GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program Introduction to Web

What is GIMP? • GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) • Open Source Software • Available for many Operating Systems v v v GNU/Linux (i 386, PPC) Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista) Mac OS X Sun Open. Solaris Free. BSD Powerpoint Templates 2

GIMP General Capabilities • • Digital Retouching Image Composition Supports many file formats Image format conversion Powerpoint Templates 3

GIMP Specific Features • • • Painting ü Painting Tools (brush, pencil, airbrush, clone, etc. ) ü Gradient editor and blend tool Advanced Manipulation ü Full alpha channel (transparency) support ü Multiple Layers ü Multiple Undo/Redo ü Transformation tools (rotate, scale, shear and flip) ü Selection tools (rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy) Extensible ü Over 100 plug-ins already available Animation ü Load and save animations in a convenient frame-as-layer format File Handling ü Many file formats (bmp, gif, jpeg, mng, pcx, pdf, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, xpm, etc. ) ü Load, display, convert, save to multiple file formats ü SVG path import/export Much, much more! Powerpoint Templates 4

GIMP Snapshots Layers Toolbox Powerpoint Templates 5

Installing GIMP Download GIMP at the following: http: //www. gimp. org/downloads/ Powerpoint Templates 6