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  33.             <h2 class="title"><a id="introduction"></a>Chapter┬á1.┬áIntroduction</h2>
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  38.         <p>
  39.           <b>Table of Contents</b>
  40.         </p>
  41.         <dl>
  42.           <dt>
  43.             <span class="sect1">
  44.               <a href="ch01.html#introduction-gimp">1. Welcome to The GIMP</a>
  45.             </span>
  46.           </dt>
  47.           <dd>
  48.             <dl>
  49.               <dt>
  50.                 <span class="sect2">
  51.                   <a href="ch01.html#introduction-platforms">1.1. Known platforms</a>
  52.                 </span>
  53.               </dt>
  54.               <dt>
  55.                 <span class="sect2">
  56.                   <a href="ch01.html#introduction-help">1.2. The GIMP-Help system</a>
  57.                 </span>
  58.               </dt>
  59.               <dt>
  60.                 <span class="sect2">
  61.                   <a href="ch01.html#id3415965">1.3. Language</a>
  62.                 </span>
  63.               </dt>
  64.               <dt>
  65.                 <span class="sect2">
  66.                   <a href="ch01.html#id3416028">1.4. Features and Capabilities</a>
  67.                 </span>
  68.               </dt>
  69.               <dt>
  70.                 <span class="sect2">
  71.                   <a href="ch01.html#authors">1.5. Authors</a>
  72.                 </span>
  73.               </dt>
  74.             </dl>
  75.           </dd>
  76.           <dt>
  77.             <span class="sect1">
  78.               <a href="ch01s02.html">2. What's New in The Gimp 2.0?</a>
  79.             </span>
  80.           </dt>
  81.           <dt>
  82.             <span class="sect1">
  83.               <a href="ch01s03.html">3. Gimp History</a>
  84.             </span>
  85.           </dt>
  86.           <dt>
  87.             <span class="sect1">
  88.               <a href="ch01s04.html">4. Reporting Bugs and Requesting Enhancements</a>
  89.             </span>
  90.           </dt>
  91.           <dd>
  92.             <dl>
  93.               <dt>
  94.                 <span class="sect2">
  95.                   <a href="ch01s04.html#id3416813">4.1. Making sure it's a Bug</a>
  96.                 </span>
  97.               </dt>
  98.               <dt>
  99.                 <span class="sect2">
  100.                   <a href="ch01s04s02.html">4.2. Reporting the Bug</a>
  101.                 </span>
  102.               </dt>
  103.               <dt>
  104.                 <span class="sect2">
  105.                   <a href="ch01s04s03.html">4.3. What Happens to a Bug Report after you Submit it</a>
  106.                 </span>
  107.               </dt>
  108.             </dl>
  109.           </dd>
  110.         </dl>
  111.       </div>
  112.       <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  113.         <div class="titlepage">
  114.           <div>
  115.             <div>
  116.               <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="introduction-gimp"></a>1.┬áWelcome to The GIMP</h2>
  117.             </div>
  118.           </div>
  119.         </div>
  120.         <a id="id3415718" class="indexterm"></a>
  121.         <p>
  122.     The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
  123.     <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is an acronym for <span class="acronym">GNU</span>
  124.     Image Manipulation Program. The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is
  125.     suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including
  126.     photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.
  127.   </p>
  128.         <p>
  129.     It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint
  130.     program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online
  131.     batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an
  132.     image format converter, etc. 
  133.   </p>
  134.         <p> 
  135.     GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented
  136.     with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The
  137.     advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest
  138.     task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be
  139.     easily scripted.  
  140.   </p>
  141.         <p>
  142.     One of The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span>'s strengths is its free availability
  143.     from many sources for many operating systems. Most
  144.     <span class="acronym">GNU</span>/<span class="application">Linux</span> distributions
  145.     include The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> as a standard application. The
  146.     <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is also available for other operating systems
  147.     such as <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows</span>Γäó or Apple's
  148.     <span class="productname">Mac OS X</span>Γäó (<span class="application">Darwin</span>).
  149.     The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is not freeware. It is an
  150.     Open Source Software application covered by the
  151.     General Public License (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl/" target="_top"><span class="acronym">GPL</span> license</a>). The
  152.     <span class="acronym">GPL</span> provides users with the freedom to access and
  153.     alter the source code that makes up computer programs.
  154.   </p>
  155.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  156.           <div class="titlepage">
  157.             <div>
  158.               <div>
  159.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="introduction-platforms"></a>1.1.┬áKnown platforms</h3>
  160.               </div>
  161.             </div>
  162.           </div>
  163.           <p>
  164.       The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is the most widely supported image
  165.       manipulation available today. The platforms that The
  166.       <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is known to work on include
  167.       <span class="productname"><span class="acronym">GNU</span>/Linux</span>Γäó,
  168.       <span class="productname">Apple Mac OS X (Darwin)</span>Γäó,
  169.       <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, XP, NT4, and 2000</span>Γäó,
  170.       <span class="productname">OpenBSD</span>Γäó,
  171.       <span class="productname">NetBSD</span>Γäó,
  172.       <span class="productname">FreeBSD</span>Γäó,
  173.       <span class="productname">Solaris</span>Γäó,
  174.       <span class="productname">SunOS</span>Γäó,
  175.       <span class="productname">AIX</span>Γäó,
  176.       <span class="productname">HP-UX</span>Γäó,
  177.       <span class="productname">Tru64</span>Γäó,
  178.       <span class="productname">Digital UNIX</span>Γäó,
  179.       <span class="productname">OSF/1</span>Γäó,
  180.       <span class="productname">IRIX</span>Γäó,
  181.       <span class="productname">OS/2</span>Γäó, and
  182.       <span class="productname">BeOS</span>Γäó.
