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User Guide (English)

User Guide

Table of Contents

I Getting started
21
- Introduction
  22
  - Welcome to the GIMP
    22
    - Authors
      22
    - The GIMP-Help system
      22
    - Features and Capabilities
      22
  - What's New in GIMP?
    23
- Fire up the GIMP
  25
  - Running GIMP
    25
    - Known Platforms
      25
    - Language
      25
    - Command Line Arguments
      26
  - Starting GIMP the first time
    26
- First Steps With Wilber
  30
  - Basic Concepts
    30
  - Main Windows
    32
    - The Main Toolbox
      33
    - Image Window
      35
    - Dialogs and Docking
      36
  - Undoing
    40
    - Things That Cannot be Undone
      41
  - GIMPLite Quickies
    42
    - Intention
      42
    - Change the Size of an Image (Scale)
      42
    - Make JPEGs Smaller
      44
    - Crop An Image
      47
    - Find Info About Your Image
      48
    - Change the Mode
      50
    - Flip An Image
      52
  - How to Draw Straight Lines
    53
    - Intention
      53
    - Final
      55
- Getting Unstuck
  57
  - Getting Unstuck
    57
    - Stuck!
      57
    - Common Causes of GIMP Non-Responsiveness
      57
II How do I Become a GIMP Wizard?
61
- Getting Images Into GIMP
  62
  - Image Types
    62
  - Creating new Files
    64
  - Opening Files
    64
    - Open File
      64
    - Open Location
      65
    - Open Recent
      66
    - File Browser
      66
    - Drag and Drop
      66
    - Copy and Paste
      66
    - Image Browser
      66
- Getting images out of GIMP
  67
  - Files
    67
    - Saving Images
      67
    - Saving Files
      67
  - Preparing your Images for the Web
    72
- Painting with GIMP
  75
  - The Selection
    75
    - Feathering
      76
    - Making a Selection Partially Transparent
      77
  - Creating and Using Selections
    78
    - Moving a Selection
      78
    - Creating a Free Selection
      79
  - QuickMask
    79
    - Overview
      79
    - Properties
      80
  - Using the Quickmask
    80
  - Paths
    81
    - Path Creating
      81
    - Paths and Selections
      82
    - Transforming Paths
      83
    - Stroking a Path
      83
    - Paths and Text
      84
    - Paths and SVG files
      85
  - Brushes
    85
  - Adding New Brushes
    86
  - The GIH Dialog Box
    87
  - Creating a Brush with Variable Size
    91
  - Gradients
    92
  - Patterns
    94
  - Palettes
    95
    - Colormap
      96
  - Drawing Simple Objects
    97
    - Drawing a Straight Line
      97
    - Creating a Basic Shape
      98
- Combining Images
  100
  - Introduction to Layers
    100
    - Layer Properties
      100
  - Layer Modes
    103
  - Creating New Layers
    118
  - Text and Fonts
    119
  - Text
    120
    - Embellishing Text
      120
    - Adding Fonts
      120
    - Font Problems
      121
- Enhancing Photographs
  122
  - Working with Digital Camera Photos
    122
    - Introduction
      122
    - Improving Composition
      122
    - Improving Colors
      123
    - Adjusting Sharpness
      125
    - Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image
      126
    - Saving Your Results
      127
- Pimp my GIMP
  129
  - Grids and Guides
    129
    - The Image Grid
      130
    - Guides
      131
  - Rendering a Grid
    131
  - How to Set Your Tile Cache
    131
  - Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions
    133
  - Dialogs and Docking
    134
    - Creating Docking Dialogs
      134
    - Removing Tabs
      135
  - Customize Splash-Screen
    136
- Scripting
  137
  - Plugins
    137
    - Introduction
      137
    - Using Plugins
      138
    - Installing New Plugins
      138
    - Writing Plugins
      139
  - Using Script-Fu Scripts
    139
    - Script-Fu?
