The author, Michael J. Hammel, is the graphics wizard who writes the monthly column "Graphics Muse", which appears in the Linux Gazette.
Writing on the linux-list mailing list January 1, 1999,
Phil Hughes, President of SSC, said:
"SSC's book, The Artist's Guide to the GIMP by
Michael Hammel is finally here. We got some sample copies yesterday and a
major shipment was sent to Computer Literacy on the 30th so they should
have them next week.
This is a 4-color glossy book on how to use the GIMP. Also includes a CD.
I would say more but we shipped all the copies we had out for review. It
does, however, look cool."
The Artists' Guide to the GIMP
Author: Michael J. Hammel
ISBN: 1-57831-011-3
332 Pages + CD ROM
Price $39.95
The Artists' Guide to the GIMP is a tutuorial and guide to the popular GNU
Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).
The GIMP is a tool for manipulating graphics images that borrows its look
and feel from the popular Macintosh and Microsoft Windows program
Photoshop. It is used for all varieties of image processing, photo
retouching and image composition. The GIMP offers such advanced features
as layered editing, a gradient editor, channel operations and alpha
blending. All of this is provided through an easy-to-use interface to
users of a variety of UNIX-based platforms.
