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THE BOOK OF GIMP gimp_FINAL_FINAL_pourPDF.indd 1 10/16/2012 11:45:48 AM by Olivier Lecarme and Karine Delvare SanFrancisco gimp_FINAL_FINAL_pourPDF.indd 2 10/16/2012 11:45:48 AM THE BOOK OF GIMP.Copyright©2013byOlivierLecarmeandKarineDelvare. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,orbyanyinformationstorageorretrieval system,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthecopyrightownerandthepublisher. Firstprinting PrintedinChina Brief Contents 15141312 123456789 ISBN–10:1-59327-383-5 ISBN–13:978-1-59327-383-5 Publisher:WilliamPollock ProductionEditor:SerenaYang Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 22 CustomizingGIMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 CoverIllustration:TinaSalameh DevelopmentalEditor:SondraSilverhawk Part I Learning GIMP Part III Appendices Copyeditor:LeeAnnPickrell 1 GettingStarted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A VisionandImageRepresentation . . . . 591 Proofreaders:PaulaL.FlemingandRileyHoffman 2 PhotographRetouching. . . . . . . . . . . 25 B TipsandHintsforSelectedExercises . . 609 Forinformationonbookdistributorsortranslations,pleasecontactNoStarchPress,Inc.directly: 3 DrawingandIllustration . . . . . . . . . . 61 C Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 NoStarchPress,Inc. 38RingoldStreet,SanFrancisco,CA94103 4 LogosandTextures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 D FrequentlyAskedQuestions. . . . . . . . 619 phone:415.863.9900;fax:415.863.9950;[email protected];www.nostarch.com 5 CompositePhotography . . . . . . . . . . 115 E InstallingGIMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData 6 Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 F BatchProcessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Lecarme, Olivier. 7 ImagePreprocessing . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 [GIMP. English] 8 DesigningaWebsite . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 The book of GIMP : a complete guide to nearly everything / by Olivier Lecarme and Karine Delvare. Part II Reference pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 9 TheGIMPInterface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 ISBN 978-1-59327-383-5 -- ISBN 1-59327-383-5 10 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 1. GIMP (Computer file) 2. Photography--Digital techniques. 3. Image processing--Digital techniques. I. Delvare, Karine. II. Title. 11 Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 TR267.5.G56L4313 2012 12 Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 621.36'7--dc23 2012020781 13 Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 14 Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 NoStarchPressandtheNoStarchPresslogoareregisteredtrademarksofNoStarchPress,Inc.Otherproduct 15 DrawingTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 andcompanynamesmentionedhereinmaybethetrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.Ratherthanusea trademarksymbolwitheveryoccurrenceofatrademarkedname,weareusingthenamesonlyinaneditorial 16 TransformationTools . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 fashionandtothebenefitofthetrademarkowner,withnointentionofinfringementofthetrademark. 17 Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Theinformationinthisbookisdistributedonan“AsIs”basis,withoutwarranty.Whileeveryprecautionhas 18 AnimationTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 beentakeninthepreparationofthiswork,neithertheauthornorNoStarchPress,Inc.shallhaveanyliability toanypersonorentitywithrespecttoanylossordamagecausedorallegedtobecauseddirectlyorindirectly 19 ObtainingandPrintingImages . . . . . 509 bytheinformationcontainedinit. 20 ImageFormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 21 ScriptsandPlug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 gimp_FINAL_FINAL_pourPDF.indd 4 10/16/2012 11:45:48 AM THE BOOK OF GIMP.Copyright©2013byOlivierLecarmeandKarineDelvare. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,orbyanyinformationstorageorretrieval system,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthecopyrightownerandthepublisher. Firstprinting PrintedinChina Brief Contents 15141312 123456789 ISBN–10:1-59327-383-5 ISBN–13:978-1-59327-383-5 Publisher:WilliamPollock ProductionEditor:SerenaYang Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 22 CustomizingGIMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 CoverIllustration:TinaSalameh DevelopmentalEditor:SondraSilverhawk Part I Learning GIMP Part III Appendices Copyeditor:LeeAnnPickrell 1 GettingStarted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A VisionandImageRepresentation . . . . 591 Proofreaders:PaulaL.FlemingandRileyHoffman 2 PhotographRetouching. . . . . . . . . . . 25 B TipsandHintsforSelectedExercises . . 609 Forinformationonbookdistributorsortranslations,pleasecontactNoStarchPress,Inc.directly: 3 DrawingandIllustration . . . . . . . . . . 61 C Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 NoStarchPress,Inc. 38RingoldStreet,SanFrancisco,CA94103 4 LogosandTextures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 D FrequentlyAskedQuestions. . . . . . . . 619 phone:415.863.9900;fax:415.863.9950;[email protected];www.nostarch.com 5 CompositePhotography . . . . . . . . . . 115 E InstallingGIMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData 6 Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 F BatchProcessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Lecarme, Olivier. 