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From first installation to advanced image manipulation techniques, this book explains how anyone can utilize GIMP: a free, open source image manipulation program. You will learn how to install GIMP on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X platforms. Once you've installed the application, you'll learn about the interface and configuration options, and then jump into a quick and simple project to familiarize yourself. You will learn how to prepare camera images for display on web pages--including processes like rescaling, cropping, and balancing color. Utilizing layers, paths, and masks are also covered in extensive detail. You will also learn how to draw lines and shapes; utilize patterns and gradients; and even create your own brushes, patterns, and gradients. The author teaches you how to touch up digital photographs, smudging away blemishes, fixing red-eye, and stitching panoramic images. You'll learn how to tap into the powerful filters, effects, and plug-ins that are available for GIMP and automate tasks using scripts. The entire book is approached in a project-based manner, and as you progress, numerous projects will help strengthen your newly acquired abilities.
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Beginning GIMP, Akkana Peck
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2006
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Beginning GIMP
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Akkana Peck
- Verlag
- Apress
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2006
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 552
- ISBN10
- 1590595874
- ISBN13
- 9781590595879
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst & Kultur, Technologie & Industrie, Handbücher und Anleitungen, Kunst, Computer & Internet, Software
- Bewertung
- 3,9 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- From first installation to advanced image manipulation techniques, this book explains how anyone can utilize GIMP: a free, open source image manipulation program. You will learn how to install GIMP on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X platforms. Once you've installed the application, you'll learn about the interface and configuration options, and then jump into a quick and simple project to familiarize yourself. You will learn how to prepare camera images for display on web pages--including processes like rescaling, cropping, and balancing color. Utilizing layers, paths, and masks are also covered in extensive detail. You will also learn how to draw lines and shapes; utilize patterns and gradients; and even create your own brushes, patterns, and gradients. The author teaches you how to touch up digital photographs, smudging away blemishes, fixing red-eye, and stitching panoramic images. You'll learn how to tap into the powerful filters, effects, and plug-ins that are available for GIMP and automate tasks using scripts. The entire book is approached in a project-based manner, and as you progress, numerous projects will help strengthen your newly acquired abilities.