  183.     </p>
  184.           <p>
  185.       The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> can easily be ported to other operating
  186.       systems because of its source code availability.
  187.     </p>
  188.         </div>
  189.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  190.           <div class="titlepage">
  191.             <div>
  192.               <div>
  193.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="introduction-help"></a>1.2.┬áThe GIMP-Help system</h3>
  194.               </div>
  195.             </div>
  196.           </div>
  197.           <p>
  198.       The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span>-Help system provides you with the
  199.       information necessary to understand how to use The
  200.       <span class="acronym">GIMP</span>. You can get context sensitive help
  201.       while using GIMP by pressing the F1 key. Help on specific menu
  202.       items can be accessed by pressing the F1 key while the mouse
  203.       focuses the menu item. Read on to begin your GIMP journey.
  204.     </p>
  205.         </div>
  206.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  207.           <div class="titlepage">
  208.             <div>
  209.               <div>
  210.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="id3415965"></a>1.3.┬áLanguage</h3>
  211.               </div>
  212.             </div>
  213.           </div>
  214.           <p>
  215.       All being well, GIMP detects the system language. This may fail 
  216.       on some machines and you may want use another language. It is 
  217.       possible to change the language:
  218.     </p>
  219.           <div class="itemizedlist">
  220.             <ul type="disc">
  221.               <li>
  222.                 <p>
  223.           <span class="emphasis"><em>Under LINUX</em></span>: in console mode,
  224.           type <b class="userinput"><tt>LANGUAGE=en gimp</tt></b> or
  225.           <b class="userinput"><tt>LANG=en gimp</tt></b>
  226.           replacing en by
  227.           fr, de, ... according to the language you want.
  228.         </p>
  229.               </li>
  230.               <li>
  231.                 <p>
  232.           <span class="emphasis"><em>Under WINDOWS XP</em></span>: Control Panel/System/ 
  233.           Advanced/"Environment" button/ In "System Variables" area: 
  234.           "Add" button: Enter LANG for Name and fr or de... for Value.
  235.         </p>
  236.               </li>
  237.               <li>
  238.                 <p>
  239.           <span class="emphasis"><em>Under Windows Me</em></span>: Start/Programs/
  240.           Accessories/System Tools/System Informations/Tools/System 
  241.           Configuration Utility/"Environment" tab/"New" button: Enter 
  242.           LANG for Name and fr or de... for Value. 
  243.         </p>
  244.               </li>
  245.               <li>
  246.                 <p>
  247.           <span class="emphasis"><em>Under Mac</em></span>: Go to System Preferences, 
  248.           click on the International icon, and in the Language tab, the 
  249.           desired language should be the first in the list.
  250.         </p>
  251.               </li>
  252.             </ul>
  253.           </div>
  254.         </div>
  255.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  256.           <div class="titlepage">
  257.             <div>
  258.               <div>
  259.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="id3416028"></a>1.4.┬áFeatures and Capabilities</h3>
  260.               </div>
  261.             </div>
  262.           </div>
  263.           <p> 
  264.       This is only a brief list of Gimp features:
  265.     </p>
  266.           <div class="itemizedlist">
  267.             <ul type="disc">
  268.               <li>
  269.                 <p>
  270.         Full suite of painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an
  271.         airbrush, cloning, etc. 
  272.       </p>
  273.               </li>
  274.               <li>
  275.                 <p>
  276.         Tile-based memory management so image size is limited only by
  277.         available disk space 
  278.       </p>
  279.               </li>
  280.               <li>
  281.                 <p>
  282.         Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high-quality
  283.         anti-aliasing 
  284.       </p>
  285.               </li>
  286.               <li>
  287.                 <p>
  288.         Full Alpha channel support
  289.       </p>
  290.               </li>
  291.               <li>
  292.                 <p>
  293.         Layers and channels
  294.       </p>
  295.               </li>
  296.               <li>
  297.                 <p>
  298.         A procedural database for calling internal Gimp functions from
  299.         external programs, such as Script-Fu 
  300.       </p>
  301.               </li>
  302.               <li>
  303.                 <p>
  304.         Advanced scripting capabilities
  305.       </p>
  306.               </li>
  307.               <li>
  308.                 <p>
  309.         Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space)
  310.       </p>
  311.               </li>
  312.               <li>
  313.                 <p>
  314.         Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip
  315.       </p>
  316.               </li>
  317.               <li>
  318.                 <p>
  319.         File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA,
  320.         MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others 
  321.       </p>
  322.               </li>
  323.               <li>
  324.                 <p>
  325.         Load, display, convert and save to many file formats
  326.       </p>
  327.               </li>
  328.               <li>
  329.                 <p>
  330.         Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy,
  331.         bezier and intelligent 
  332.       </p>
  333.               </li>
  334.               <li>
  335.                 <p>
  336.         Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats
  337.         and new effect filters 
  338.       </p>
  339.               </li>
  340.             </ul>
  341.           </div>
  342.         </div>
  343.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  344.           <div class="titlepage">
  345.             <div>
  346.               <div>
  347.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="authors"></a>1.5.┬áAuthors</h3>
  348.               </div>
  349.             </div>
  350.           </div>
  351.           <p>
  352.       The first version of the Gimp was written by Peter Mattis and Spencer
  353.       Kimball. Many other developers have contributed more recently, and
  354.       thousands have provided support and testing. Gimp releases are
  355.       currently being orchestrated by Sven Neumann and Mitch Natterer and
  356.       many other people called the Gimp-Team. 
  357.     </p>
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