7 ImagePreprocessing . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 [GIMP. English] 8 DesigningaWebsite . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 The book of GIMP : a complete guide to nearly everything / by Olivier Lecarme and Karine Delvare. Part II Reference pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 9 TheGIMPInterface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 ISBN 978-1-59327-383-5 -- ISBN 1-59327-383-5 10 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 1. GIMP (Computer file) 2. Photography--Digital techniques. 3. Image processing--Digital techniques. I. Delvare, Karine. II. Title. 11 Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 TR267.5.G56L4313 2012 12 Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 621.36'7--dc23 2012020781 13 Selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 14 Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 NoStarchPressandtheNoStarchPresslogoareregisteredtrademarksofNoStarchPress,Inc.Otherproduct 15 DrawingTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 andcompanynamesmentionedhereinmaybethetrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.Ratherthanusea trademarksymbolwitheveryoccurrenceofatrademarkedname,weareusingthenamesonlyinaneditorial 16 TransformationTools . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 fashionandtothebenefitofthetrademarkowner,withnointentionofinfringementofthetrademark. 17 Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Theinformationinthisbookisdistributedonan“AsIs”basis,withoutwarranty.Whileeveryprecautionhas 18 AnimationTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 beentakeninthepreparationofthiswork,neithertheauthornorNoStarchPress,Inc.shallhaveanyliability toanypersonorentitywithrespecttoanylossordamagecausedorallegedtobecauseddirectlyorindirectly 19 ObtainingandPrintingImages . . . . . 509 bytheinformationcontainedinit. 20 ImageFormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 21 ScriptsandPlug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 gimp_FINAL_FINAL_pourPDF.indd 5 10/16/2012 11:45:48 AM Contents in Detail Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1.5 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2 Photograph Retouching. . . . . . . 25 ThisBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv TheAuthors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi 2.1 Tutorial: EnhancingBadlyTaken ProductionNotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Cropping,Straightening,and Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii RestoringPerspective . . . . . 25 CorrectingExposure. . . . . . . . . . . 26 Part I Learning GIMP CorrectingtheColorBalance . . . . . 28 1 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RemovinganObject. . . . . . . . . . . 29 1.1 GIMPBasics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ImprovingSharpness . . . . . . . . . . 30 TheScreenLayout . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RemovingRedEye . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DockableDialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 GlobalTransformations. . . . . . . . . 32 TheToolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ResizinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 TheSingle-WindowInterface . . . . . 6 ShearinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1.2 ImageHandlingBasics . . . . . . . . . 8 ChangingBrightness,Contrast,and OpeninganImage. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 MaximizinganImage . . . . . . . . . 9 AdjustingColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.3 LocalTransformations. . . . . . . . . . 38 ImageWindowMenus . . . . . . . . . 11 MakingaSelection . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ModifyingSharpness . . . . . . . . . . 41 SavinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ModifyingBrightness . . . . . . . . . . 42 1.3 WorkingwithImages . . . . . . . . . . 15 UsingtheCloneTool . . . . . . . . . . 45 ResizinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PerspectiveCloning . . . . . . . . . . . 46 CroppinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MoreCorrectionMethodsforRedEye 47 AddingaFramewithFilters. . . . . . 17 ChangingtheSkyofaLandscape. . 49 UsingLayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.4 RetouchingaScannedPhotograph . 50 DrawinginGIMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CorrectingColors . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 PrintingwithGIMP . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 CorrectingScratchesandSpots . . . 53 1.4 UsingaTablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 RestoringVeryOldPhotographs. . . 54 InstallingaTablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2.5 AdvancedTechniques. . . . . . . . . . 55 TheTabletMouseandStylus . . . . . 22 MakingaPhotographLookOlder. . 55 WorkingwithaTabletinGIMP . . . 23 ImprovingaPortrait . . . . . . . . . . . 57 gimp_FINAL_FINAL_pourPDF.indd 6 10/16/2012 11:45:48 AM Contents in Detail Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1.5 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2 Photograph Retouching. . . . . . . 25 ThisBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv TheAuthors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi 2.1 Tutorial: EnhancingBadlyTaken ProductionNotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Cropping,Straightening,and Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii RestoringPerspective . . . . . 