Gimp - 2.2 Guía Del Usuario
CHAPTER 2. USING GIMP
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You can change these settings later in T
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GIMP’s Preferences Dialog.
2.1.3
Monitor Resolution
Every monitor is slightly different, and, to make images look correct, T
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GIMP needs
to know the resolution of your monitor. You may find information on your monitor’s
resolution in its manual. If you are not sure, click Calibrate. You need to then find
a ruler and measure the length of the white bars. Enter their measurements in the
horizontal and v ertical boxes. You can select the units used for measuring the bars
from the drop-down list. Click OK when you have finished calibrating.
When you are ready, click Continue to finish the configuration and start T
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GIMP.
T
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GIMP will show a splash-screen with a progress-bar at the bottom showing what
T
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GIMP is doing. When T
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GIMP starts, it looks through all your personal direc-
tories for items such as plug-ins and patterns. The first time T
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GIMP starts, this
process will take much longer than future times because T
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GIMP creates a cache of
the files.
2.2
The Main Interface
When you first see GIMP’s interface, you may think it looks very strange because it
consists of several windows and provides lots of r ight-click menus to access much of
GIMP’s power.
The GIMP interface has two main windows – theToolbox and theImage Window
as well as a myriad of other windows such as theColor Palette Selection or theLayers
Dialog, etc.
2.2.1
The ToolBox
See:ToolBox Help.
2.2.2
The Image Window
The other window which you will need to use all the time is theImage Window. This is
where your drawing space is, and it also contains several additional features and the
menu from which most of GIMP’s functions can be accessed.