      139
    - Installing Script-Fus
      140
    - Do's and Don'ts
      140
    - Different Kinds Of Script-Fus
      140
    - Standalone Scripts
      140
    - Image-Dependent Scripts
      142
  - A Script-Fu Tutorial
    142
    - Getting Acquainted With Scheme
      142
    - Variables And Functions
      144
    - Lists, Lists And More Lists
      146
    - Your First Script-Fu Script
      149
    - Giving Our Script Some Guts
      151
    - Extending The Text Box Script
      154
III Function Reference
157
- Toolbox
  158
  - The Toolbox
    158
    - Tool Options
      159
  - Selection Tools
    159
    - Common Features
      159
    - Rectangle Selection Tool
      161
    - Ellipse Selection Tool
      164
    - Free Selection Tool (Lasso)
      166
    - Fuzzy selection (Magic wand)
      167
    - Select By Color Tool
      169
    - Scissors Tool
      170
  - Brush Tools
    172
    - Common Features
      172
    - Bucket Fill
      174
    - Gradient Tool
      176
    - Painting Tools (Pencil, Paintbrush, Airbrush)
      179
    - Pencil
      181
    - Paintbrush Tool
      182
    - Eraser
      184
    - Airbrush Tool
      186
    - Ink Tool
      188
    - Clone Tool
      190
    - Convolve (Blur/Sharpen)
      192
    - Dodge or Burn
      194
    - Smudge Tool
      196
  - Transform Tools
    197
    - Common Features
      197
    - Move Tool
      199
    - Crop and Resize Tool
      201
    - Rotate Tool
      203
    - Scale Tool
      205
    - Shear Tool
      207
    - Perspective Tool
      209
    - Flip Tool
      210
  - Color Tools
    211
    - Color Balance Tool
      211
    - Hue-Saturation Tool
      212
    - Colorize Tool
      213
    - Brightness-Contrast tool
      214
    - Threshold Tool
      215
    - Levels tool
      218
    - Curves Tool
      220
    - Posterize Tool
      221
  - Other
    222
    - Path Tool
      222
    - Color Picker Tool
      225
    - Magnify Tool
      226
    - Measure Tool
      227
    - Texttool
      229
  - Color and Indicator Area
    231
    - Color Area
      231
    - Indicator Area
      232
    - Active image Area
      232
- Dialogs
  233
  - Dialog Introduction
    233
  - Image Structure Related Dialogs
    233
    - Layers Dialog
      233
    - Channels Dialog
      238
    - Path Dialog
      243
    - Colormap Dialog
      247
    - Histogram dialog
      249
    - Navigation Dialog
      251
    - Undo History Dialog
      252
  - Image Content Related Dialogs
    254
    - Colors Dialog
      254
    - Brushes Dialog
      255
    - Patterns Dialog
      258
    - Gradients Dialog
      260
    - Palettes Dialog
      265
    - Fonts Dialog
      270
  - Image Management Related Dialogs
    271
    - Buffers Dialog
      271
    - Images Dialog
      273
    - Document History Dialog
      274
    - Templates Dialog
      275
  - Misc dialogs
    277
    - Tools Dialog
      277
    - Preferences Dialog
      278
    - Device Status Dialog
      299
    - Error Console
      299
    - Export File
      300
- Menus
  303
  - Introduction to Menus
    303
    - Context Menus
      303
    - Detachable Submenus
      304
  - Toolbox File Menu
    304
    - The `File' Menu of the Toolbox
      304
    - Acquire
      305
    - The Preferences Command
      306
    - The Dialogs Sub-Menu
      307
  - The `Xtns' Menu
    307
    - Introduction to the `Xtns' Menu
      307
    - The Module Manager
      308
    - The Unit Editor
      308
    - Plug-In Browser
      310
    - The Procedure Browser
      312
    - The `Script-Fu' Submenu
      313
  - The `Help' Menu
    313
    - Introduction to the `Help' Menu
      313
    - Help
      313
    - Context Help
      314
    - Tip of the Day
      314
    - About
      314
    - GIMP online
      315
  - The `File' Menu
    316
    - File menu
      316
    - New
      316
    - Open
      319
    - Open Location
      321
    - Open Recent
      321
    - Open as Layer
      321
    - Save
      322
    - Save as
      322
    - Save a Copy
      324
    - Save as Template
      324
    - Revert
      324
    - Print
      325
    - Close
      325
    - Quit
      325
  - The `Edit' Menu
    326
    - `Edit' Menu Entries
      326
    - Undo
      326
    - Redo
      327
    - Undo History
      327
    - Cut
      327
    - Copy
      327
    - Copy Visible
      328
    - Paste
      328
    - Paste Into
      328
    - Paste as New
      329
    - Buffers
      329
    - Clear
      330
    - Fill with FG Color
      330
    - Fill with BG Color
      331
    - Fill with Pattern
      331
    - Stroke Selection
      331
    - Stroke Path