25 CorrectingExposure. . . . . . . . . . . 26 Part I Learning GIMP CorrectingtheColorBalance . . . . . 28 1 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RemovinganObject. . . . . . . . . . . 29 1.1 GIMPBasics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ImprovingSharpness . . . . . . . . . . 30 TheScreenLayout . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RemovingRedEye . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DockableDialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 GlobalTransformations. . . . . . . . . 32 TheToolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ResizinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 TheSingle-WindowInterface . . . . . 6 ShearinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1.2 ImageHandlingBasics . . . . . . . . . 8 ChangingBrightness,Contrast,and OpeninganImage. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 MaximizinganImage . . . . . . . . . 9 AdjustingColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.3 LocalTransformations. . . . . . . . . . 38 ImageWindowMenus . . . . . . . . . 11 MakingaSelection . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ModifyingSharpness . . . . . . . . . . 41 SavinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ModifyingBrightness . . . . . . . . . . 42 1.3 WorkingwithImages . . . . . . . . . . 15 UsingtheCloneTool . . . . . . . . . . 45 ResizinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PerspectiveCloning . . . . . . . . . . . 46 CroppinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MoreCorrectionMethodsforRedEye 47 AddingaFramewithFilters. . . . . . 17 ChangingtheSkyofaLandscape. . 49 UsingLayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.4 RetouchingaScannedPhotograph . 50 DrawinginGIMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CorrectingColors . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 PrintingwithGIMP . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 CorrectingScratchesandSpots . . . 53 1.4 UsingaTablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 RestoringVeryOldPhotographs. . . 54 InstallingaTablet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2.5 AdvancedTechniques. . . . . . . . . . 55 TheTabletMouseandStylus . . . . . 22 MakingaPhotographLookOlder. . 55 WorkingwithaTabletinGIMP . . . 23 ImprovingaPortrait . . . . . . . . . . . 57 gimp_FINAL_FINAL_pourPDF.indd 7 10/16/2012 11:45:48 AM viii ContentsinDetail ContentsinDetail 0 ix UsingMultipleCapturesofthe UsingtheEmbossingFilters . . . . . . 102 TheMovePathTool . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Part II Reference SameScene . . . . . . . . . . . 58 MoreWaystoCreateTextures . . . . 105 BinocularAnimation. . . . . . . . . . . 156 9 The GIMP Interface . . . . . . . . . . 195 2.6 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4.3 Logos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 ImprovingtheBinocularAnimation . 158 3 Drawing and Illustration. . . . . . 61 TheTextTool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 6.5 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 9.1 TheMainWindows . . . . . . . . . . . 195 AddingRelief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Multi-WindowMode . . . . . . . . . . 195 3.1 Tutorial: ColorizingaDrawing. . . . 61 ProperShadevs. CastShadow . . . 109 7 Image Preprocessing . . . . . . . . . 161 Single-WindowMode . . . . . . . . . 197 TheBlackandWhiteDrawing . . . . 61 ApplyingaTexture . . . . . . . . . . . 111 7.1 Tutorial: ExtractingInformation DockingWindowsandDockable UsingLayerstoKeepOutlinesVisible 61 4.4 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 fromaPicture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 DefiningObjectsandBaseColors. . 63 DynamicsExtension . . . . . . . . . . . 161 TheImageWindow . . . . . . . . . . . 202 5 Composite Photography . . . . . . 115 ColoringtheMushrooms . . . . . . . . 64 HistogramModification . . . . . . . . 163 9.2 FundamentalGIMPCommands . . . 203 Shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 5.1 Tutorial: BuildingaComposite ClosingWindowsandQuittingGIMP 203 NoiseReduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 FinishingTouches. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 WorkingwithMultipleImages . . . . 204 EdgeDetection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 3.2 PaintingandDrawing. . . . . . . . . . 68 TakingFeaturesfromDifferent CommonTabMenuOptions . . . . . 206 7.2 ThePrinciplesofPreprocessing. . . . 165 Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Portraits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 9.3 WorkingwiththeGIMPInterface . . 207 SubjectiveAspectsofPreprocessing 165 ThePencilTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 SmoothingTransitions. . . . . . . . . . 118 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 HistogramsandDecompositioninto ThePaintbrushTool . . . . . . . . . . . 71 5.2 Selections,Overlaying,and KeyboardShortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 TheAirbrushTool . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 BlendingModes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 KeyboardTips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 ExtractingInformationthrough TheInkTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 MasksandSelections . . . . . . . . . . 