Beginning GIMP

From Novice to Professional
1. Auflage 2006. Corr. 2. printing 2006
ISBN: 978-1-59059-587-9
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 552 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 235 mm

Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional explains how to utilize the free, Open Source image manipulation program, The GIMP. You will learn how to install The GIMP on Windows, Linux, and MacOS 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'll learn how to prepare camera images for display on web pages-including items like rescaling, cropping, and balancing color. Utilizing layers, paths, and masks are also covered in extensive detail. Of course you will also learn how to draw lines and shapes, utilize patterns and gradients, and even create your own brushes, patterns, and gradients.

This book also teaches you how to touch up digital photographs, smudging away blemishes, fixing redeye, and stitching panoramic images. You'll learn how to tap into the powerful filters, effects, and plug-ins that are available for The GIMP, and automate tasks using scripts. The entire book is approached in a project-based manner, and as you progress, numerous projects will help solidify your newly acquired abilities.

Zielgruppe

Beginner Graphics Designers looking for Open Source-alternative to Photoshop

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peck, Akkana

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Fotobeabeitung und Bildbearbeitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

What is the GIMP?- Get to Know the GIMP.- Preparing Camera Images for the Web.- Introduction to Layers.- Drawing.- Selection Tools.- Erasing and Touching Up.- Filters and Effects.- Bezier Paths.- Masks.- Layer Modes, Channels and Color Manipulation.- Plugins and Scripting.- Additional Topics.- Further Resources.

Über Autor(innen)

Akkana Peck is a freelance software developer and writer who has been working with open source software for nearly 20 years. She has worked for a diverse collection of companies which include Netscape, Silicon Graphics, Sun, HP, and Apple, and has written imaging software ranging from GIMP plugins, to cartography, to scientific visualization.

Akkana is a longtime member of the GIMP community and enjoys giving GIMP courses and presentations, as well as filling up her hard drive with digital images. She lives in San Jose, California, with her husband and a motley assortment of old computers. You can find more of her musings at http://www.shallowsky.com.