GIMP 2.6 cookbook

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Credits......Page 4
About the Author......Page 5
About the Reviewers......Page 6
www.PacktPub.com......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Creating an orb using different paint tools......Page 18
Blending colors......Page 28
How to paint a sky and clouds......Page 31
a cartoon of yourself......Page 38
Introduction......Page 58
Using Blur......Page 60
Using Distorts......Page 66
Using Light and Shadow......Page 79
Using Noise......Page 81
Using Edge-Detect......Page 85
Using Artistic......Page 86
Using Decor......Page 89
Using Map......Page 93
Using Render......Page 95
Using web design-oriented filters......Page 103
Using logo-creation filters......Page 109
Introduction......Page 116
Creating a quick logo for your company......Page 117
Creating 3D text......Page 124
Creating glowing text effects......Page 128
Creating shining plastic text......Page 131
Creating gold text......Page 136
Creating icy cold text......Page 140
Creating fiery text......Page 144
Creating paper cutout text......Page 149
Creating rubber stamp text......Page 152
Introduction......Page 156
Scaling an image......Page 157
Cropping an image......Page 159
Flipping or rotating an image......Page 160
Improving low-light photos......Page 165
(Liquid Rescaling)......Page 171
depth of field)......Page 176
Creating HDR photos......Page 180
with a color touch......Page 195
Introduction......Page 204
Removing red eyes from a picture......Page 205
Coloring black and white pictures......Page 207
Removing objects from an image......Page 210
Removing backgrounds......Page 218
Creating surreal picture manipulations......Page 224
Adding graffiti to a photo......Page 235
Cleaning objects......Page 243
Correcting facial imperfections......Page 251
Introduction......Page 264
design layout from scratch......Page 265
Creating custom glossy buttons......Page 273
blog template......Page 278
template......Page 292
Creating headers for your blog/website......Page 316
Creating a colorful abstract background......Page 326
Creating a green time-machine background......Page 332
Creating a light spikes background......Page 339
Creating a retro dots background......Page 345
Introduction......Page 354
Installing plugins and scripts......Page 355
Using the 3D Screenshot script......Page 357
Using the Midnight Sepia script......Page 359
Using the Star Scape script......Page 362
Using the Antique Photo Border script......Page 364
Using the National Geographic script......Page 366
Using the Watermark script......Page 369
Using the Save for Web plugin......Page 373
Using the DBP Plugin......Page 375
Beyond GIMP......Page 380
Useful links......Page 382
Interface changes......Page 384
Tool changes......Page 387
Known problems......Page 388
Running GIMP for the first time......Page 389
Command-line arguments......Page 390
Adding tablet support to GIMP......Page 392
The windows and their arrangement......Page 395
Getting started with the tools......Page 397
Using Undo......Page 398
Index......Page 400