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- The GIMP: The GNU Image Manipulation Program
- ============================================
-
- This is GIMP version 2.0, a stable release of the GNU Image
- Manipulation Program. GIMP 2.0 installs side-by-side with GIMP 1.2 so
- there's no need to uninstall GIMP 1.2 (but sooner or later you will
- not be using it any longer...).
-
- Some features that were present in GIMP 1.2 are not included in this
- release. The perl bindings as well as all the perl scripts are not any
- longer included in this source tree. They have been moved into its own
- module called gimp-perl and there's a pre-release available at
- ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/plug-ins/v2.0/perl/.
-
- GAP, a set of plug-ins that used to live in the
- Video submenu has also become a separate package and can be downloaded
- from ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/plug-ins/v2.0/gap/.
-
- This release does also not contain any user documentation to be used
- by the built-in help system. Help files for GIMP 2.0 are being worked
- on and you can find snapshots at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/.
-
- For detailed installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
-
-
- 1. Web Resources
- ================
-
- The GIMP's home page is at:
-
- http://www.gimp.org/
-
- Please be sure to visit this site for information, documentation,
- tutorials, news, etc. All things GIMP-ish are available from there.
-
- The automated plug-in registry is located at:
-
- http://registry.gimp.org/
-
- There you can get the latest versions of plug-ins using a convenient
- forms-based interface.
-
- The latest version of The GIMP can be found at:
-
- http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
-
-
- 2. Mailing Lists
- ================
-
- We have several mailing lists dedicated to GIMP user and development
- discussion. There is more info at
-
- https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/<listname>
-
- substituting <listname> for "gimp-announce", "gimp-user", "gimp-win-users"
- or "gimp-developer" (without the quotes, of course) depending on the list
- you want to subscribe to. Links to the mailing list archives can be
- found at the same addresses as given above.
-
- Gimp-announce is a low-traffic list with announcements about new
- releases of GIMP and plug-ins. Gimp-user is a mailing list dedicated
- to user problems, hints and tips, discussion of cool effects, etc.
- Gimp-developer is oriented to GIMP core and plug-in developers. Most
- people will only want to be subscribed to gimp-user. If you want to
- help develop The GIMP, the gimp-developer mailing list is a good
- starting point.
-
- There is also a mailing list dedicated to users of the Win32 port
- "gimpwin-users". To subscribe, send an empty message to
-
- gimpwin-users-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
-
- You can also use the web interface at
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gimpwin-users/. Note that as this mailing
- list is hosted on yahoogroups.com; the messages from the list contain
- relatively unintrusive and easily ignored advertisements at the
- end. But if you are absolutely allergic to ads, don't subscribe.
-
-
- 3. IRC
- ======
-
- And finally, for the real junkies, there is an IRC channel devoted to
- the GIMP. On Byxnet (a private mostly-GIMP network) there is #gimp.
- Many of the developers hang out there. One of the Byxnet servers are:
-
- irc.gimp.org:6667
-
-
- 4. Customizing
- ==============
-
- The look of GIMP's interface can be customized like any other GTK app
- by editing the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file or by using "themes" (ready-made
- customizations). For downloadable themes and further details, see
- http://gtk.themes.org. Additionally GIMP reads ~/.gimp-2.0/gtkrc so
- you can have settings that only apply to The GIMP.
-
- Included is a set of keybindings similar to those in Adobe Photoshop.
- You can find them in the ps-menurc file. To use them, copy this file
- to ~/.gimp-2.0/menurc. You can also manually change the keybindings to
- any of your choice by editing ~/.gimp-2.0/menurc.
-
-
- Have fun,
-
- Spencer Kimball
- Peter Mattis
- Federico Mena
- Manish Singh
- Sven Neumann
- Michael Natterer
- Dave Neary
-