Table of Contents

Preface

1. GIMP User Manual Authors and Contributors

I. Getting started with The GIMP

1. Introduction

1. Welcome to The GIMP

1.1. Authors

1.2. The GIMP-Help system

1.3. Features and Capabilities

2. What's New in The GIMP?

2.1. Interoperability and standards support

2.2. Shortcut editor

2.3. Plug-in previews

2.4. Real-time previews of transform operations

2.5. GNOME Human Interface Guide conformance

2.6. GTK+ 2.4 migration

2.7. Basic vector support

2.8. Also . . .

3. Running GIMP

3.1. Command Line Arguments

3.2. Known platforms

3.3. Language

4. Starting GIMP the first time

2. GIMP Concepts

1. Main Windows in GIMP

1.1. The Main Toolbox

1.2. Image Window

1.3. Dialogs and Docking

2. Basic GIMP Concepts

3. Working with Images

3.1. Image types

3.2. QuickMask

3.3. Layers

3.4. The Selection

3.5. Undoing

3.6. Grids and Guides

3.7. Paths

3.8. Brushes

3.9. Gradients

3.10. Patterns

3.11. Palettes

3.12. Text and Fonts

3. Getting Unstuck

1. Stuck!

2. Common causes of GIMP non-responsiveness

II. How do I become a GIMP wizard?

4. Concepts for the Intermediate

1. Plugins

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Using Plugins

1.3. Installing New Plugins

1.4. Writing Plugins

2. Using Script-Fu Scripts

2.1. Script-Fu?

2.2. Installing Script-Fus

2.3. Do's and Don'ts

2.4. Different Kinds Of Script-Fus

2.5. Standalone Scripts

2.6. Image-Dependent Scripts

5. Using GIMP as a Beginner

1. Files

1.1. Creating new Files

1.2. Opening Files

1.3. Saving Files

2. Drawing Simple Objects

2.1. Drawing a Straight Line

2.2. Creating a Basic Shape

3. Creating and Using Selections

3.1. Moving a Selection

3.2. Creating a Free Selection

4. Dialogs and Docking

4.1. Creating Dialogs

4.2. Removing Tabs

5. How to Set Your Tile Cache

6. Using GIMP as an Intermediate

1. Using the Quickmask

2. Creating New Layers

3. Paths

3.1. Stroking a Path

3.2. Transforming Paths

4. Working with Digital Camera Photos

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Improving Composition

4.3. Improving Colors

4.4. Adjusting Sharpness

4.5. Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image

4.6. Saving Your Results

5. Preparing your Images for the Web

5.1. Images with an Optimal Size/Quality Ratio

5.2. Reducing the File Size Even More

5.3. Saving Images with Transparency

6. Adding New Brushes

7. Using GIMP as an Expert

1. Text

1.1. Embellishing Text

1.2. Adding Fonts

1.3. Font Problems

2. Rendering a Grid

3. A Script-Fu Tutorial

3.1. Getting Acquainted With Scheme

3.2. Variables And Functions

3.3. Lists, Lists And More Lists

3.4. Your First Script-Fu Script

3.5. Giving Our Script Some Guts

3.6. Extending The Text Box Script

4. Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions

5. The GIH dialog box

6. Creating a brush with variable size

III. The GIMP Function Reference

8. Toolbox

1. The Toolbox

1.1. Tool Options

2. Selection Tools

2.1. Common Features

2.2. Rectangle Selection Tool

2.3. Ellipse Selection Tool

2.4. Free Selection Tool (Lasso)

2.5. Fuzzy Selection Tool (Magic Wand)

2.6. Select By Color Tool

2.7. Scissors Tool

3. Brush Tools

3.1. Common Features

3.2. Bucket Fill

3.3. Gradient Tool

3.4. Painting Tools (Pencil, Paintbrush, Airbrush)

3.5. Pencil

3.6. Paintbrush Tool

3.7. Eraser

3.8. Airbrush Tool

3.9. Ink Tool

3.10. Clone Tool

3.11. Convolve (Blur/Sharpen)

3.12. Dodge or Burn

3.13. Smudge Tool

4. Transform Tools

4.1. Common Features

4.2. Move Tool

4.3. Crop and Resize Tool

4.4. Rotate Tool

4.5. Scale Tool

4.6. Shear Tool

4.7. Perspective Tool

4.8. Flip Tool

5. Color Tools

5.1. Color Balance Tool

5.2. Hue-Saturation Tool

5.3. Colorize Tool

5.4. Brightness-Contrast tool

5.5. Threshold Tool

5.6. Levels tool

5.7. Curves Tool

5.8. Posterize Tool

6. Other

6.1. Path Tool

6.2. Color Picker Tool

6.3. Magnify Tool

6.4. Measure Tool

6.5. Texttool

7. Color and Indicator Area

7.1. Color Area

7.2. Indicator Area

7.3. Active image area

9. Dialogs

1. Dialog introduction

2. Image structure related dialogs

2.1. Layers dialog

2.2. Channels dialog

2.3. Path dialog

2.4. Colormap dialog

2.5. Histogram dialog

2.6. Navigation Dialog

2.7. Undo History dialog

3. Image content related dialogs

3.1. Colors dialog

3.2. Brushes dialog

3.3. Patterns dialog

3.4. Gradients dialog

