The Book of GIMP: A Complete Guide to Nearly Everything

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GIMP is a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop with tons of professional-grade features. But with such a lot of powerful tools and menu options, GIMP can be difficult to master. Whether you’re struggling to get started or trying to master some of GIMP’s more complex features, You can find the answers you’re searching for in The Book of GIMP.

The tutorials in the first half of the book walk you through essential GIMP skills, like resizing and cropping images, touching up spots and scratches, and customizing your work area. Illustrated, step by step instructions show you how to:

  • Improve the lighting and composition of images
  • Remove distortions and noise to make old and damaged photos look like new
  • Create stunning panoramas and digital collages the usage of a series of photos
  • Make, edit, and export custom textures, logos, and animated GIFs
  • Work with selections, channels, and masks to edit images like a pro
  • Create colorful digital art, layer by layer

The book’s second half offers a comprehensive reference to GIMP’s many features, including color balancing, masks, filters, and plug-ins. You can find tools described in unparalleled detail, with coverage of nearly every option and parameter.

With illustrated tutorials and detailed references, The Book of GIMP is sure to develop into your one-stop guide to just about everything GIMP.

A Look Inside The Book of GIMP

Realistic GIMP drawing

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GIMP drawing that looks like charcoal pencil

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Adding filters with GIMP

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A List of the Creator’s 5 Favorite GIMP Tool Presets:

1. The Pencil Soft Preset – An extremely realistic simulation of drawing with a charcoal pencil.

2. The Blue Pen Preset – An all-purpose way to annotate any picture.

3. The Smudge Soft Preset – Provides the most suitable choice for smoothing a painting without making it look dirty.

4. The Eraser Soft Preset – Simulates working with a high-quality eraser.

5. The Splatters Preset – A very handy way of adding blemishes to a picture.

A List of the Creator’s 5 Favorite GIMP Filters:

1. The IWarp Filter – Means that you can build fun animations of people’s portraits.

2. The Edge Filter – Can be used to create strange interpretations of dull photos.

3. The Make Seamless Filter – Offers the ability to generate very simple tiled backgrounds for web pages.

4. The Plasma Filter – The most fundamental filter for building new textures.

5. The G’MIC Selection of Filters – Contains all of the most useful filters.

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