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-TheGimp is _the_
[Linux
]-based
graphics editing package
.
+TheGimp, properly referred to as [GIMP] or The [GIMP],
is a
[GPL
] graphics editing program
.
-''Is apparently
a little difficult to get to grips with
, but this may be just WellUsedRhetoric
.''
+It was originally developed on [X11] by two students, Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball, who wanted a graphical editing program. Now, it has developed into a highly polished UserInterface ToolKit called [GTK+], the GIMP Toolkit, and
a serious graphical editor for such tasks as photo retouching
, image composition and image authoring
.
-Actually, TheGimp (more accurately referred to as TheGIMP or
The __G__nu __I__mage __M__anipulation __P__rogram) is rather easy to use if you know how to use PhotoShop
. Some people will tell you that it is simply
a PhotoShop clone - this is simply not true
, and while the clone accusation is the first anti GIMP slander you're likely to hear
, the next is bound to attack the UI because it doesn't behave exactly like PhotoShop. (I guess that's logic
for you
.)
+[
The GIMP's website|http://www
.gimp.org] tells us the software "can be used as
a simple paint program
, a expert quality photo retouching program
, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter", and
for many other purposes
.
-[TheGIMP]'s user interface is a very powerful non-[MDI] design
, which, while aparantly confusing the hell out of PhotoShop users, can be extremely productive once you get to know it. Don't be put off by first impressions, and read a
[book
|http://www
.gimp-savvy
.com
], or post a
[question
|http://gug
.sunsite
.dk/forums/
] if you need help.
+A subproject
, originally called !FilmGimp (now
[CinePaint
|http://cinepaint
.sourceforge
.net/
]) is used in the film industry
, and has made its way onto Hollywood movies such as 2 Fast 2 Furious, Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter and Stuart Little. (
[Read an article about !CinePaint/Film GIMP
|http://linuxjournal
.com/article
.php?sid=6148
]
-Oh, and if you're some poor soul who uses a pirated copy of PhotoShop via [Wine] on [Linux] purely because you didn't like GIMP 1.2, you should really go and try one of the current development snapshots - in it's default state it's got a slew of "enhancements" which should make you feel more at home.
+%%%
-For those of you who actually
find the unique
interface intuitive and productive
, or just want to learn more
, there
's
[The GIMP User Group
|http://gug.sunsite.dk/]
+[TheGIMP]'s user interface is a very powerful, non-[MDI] design. WellUsedRhetoric says that AdobePhotoshop users will
find it difficult to get to grips with
the interface - it suffers from the inevitable "It's almost
, but not quite
, entirely like AdobePhotoshop" complaints. There is an entire page devoted to this topic at GimpVersusPhotoshop. The interface will let you be extremely productive once you get to know it. Don
't be put off by first impressions -- read a book|http://www.gimp-savvy.com], or post a
[question
|http://gug.sunsite.dk/forums
/] if you need help.
-GIMP
's website is
at http://www.gimp.org/ - see also
http://www.gimpforce
.org/.
+For those of you who actually find the unique interface intuitive and productive, or just want to learn more, there
's [The GIMP User Group|http://gug.sunsite.dk/]. See a gallery of GIMP artwork
at http://www.gimpforce.org/.
+
+%%%
+
+There are ports to MicrosoftWindows ([Windows GIMP port|http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/
gimp/]) and [MacOSX] ([MacGIMP|http://www.macgimp
.org/]).
+
+(Some [GIMP screenshots|
http://www.elwing
.org/gallery/view_photo.php?full=1&set_albumName=album26&id=screenshot0]
.)