3.5. Palettes dialog

3.6. Fonts dialog

4. Image management related dialogs

4.1. Buffers dialog

4.2. Images dialog

4.3. Document History dialog

4.4. Templates dialog

5. Misc dialogs

5.1. Tools dialog

5.2. Preferences dialog

5.3. Device Status dialog

5.4. Error Console

10. Menus

1. Introduction to the GIMP Menus

1.1. Context Menus

1.2. Detachable Submenus

2. Toolbox File Menu

2.1. The “File” Menu of the Toolbox

2.2. Acquire

2.3. The Preferences command

2.4. The Dialogs sub-menu

3. Xtns

3.1. Introduction to the “Xtns” menu

3.2. The Module Manager

3.3. The Unit Editor

3.4. Plug-In Browser

3.5. The Procedure Browser

3.6. The “Script-Fu” submenu

4. The “Help” Menu of the Toolbox Window

4.1. Introduction to the “Help” menu

4.2. Help

4.3. Context Help

4.4. Tip of the Day

4.5. About

4.6. The GIMP Online

5. The “File” Menu of the Image Window

5.1. File menu

5.2. New

5.3. Open

5.4. Open Location

5.5. Open Recent

5.6. Open as Layer

5.7. Save

5.8. Save as

5.9. Save a Copy

5.10. Save as Template

5.11. Revert

5.12. Print

5.13. Close

5.14. Quit

6. The “Edit” Menu of the Image Window

6.1. “Edit” menu entries

6.2. Undo

6.3. Redo

6.4. Undo History

6.5. Cut

6.6. Copy

6.7. Copy Visible

6.8. Paste

6.9. Paste Into

6.10. Paste as New

6.11. Buffers

6.12. Clear

6.13. Fill with FG Color

6.14. Fill with BG Color

6.15. Fill with Pattern

6.16. Stroke Selection

6.17. Stroke Path

7. Select

7.1. Introduction to the “Select” menu

7.2. Select All

7.3. None

7.4. Invert

7.5. Float

7.6. By Color

7.7. From Path

7.8. Selection Editor

7.9. Feather

7.10. Sharpen

7.11. Shrink

7.12. Grow

7.13. Border

7.14. Rounded Rectangle

7.15. Toggle QuickMask

7.16. Save to Channel

7.17. To Path

8. View

8.1. Introduction to the “View” Menu

8.2. New View

8.3. Dot for Dot

8.4. Zoom

8.5. Shrink Wrap

8.6. Full Screen

8.7. Info Window

8.8. Navigation Window

8.9. Display Filters

8.10. Show Selection

8.11. Show Layer Boundary

8.12. Show Guides

8.13. Snap to Guides

8.14. Show Grid

8.15. Snap to Grid

8.16. Padding Color

8.17. Show Menubar

8.18. Show Rulers

8.19. Show Scrollbars

8.20. Show Statusbar

9. The “Image” Menu of the Image Window

9.1. The “Image” Menu of the Image Window

9.2. Duplicate

9.3. Mode

9.4. RGB mode

9.5. Grayscale mode

9.6. Indexed mode

9.7. Decompose

9.8. Compose

9.9. Transform

9.10. Flip Horizontally; Flip Vertically

9.11. Rotation

9.12. Guillotine

9.13. Canvas Size

9.14. Print Size

9.15. Fit Canvas to Layers

9.16. Scale Image

9.17. Crop Image

9.18. Autocrop Image

9.19. Zealous Crop

9.20. Merge Visible Layers

9.21. Flatten Image

9.22. Guides

9.23. Remove all guides

9.24. New Guide (by Percent)

9.25. New Guide

9.26. New Guides from Selection

9.27. Configure Grid

10. Layers

10.1. Introduction to the “Layer” Menu

10.2. New Layer

10.3. Duplicate layer

10.4. Anchor layer

10.5. Merge Down

10.6. Delete Layer

10.7. The “Stack” Submenu

10.8. Select Previous Layer

10.9. Select Next Layer

10.10. Select Top Layer

10.11. Select Bottom Layer

10.12. Raise Layer

10.13. Lower Layer

10.14. Layer to Top

10.15. Layer to Bottom

10.16. The “Colors” Submenu

10.17. Desaturate

10.18. Invert

10.19. Layer Color-Stretching Commands

10.20. The “Auto” Submenu

10.21. Equalize

10.22. White Balance

10.23. Stretch Contrast

10.24. Color Enhance

10.25. Stretch HSV

10.26. Normalize

10.27. Autocrop Layer

10.28. The “Mask” Submenu

10.29. Add Layer Mask

10.30. Apply Layer Mask

10.31. Delete Layer Mask

10.32. Edit Layer Mask

10.33. Disable Layer Mask

10.34. Show Layer Mask

10.35. Mask to Selection

10.36. Add Layer Mask to Selection

10.37. Subtract Layer Mask from Selection

10.38. Intersect Layer Mask with Selection

10.39. The “Transparency” Submenu of the “Layer” menu

10.40. Add Alpha Channel

10.41. Color to Alpha

10.42. Semi-flatten

10.43. Threshold Alpha

10.44. Alpha to Selection

10.45. Add to Selection

10.46. Subtract from Selection

10.47. Intersect with Selection

10.48. The “Transform” Submenu

10.49. Flip Horizontally

10.50. Flip Vertically

10.51. Rotate 90 degrees CW

10.52. Rotate 90 degrees CCW

10.53. Rotate 180 degrees

10.54. Arbitrary Rotation

10.55. Offset

10.56. Layer Boundary Size

10.57. Layer to Image Size

10.58. Scale Layer

10.59. Crop Layer

10.60. Align Visible Layers

11. Tools