      332
  - The `Select' Menu
    334
    - Introduction to the `Select' Menu
      334
    - Select All
      334
    - None
      334
    - Invert
      335
    - Float
      335
    - By Color
      335
    - From Path
      336
    - Selection Editor
      336
    - Feather
      339
    - Sharpen
      340
    - Shrink
      340
    - Grow
      341
    - Border
      342
    - Rounded Rectangle
      342
    - Toggle QuickMask
      343
    - Save to Channel
      343
    - To Path
      343
  - The `View' Menu
    344
    - Introduction to the `View' Menu
      344
    - New View
      344
    - Dot for Dot
      345
    - Zoom
      345
    - Shrink Wrap
      346
    - Full Screen
      347
    - Info Window
      347
    - Navigation Window
      349
    - Display Filters
      349
    - Show Selection
      353
    - Show Layer Boundary
      354
    - Show Guides
      354
    - Snap to Guides
      354
    - Show Grid
      354
    - Snap to Grid
      355
    - Padding Color
      355
    - Show Menubar
      355
    - Show Rulers
      356
    - Show Scrollbars
      356
    - Show Statusbar
      356
  - The `Image' Menu
    357
    - The `Image' Menu of the Image Window
      357
    - Duplicate
      357
    - Mode
      358
    - RGB mode
      358
    - Grayscale mode
      358
    - Indexed mode
      359
    - Decompose
      361
    - Compose
      361
    - Transform
      361
    - Flip Horizontally; Flip Vertically
      361
    - Rotation
      362
    - Guillotine
      362
    - Canvas Size
      362
    - Fit Canvas to Layers
      364
    - Print Size
      364
    - Scale Image
      365
    - Crop Image
      366
    - Autocrop Image
      367
    - Zealous Crop
      367
    - Merge Visible Layers
      367
    - Flatten Image
      368
    - Guides
      369
    - New Guide
      369
    - New Guide (by Percent)
      370
    - New Guides from Selection
      370
    - Remove all guides
      371
    - Configure Grid
      371
  - The `Layers' Menu
    372
    - Introduction to the `Layer' Menu
      372
    - New Layer
      372
    - Duplicate layer
      373
    - Anchor layer
      373
    - Merge Down
      374
    - Delete Layer
      374
    - Discard Text Information
      374
    - `Stack' Submenu
      375
    - Select Previous Layer
      376
    - Select Next Layer
      376
    - Select Top Layer
      377
    - Select Bottom Layer
      377
    - Raise Layer
      377
    - Lower Layer
      378
    - Layer to Top
      378
    - Layer to Bottom
      378
    - The `Colors' Submenu
      379
    - Desaturate
      379
    - Invert
      380
    - Layer Color-Stretching Commands
      380
    - The `Auto' Submenu
      383
    - Equalize
      383
    - White Balance
      384
    - Color Enhance
      385
    - Normalize
      386
    - Stretch Contrast
      387
    - Stretch HSV
      388
    - Autocrop Layer
      389
    - The `Mask' Submenu
      389
    - Add Layer Mask
      390
    - Apply Layer Mask
      391
    - Delete Layer Mask
      391
    - Edit Layer Mask
      391
    - Disable Layer Mask
      392
    - Show Layer Mask
      392
    - Mask to Selection
      392
    - Add Layer Mask to Selection
      393
    - Subtract Layer Mask from Selection
      393
    - Intersect Layer Mask with Selection
      394
    - The `Transparency' Submenu of the `Layer' menu
      394
    - Add Alpha Channel
      395
    - Color to Alpha
      395
    - Semi-flatten
      395
    - Threshold Alpha
      396
    - Alpha to Selection
      396
    - Add Alpha channel to Selection
      397
    - Subtract from Selection
      397
    - Intersect Alpha channel with Selection
      398
    - The `Transform' Submenu
      399
    - Flip Horizontally
      400
    - Flip Vertically
      400
    - Rotate 90 degrees CW
      400
    - Rotate 90 degrees CCW
      401
    - Rotate 180 degrees
      401
    - Arbitrary Rotation
      401
    - Offset
      401
    - Layer Boundary Size
      402
    - Layer to Image Size
      403
    - Scale Layer
      403
    - Crop Layer
      404
    - Align Visible Layers
      405
  - The `Tools' Menu
    408
    - Introduction to the `Tools' Menu
      408
  - The `Filters' Menu
    409
    - Menu `Filters' Introduction
      409
    - Repeat Last
      409
    - Re-show Last
      410
    - Reset All Filters
      410
- Filters
  411
  - Introduction
    411
    - Preview
      412
  - Blur Filters
    412
    - Introduction
      412
    - Blur
      414
    - Gaussian Blur
      415
    - Selective Gaussian Blur
      416
    - Motion Blur
      417
    - Pixelise
      419
    - Tileable Blur
      420
