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The GNU Image Manipulation Program or just GIMP is a free software bitmap image editor. It also has some support for vector graphics. The project was started in 1995 by Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis and is now maintained by a group of volunteers; it is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Overview
GIMP originally stood for General Image Manipulation Program. Its creators, Spencer Kimball and Petter Mattis, initially started GIMP as a semester-long project for a class at UC Berkeley. Both were integral members of eXperimental Computing Facility, a student club at Berkeley (the GIMP's file extension, XCF, is taken from the initials of this club). In 1997, after both Kimball and Mattis had graduated from Berkeley, the name was changed to GNU Image Manipulation Program when it became an official GNU project.
GIMP can be used to process digital graphics and photographs. Typical uses include creating graphics and logos, resizing and cropping photos, changing colors, combining images using a layer paradigm, removing unwanted image features, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create simple animated images.
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The GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program, for X Windows systems. Official site, including download area, documentation, FAQs, and a plugin registry.
ACM Crossroads - Introduction to the Gimp - Student magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery. Crossroads has published an article about the Gimp, and has an online discussion forum related to it.
Meta Description: [ An Introduction to the GIMP; ACM Crossroads ]
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Building GIMP on Windows - A description how to build GIMP on Windows. Currently only covers compiling using the MinGW-toolkit, not cygwin or MSVC.
Everybody loves The GIMP - GIMP guru and plug-in writer. Keeper of the nexus of GIMP links and information.
Gimp PDB Documentation - Gimp Procedural Database Documentation created by gimpdoc.
GIMP-Page - Provides GIMP-related things, script-fu, plug-ins compiled for Windows.
GIMP-Savvy - Resources for learning the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Includes the complete text of Grokking the GIMP an advanced book on practical image editing techniques.
Meta Description: [ Gimp-Savvy.com is the premiere site for learning advanced digital image editing techniques using the GNU Image Manipulation Program, the GIMP. The site includes GIMP tutorials, the complete text of Grokking the GIMP, and a copyright-free photo archive. Learn the GIMP! ]
GIMPwin Information - A collection of various GIMPwin-related stuff. Currently mainly a HOWTO-gimpwin-gtk-themes is provided.
GimpWin installer - Provides installations packages for GIMP on Windows.
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GTK+ for Windows - Uses Tor's libraries to create installation packages of GTK.
GTK-Wimp - Windows impersonator is a GTK theme that blends well into the Windows desktop environment.
Jürgen's GIMP Stuff - Submit ideas for something to be added to the GIMP. The wish list is a list of ideas for hacks/modifications/improvements of the GIMP.
Jon Peterson - An interface critique of The Gimp
Planet Gimp - Collection of Gimp artwork and a tutorial.
Meta Description: [ Planet Gimp shows artwork
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WinGIMP - Win32-related GIMP information.
Zach's GIMP Stuff - Some collected information, tutorials, news and a FAQ forum.
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