Part I. Getting Started

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1. Welcome to GIMP

1.1. Authors

1.2. The GIMP Help system

1.3. Features and Capabilities

2. What's new in GIMP 2.10.18?

2. Fire up GIMP

1. Running GIMP

1.1. Known Platforms

1.2. Language

1.3. Command Line Arguments

2. Starting GIMP the first time

2.1. Finally . . .

3. First Steps with Wilber

1. Basic Concepts

2. Main Windows

2.1. The Toolbox

2.2. Image Window

2.3. Dialogs and Docking

3. Undoing

3.1. Things That Cannot be Undone

4. Common Tasks

4.1. Intention

4.2. Change the Size of an Image for the screen

4.3. Change the Size of an Image for print

4.4. Compressing Images

4.5. Crop An Image

4.6. Find Info About Your Image

4.7. Change the Mode

4.8. Flip An Image

4.9. Rotate An Image

4.10. Separating an Object From Its Background

5. How to Draw Straight Lines

5.1. Intention

5.2. Examples

4. Getting Unstuck

1. Getting Unstuck

1.1. Stuck!

1.2. Common Causes of GIMP Non-Responsiveness