help Menu

Quick Quiz Dockable Dialogs or Dockable Panels

Undo History—Great for Beginners

Quick Quiz Summary

CHAPTER 3: Basic Computer Graphics

In This Chapter: Choosing an Image File Format

Suggested File Types for Beginners Quick Quiz Zooming in GIMP

Image Basics

Quick Quiz Checking Image Resolution in GIMP Saving Files in GIMP via the File Export Menu

Saving (Exporting) and Reducing JPG File Size Summary

CHAPTER 4: Image Straightening, Cropping, Scaling, and Perspective

In This Chapter

Straightening or Rotating an Image Image Opens Upside Down

Cropping an Image

Basic Crop Cropping to an Aspect Ratio Cropping to a Width or Height

Changing the Size of an Image

Making an Image Larger Making an Image Smaller

Fixing Perspective: Leaning Buildings Framing an Image Summary

CHAPTER 5: Fixing Problems in Images

In This Chapter Assessing Images Image Assessment Gallery Assessing Brightness and Darkness Assessing Your Editing Areas of GIMP Used in This Chapter

Correcting with Brightness (Contrast) Improving Tones in Images with Levels Correcting a Dull Image with Curves Improving Color and Tone with Curves

Color Too Strong (Oversaturated)

Hue-Saturation

Noisy Image Sharpening an Image To Sharpen an Image with Unsharp Mask Removing Red Eye

Selections Red Eye Removal

Using Brushes to Repair Images Whitening Teeth

To Whiten Teeth

Unwanted Spots or Blotches

Removing Spots with the Smudge Brush Removing Spots with the Healing Brush Making Brushes Dynamic

Summary

CHAPTER 6: Digital Imaging Projects

In This Chapter The Digital Project Gallery Adding Text to an Image Text on a Transparent Background Layers

Adding Two or More Images Together Saving Layers Layer Masks (Non-Destructive Editing) Working on Part of an Image (Selections) Tools to Select Part of an Image

Cage Transform Tool Cloning or Copying Parts of an Image

Cloning an Item in an Image Color to Black-and-White

Changing the Look of Your Images with Filters

Old Fashioned Sepia Toning Warping an Image Using a Filter to Convert a Photo a Background for a Drawing

Summary

CHAPTER 7: Setting Up a Graphics Tablet

In This Chapter The Benefits of Using a Graphics Tablet How to Add a Graphics Tablet

Installing Graphic Drivers on Your Computer

Setting Up Your Graphics Tablet

Troubleshooting Tips Adding Pressure Sensitivity to Your Tablet Setting Up Your Tablet's Eraser

Summary

CHAPTER 8: Digital Art: Painting in GIMP

In This Chapter Paint Tools in GIMP

Is This Chapter for Me?

Digital Painting: The Advantages

The Canvas Navigation and Zooming

Color Basics

Choosing a New Color: The Color Dialog The Bucket Fill Tool Changing the Background Color Managing Colors: Palettes

Becoming a Digital Painter: Using Paint Tools

The Eraser Tool The Paintbrush Tool Doing More with Brushes

Layers

The Canvas Revised Managing Layers with the Layer Dialog Doing More with Layers Problems with Layers

Filling in the Details

Blending Colors How to Blend Colors with the Smudge Tool Lightening and Darkening Colors

Summary

CHAPTER 9: Digital Art: Drawing in GIMP

In This Chapter How to Draw in GIMP

Tools for Drawing The Bucket Fill Tool The Eraser Tool

Drawing with Selections

Selection Tools Creating an Elliptic Selection Doing More with Selections

Drawing Freely

Drawing a Straight Line Pixel Art Using Depth in Pixel Art

Painting Without a Tablet

Assistive Painting: The Paths Tool The Path Tool Options Common Problems with Using Paths The Paths Dialog

Summary

CHAPTER 10: Hints, Tips, and Further Help

Customizing GIMP Increasing GIMP’s Undo History Scanning Images GIMP Can Be Extended

What is a Plug-in? GIMP Extension List

Photoshop and GIMP: A Comparison

GIMP and Photoshop on the Same Computer

Troubleshooting GIMP

I Just Want One Workspace I Cannot Seem to Paint or Fill My Image with a Color The Paint Tools Are Not Working GIMP Will Not Let Me Do Anything Lost Toolbox or Other Dialogs Where Is Undo History? Resizing Your Workspace Layer Control How Do I Make Changes Outside a Selected Area? How Do I Reset a Tool or Dialog? Improving GIMP’s Speed How Do I Get Maximum Editing Control of an Image? How do I Copy and Paste in GIMP How do I remove the Marching Ant Border around my Image How do I open Raw Files

Further Help

Mailing Lists IRC: Joining the GIMP Community

Further Reading Other Open-Source Graphics Software

Inkscape Scribus Blender

GIMP’s Future

APPENDIX A: Keyboard Shortcuts

Help Tools Context Within a Dialog Within a File Dialog Window Zoom Scrolling (Panning) Rulers and Guides Undo/Redo Clipboard Fill

APPENDIX B: GNU General Public License

Preamble Terms and Conditions

0. Definitions 1. Source Code 2. Basic Permissions 3. Protecting Users’ Legal Rights from Anti-Circumvention Law 4. Conveying Verbatim Copies 5. Conveying Modified Source Versions 6. Conveying Non-Source Forms 7. Additional Terms 8. Termination 9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies 10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients 11. Patents 12. No Surrender of Others’ Freedom 13. Use with the GNU Affero General Public License 14. Revised Versions of this License 15. Disclaimer of Warranty 16. Limitation of Liability 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16

How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

Glossary

Alpha Alpha Channel Aspect Ratio Brightness Color Cast Convert to RGB Working Space Crop Curves Dialog Dock Docking Dot for Dot EXIF Data Export/Save Images GIMP Guides Grid Help HDR Histogram Hue Inkscape Interactive Boundary Levels LZW Pixel Pixel Art Plug-in Raster Images Saturation Save Scaling Scale-Up Sharpening Snap to Grid Snap to Guide Tonal Range Undo Undo History Unsharp Mask Value Vector Images XCF Zoom

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