. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 12.2 Selection Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 12.3 Brush Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 12.3.4 Painting Tools (Pencil, Paintbrush, Airbrush) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an airbrush, cloning, etc. • Tile-based memory management so image size is limited only by available disk space • Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for Advanced scripting capabilities • Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space) • Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip • File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF 4 of 421 G e n e r a t e d b y d o c b o o k 2 o d f BMP and many others • Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent • Plug-ins that allow for the

7: Selection Tools............................................ 109 Basic Controls 110 Selection Control 110 Moving Selections 112 Rectangular And Elliptical Selection Tools 115 Selection Select 119 The Bezier Selection Tool 120 Intelligent Scissors 123 Chapter 8: Paint Tools ................................................... 127 The Color Picker 128 Palettes 129 151 Undo And Redo 152 New View, Shrink Wrap And Window Info 152 Chapter 10: Transform Tools ......................................... 155 The Move Tool 156 The Crop Tool 158 The Transform

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 III Function Reference 203 14 Tools 205 14.1 The Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 14.2 Selection Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 14.2 Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 14.3 Paint Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 14

Tutorial on basic setup, key tools, 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 many functions similar to Adobe Photoshop such as; image editing, digital painting, graphic design tools and photo retouching and manipulation. GIMP vs Photoshop GIMP Photoshop -FREE. -20x smaller than further layer adjustment options, click the layer tab on the top of the screen. - Here there are key tools such as merging layers for bringing elements together into one single layer. 2 Layer mode allow

install and run the GIMP, you'll find that it is packed with features. Paint tools include a paintbrush, airbrush, text tools, clone, blur, and sharpen. You can also transform images with rotation, scaling TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, PPM, etc. Selections can be performed with rectangle, ellipse, and freehand tools. If that's not enough, you can use intelligent scissors, fuzzy selection by color, and even bezier main menu with some of the buttons labeled. The selection tools are near the top of the dialog, while other tools fill out the other rows. The tools that are built into GIMP on the main menu include moving

menu bar.  The Toolbox. Put your mouse over a tool/icon to see its description. Below the tools there are the options for the selected tool.  The “Layers, Channel, Paths, Undo” window. These Here are the icons in the toolbox and their functions: Icon Name Shortcut Description Brush tools Bucket Fill Shift + B Fills an area with a colour or pattern. Blend (Gradient) L Fills an Dodge/Burn Shift + D Lightens or darkens an image's shadows, mid tones, or highlights. Selection tools Rectangle R Selects square or rectangular regions. Ellipse E Selects circular or elliptical

• SINGLE WINDOW MODE To work in a single window Windows – Single Window Mode • TO ADD TOOLS AND TABS Windows – Dockable Dialogs Check out arrow next to TAB – Click and add Tab Background Colour (your own choice)  ACCESSING TOOLS The difference between the old version of Gimp and the latest version of Gimp is that tools are grouped. Each tool which has a group attached to use Josianne Mallia 3 Brief Notes on Introduction to Gimp Interface Tools • SELECTING FG COLOR AND BG COLOR Click on the colour you want and select your

pasteboard where you are looking at the photo in the middle of your work area which is flanked by tools and information pertaining to the object you are working on). 3. Here you can see the layers in the

Dialogs > Layers or (Ctrl + L) • GIMP can do a lot of things – will show you small selection of tools that are ethically acceptable to use for figure production Basic Layout Opening Images • To open