GIMP User Manual

Copyright © 2000 by The GIMP Documentation Team

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
What is The GIMP?
A Brief List of Features and Capabilities
Platform Support
About the Help System
What Can GIMP Do For Me?
Image Editing
Video Editing
2. Using GIMP
Starting for the First Time
User Directory
Performance Tuning
Monitor Resolution
The Main Interface
The ToolBox
The Image Window
File Formats
Supported Formats
What Format Should I Use?
3. ToolBox
Toolbox Introduction
The ToolBox
Module Browser
Help Page for Help
Additional Information
Context Help
Additional Information
Tip of the Day
About Dialog
4. Image
Image Menu Introduction
The Image Window
Undo
Additional Information
Redo
Additional Information
Cut
Additional Information
Copy
Additional Information
Paste
Additional Information
Paste Into
Paste As New
Cut Named
Additional Information
Copy Named
Additional Information
Paste Named
Additional Information
Clear
Additional Information
Fill
Additional Information
Stroke
Invert Selection
Additional Information
Select All
Additional Information
Select None
Additional Information
Float Selection
Additional Information
Feather Selection
Additional Information
Sharpen Selection
Additional Information
Shrink Selection
Grow Selection
Border Selection
Save Selection to Channel
Zoom
Additional Information
Dot for Dot
The Info Window
The General Tab
The Extended Tab
Additional Information
The Navigation Window
Additional Information
Toggle Selection
Additional Information
Toggle Rulers
Additional Information
Toggle Statusbar
Additional Information
Toggle Guides
Additional Information
Snap to Guides
New View
Shrink Wrap
Additional Information
Convert to RGB
Additional Information
Convert to Grayscale
Additional Information
Convert to Indexed
Palette Options
Dithering
Additional Information
Desaturate
Invert
Equalize
Offset
Additional Information
Set Canvas Size
Scale Image
Scale Layer Warning
Duplicate
Additional Information
5. Layers
What are Layers?
Using Layers
The Layers Dialog
New Layer
Stack
Duplicate Layer
Anchor Layer
Delete Layer
Layer Boundary Size
General
The Chain Button
Layer to Image Size
Scale Layer
Merge Visible Layers
General
Additional Information
Merge Down
Flatten Image
Add Layer Mask
Apply Layer Mask
Delete Layer Mask
Layer Mask to Selection
Add Alpha Channel
Alpha to Selection
Edit Layer Attributes
General
6. Channels
Channels Introduction
The Channels Dialog
Selections and Channels
The New Channel Dialog
Raise Channel
Lower Channel
Duplicate Channel
Channel to Selection
Delete Channel
Edit Channel Attributes
7. Paths
Paths Introduction
The Paths Dialog
Control area
Edit area
Path area
New Path
Duplicate Path
Path to Selection
Stroke Path
Delete Path
Copy Path
Paste Path
Export Path
Import Path
Edit Path Attributes
8. Tools
Tools Introduction
Tool Options Dialog
Airbrush
Additional Information
Bezier Selection
Blend
Additional Information
Brightness-Contrast
Bucket Fill
Additional Information
By Color Selection
Clone
Additional Information
Color Balance
Color Picker
Additional Information
Convolver
Additional Information
Crop
Additional Information
Curves
Dodge or Burn
Additional Information
Elliptical Selection
Additional Information
Eraser
Additional Information
Flip
Additional Information
Free-Hand Selection
Additional Information
Fuzzy Selection
Additional Information
Histogram
Hue-Saturation
Ink
Additional Information
Intelligent Scissors
Additional Information
Levels
Magnify
Additional Information
Measure
Move
Additional Information
Paintbrush
Additional Information
Pencil
Additional Information
Posterize
Rectangular Selection
Additional Information
Smudge
Additional Information
Text Tool
Additional Information
Threshold
Transform
Additional Information
Perspective Transform
Rotate
Scale
Shear
9. File
File Operations Introduction
New Image
Additional Information
Open File
Additional Information
File Save or Save As
Additional Information
Revert Image
Last Opened
Additional Information
Close
Additional Information
Quit
Additional Information
Really Close
Really Quit
10. Open
Opening Images
Open by Extension
11. Save
Saving Images
Save by Extension
12. Dialogs
Dialogs Introduction
Layers, Channels and Paths Dialog
Additional Information
The Preferences Dialog
New File Settings
Default Image Size and Unit
Default Image Resolution and Resolution Unit
Default Image Type
Maximum Image Size
Summary
Default Comment
Display Settings
Transparency
8-Bit Displays
Interface Settings
Interface
Help System
Image Windows
Tool Options
Environment Settings
Resource Consumption
Scaling
File Saving
Session Management
Window Positions
Devices
Monitor Settings
Get Monitor Resolution
Directories
The Brush Selection Dialog
Preview and Brush Information
Settings
Pixmap Brushes
Additional Information
The Brush Editor Dialog
Settings
The Gradient Selection Dialog
Additional Information
Gradient Editor
The Popup Menu
Copy Gradient
Delete Gradient
New Gradient
Rename Gradient
Replicate Segment
Save as PovRay
Split Segments Uniformly
The Pattern Selection Dialog
Additional Information
The Color Palette Dialog
Additional Information
The Palette Editor
General
Delete Palette
Import Palette
General
Merge Palette
New Palette
Indexed Palette
Input Devices
The Device Status Dialog
The Document Index Dialog
The Error Console Dialog
The Display Filters Dialog
The Gamma Display Filter
The High Contrast Display Filter
Undo History
The Standard GIMP Color Selector
The GTK Color Selector
The Triangle Color Selector
The Watercolor Color Selector
Edit Qmask Attributes
13. Filters
Filters Introduction
Reshow Last Filter
Additional Information
Repeat Last Filter
Additional Information
The "Apply Canvas" Filter
The Apply Canvas Dialog
The "Blinds" Filter
The "Blur" Filter
The BZ2 File Plug-In
The "Cubism" Filter
The Cubism Dialog
The FITS File Plug-In
The GIH File Plug-In
The "GIMP Table Magic" Plug-In
The "IIR Gaussian Blur" Filter
The "RLE Gaussian Blur" Filter
The GZ File Plug-In
The HRZ File Plug-In
The JPEG File Plug-In
The MIFF File Plug-In
The "Oilify" Filter
Short description of The Oilify Dialog
The PAT File Plug-In
The "Pixelize" Filter
The PNG File Plug-In
The PNM File Plug-In
The Print Plug-In
Adjust Color
The PSD File Plug-In
The PSP File Plug-In
The "Qbist" Filter
The Qbist dialog
The "Ripple" Filter
The "Scatter HSV" Filter
The "Semi Flatten" Filter
The SGI File Plug-In
The "Sharpen" Filter
The "Shift" Filter
The "Sunras" File Plug-In
The TGA File Plug-In
The TIFF File Plug-In
The "Tile" Filter
The URL File Plug-In
The "Value Invert" Filter
The WMF File Plug-In
The XWD File Plug-In
A. Keyboard Shortcuts
B. Command Line Options
GIMP
GIMP Tool
GIMP Remote
C. GIMP License
Glossary
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