Bring Out the GIMP Part 1: GIMP Basics

"No matter which Linux distro you run, chances are it came with a magnificent little image editor called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Unlike Paint and other free-with-your-OS image editors, GIMP is a full featured graphics app with a broad range of capabilities that rival those os Adobe Photoshop. (Note: GIMP does lack many features of its $749 rival, but it has the distinct advantage of costing absolutely nothing.) In this, our first of several posts about this powerful Linux app, we'll give you a quick-and-dirty intro to GIMP's most basic features. Note that there are multiple ways to accomplish these basic tasks in GIMP, but these methods require the fewest steps. In later tutorials, we'll show you more advanced (and more efficient) image editing techniques..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Linux.com: Creating Hackergotchis Using the GIMP(Apr 06, 2007)
• Free Software Magazine: Digital Image Resizing with the GIMP(Feb 01, 2007)
• Free Software Magazine: Baby Steps with The GIMP(Oct 12, 2006)
• Linux.com: Running Photoshop Plugins in the GIMP, Even Under Linux(Apr 12, 2006)