  - Color filters
    421
    - Introduction
      421
    - Adjust FG-BG
      421
    - Alien Map 2
      422
    - Two Colors Exchange
      423
    - Colormap Rotation
      425
    - Map Color Range
      429
    - Sample Colorize
      430
    - Gradient Map
      432
    - Border Average
      432
    - Channel Mixer
      434
    - Colorcube Analysis
      437
    - Colorify
      437
    - Color to Alpha
      438
    - Decompose
      439
    - Compose
      441
    - Filter Pack
      442
    - Hot
      445
    - Max RGB
      446
    - Retinex
      447
    - Semi-Flatten
      448
    - Smooth Palette
      449
    - Value Invert
      450
  - Noise filters
    451
    - Introduction
      451
    - Hurl
      451
    - Scatter RGB
      452
    - Pick
      454
    - Scatter HSV
      455
    - Slur
      456
    - Spread
      457
  - Edge-Detect Filters
    458
    - Introduction
      458
    - Difference of Gaussians
      459
    - Edge
      460
    - Laplace
      463
    - Neon
      463
    - Sobel
      464
  - Enhance Filters
    465
    - Introduction
      465
    - Deinterlace
      465
    - Despeckle
      467
    - Destripe
      468
    - NL Filter
      468
    - Sharpen
      470
    - Unsharp Mask
      471
  - Generic Filters
    474
    - Introduction
      474
    - Convolution Matrix
      474
    - Dilate
      478
    - Erode
      479
  - Glass Effects Filters
    480
    - Introduction
      480
    - Apply Lens
      480
    - Glass Tile
      481
  - Light Effects filters
    482
    - Introduction
      482
    - FlareFX
      482
    - Gflare
      483
    - Lighting Effects
      490
    - Sparkle
      493
    - SuperNova
      494
  - Distort filters
    495
    - Introduction
      495
    - Blinds
      496
    - Curve Bend
      497
    - Emboss
      499
    - IWarp
      500
    - Mosaic
      502
    - Page Curl
      503
    - Polar Coords
      504
    - Ripple
      506
    - Shift
      507
    - Newsprint
      508
    - Video
      510
    - Value Propagate
      511
    - Waves
      515
    - Whirl and Pinch
      516
    - Wind
      518
  - Artistic filters
    520
    - Introduction
      520
    - Apply Canvas
      520
    - Cartoon
      521
    - Cubism
      522
    - GIMPressionist
      525
    - GIMPressionist - Orientation Map Editor
      530
    - GIMPressionist - Size Map Editor
      531
    - Oilify
      532
    - Photocopy
      533
    - Soft Glow
      535
  - Map Filters
    536
    - Introduction
      536
    - Bump Map
      536
    - Displace
      537
    - Fractal Trace
      540
    - Illusion
      541
    - Make Seamless
      542
    - Map Object
      543
    - Paper Tile
      550
    - Small Tiles
      551
    - Tile
      552
    - Warp
      553
    - Van Gogh (LIC)
      556
  - Rendering Filters
    560
    - Introduction
      560
    - Plasma
      560
    - Solid Noise
      561
    - Flame
      563
    - IFS Compose
      565
    - Diffraction Patterns
      569
    - CML Explorer
      570
    - Grid
      575
    - Maze
      577
    - Jigsaw
      578
    - Qbist
      579
    - Checkerboard
      581
    - Sinus
      582
    - Fractal Explorer
      584
    - Gfig
      588
    - Sphere Designer
      590
  - Combine Filters
    592
    - Introduction
      592
    - Depth Merge
      592
    - Film
      594
  - Animation Filters
    596
    - Optimize
      597
    - Playback
      597
  - Web Filters
    598
    - ImageMap
      598
- Keys and Mouse Reference
  601
  - Help
    601
  - Toolbox
    601
  - File
    602
  - Dialogs
    603
  - View
    604
  - Edit
    606
  - Layers
    606
  - Selections
    607
  - Plug-ins
    607
  - Zoom tool
    607
- Glossary
  609
- Bibliography
  625
  - Books
    625
  - Online resources
    625
- GIMP History
  628
  - The Very Beginning
    628
  - The Early Days of GIMP
    628
  - The One to Change the World
    629
  - New in GIMP 2
    629
- Reporting Bugs and Requesting Enhancements
  632
- GNU Free Documentation License
  636
  - PREAMBLE
    636
  - APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
    636
  - VERBATIM COPYING
    637
  - COPYING IN QUANTITY
    637
  - MODIFICATIONS
    638
  - COMBINING DOCUMENTS
    639
  - COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
    639
  - AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
    639
  - TRANSLATION
    640
  - TERMINATION
    640
  - FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
    640
  - ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
    640
- Eeek! There is Missing Help
  641
- Index
  642

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