119 ClickingandDragging . . . . . . . . . 209 DynamicsExtension . . . . . . 168 3.3 FillinganArea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 OverlayingImages. . . . . . . . . . . . 121 9.4 Creating,Loading,Saving,and TheBucketFillTool. . . . . . . . . . . . 73 UsingBlendingModes . . . . . . . . . 123 7.3 Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 ExportingFiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 5.3 BuildingaPanorama . . . . . . . . . . 127 ThePrinciplesofFiltering. . . . . . . . 171 CreatingaNewImage . . . . . . . . . 210 Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 TakingthePictures . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 CharacteristicMatrices . . . . . . . . . 172 LoadingaWebPageasanImage . 211 3.4 Dodging,Burning,andSmudging . 75 SuperimposingthePictures . . . . . . 128 ComparingtheBuilt-inFilters . . . . . 173 LoadinganImagefromaFile . . . . 212 TheDodge/BurnTool . . . . . . . . . . 75 TouchingUpthePanorama . . . . . . 129 7.4 EdgeDetection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 SavinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 TheSmudgeTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 ThePandoraPlug-in. . . . . . . . . . . 131 ThePrinciplesofEdgeDetection . . . 175 ExportinganImage . . . . . . . . . . . 215 3.5 TheDigitalPaintingProcess . . . . . . 78 5.4 ImageOverlaying . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 EdgeDetectionMethods . . . . . . . . 176 9.5 Undoing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 DigitalCollage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 7.5 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 9.6 TheGIMPHelpSystem . . . . . . . . . 219 SkyandClouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Self-Compositing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 8 Designing a Website . . . . . . . . . 181 10 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 ACompositePhotographyProject. . 136 Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 5.5 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 8.1 Tutorial: LayingOutaWebsite. . . . 181 10.1 RulersandUnits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Grassland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 10.2 Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 6 Animation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 10.3 Grids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 6.1 Tutorial: AnimatedText. . . . . . . . . 139 River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 AddingColor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 10.4 Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 MethodOne: FramebyFrame. . . . 139 3.6 DrawingShapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 ChoosingaColorPalette. . . . . . . . 183 10.5 UsingMultipleViews . . . . . . . . . . 229 MethodTwo: FilteringAllLayers. . . 140 DrawingaStraightLine . . . . . . . . 85 8.2 Fixed-andVariable-WidthDesigns 185 11 Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 MethodThree: MovingAlongaPath 142 DrawingEllipsesandRectangles. . . 86 8.3 WebDesignTools . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 6.2 BuildinganAnimatedGIFbyHand 144 11.1 TheLayersDialog . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 DrawingaComplexShape . . . . . . 87 ImageMap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 DrawingaRainbowDaisy. . . . . . . 145 ComponentsoftheLayersDialog . . 231 3.7 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Semi-Flatten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 ZoomingTowardtheViewer . . . . . 146 ALayerEntryintheLayersDialog . 233 4 Logos and Textures . . . . . . . . . . 89 Slice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 AddingRaintoaLandscape . . . . . 148 KeyboardShortcutsintheLayers 4.1 Tutorial: MakingaLuggageTag. . . 89 AddingSnowtoaLandscape . . . . 150 8.4 OptimizingImagesfortheWeb . . . 190 Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 4.2 Textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 6.3 UsingAnimationTools . . . . . . . . . 151 JPEG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 UsesoftheLayersDialog . . . . . . . 234 Tiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 InteractiveDeformation. . . . . . . . . 151 GIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 11.2 TheLayersMenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 CreatingTextures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 AnimatingaStillImage . . . . . . . . 151 PNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 11.3 LayerGroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 UsingtheBlendTool. . . . . . . . . . . 96 Morphing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 11.4 TheImage: LayerMenu . . . . . . . . 238 UsingtheNoiseFilters . . . . . . . . . 101 6.4 UsingGAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 8.5 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 TheStackMenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 gimp_FINAL_FINAL_pourPDF.indd 8 10/16/2012 11:45:49 AM

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GIMP is a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop with tons of professional-grade features. But with so many powerful tools and menu options, GIMP can be difficult to master. Whether you're struggling to get started or trying to master some of GIMP's more complex features, you'll find the answers you're