The book of GIMP: A complete guide to nearly everything

Brief Contents
Contents in Detail
Introduction
	This Book
	The Authors
	Production Notes
	Conventions
	Acknowledgments
Part I: Learning GIMP
	1 Getting Started
		1.1 GIMP Basics
			The Screen Layout
			Dockable Dialogs
			The Toolbox
			The Single-Window Interface
		1.2 Image Handling Basics
			Opening an Image
			Maximizing an Image
			Scanning
			Image Window Menus
			Zooming
			Saving an Image
		1.3 Working with Images
			Resizing an Image
			Cropping an Image
			Adding a Frame with Filters
			Using Layers
			Drawing in GIMP
			Printing with GIMP
		1.4 Using a Tablet
			Installing a Tablet
			The Tablet Mouse and Stylus
			Working with a Tablet in GIMP
		1.5 Exercises
	2 Photograph Retouching
		2.1 Tutorial: Enhancing Badly Taken Photographs
			Cropping, Straightening, and Restoring Perspective
			Correcting Exposure
			Correcting the Color Balance
			Removing an Object
			Improving Sharpness
			Removing Red Eye
		2.2 Global Transformations
			Resizing an Image
			Shearing an Image
			Changing Brightness, Contrast, and Levels
			Adjusting Colors
		2.3 Local Transformations
			Making a Selection
			Modifying Sharpness
			Modifying Brightness
			Using the Clone Tool
			Perspective Cloning
			More Correction Methods for Red Eye
			Changing the Sky of a Landscape
		2.4 Retouching a Scanned Photograph
			Correcting Colors
			Correcting Scratches and Spots
			Restoring Very Old Photographs
		2.5 Advanced Techniques
			Making a Photograph Look Older
			Improving a Portrait
			Using Multiple Captures of the Same Scene
		2.6 Exercises
	3 Drawing and Illustration
		3.1 Tutorial: Colorizing a Drawing
			The Black and White Drawing
			Using Layers to Keep Outlines Visible
			Defining Objects and Base Colors
			Coloring the Mushrooms
			Shading
			Finishing Touches
		3.2 Painting and Drawing
			Brushes
			The Pencil Tool
			The Paintbrush Tool
			The Airbrush Tool
			The Ink Tool
		3.3 Filling an Area
			The Bucket Fill Tool
			Gradients
			Patterns
		3.4 Dodging, Burning, and Smudging
			The Dodge/Burn Tool
			The Smudge Tool
		3.5 The Digital Painting Process
			Composition
			Sky and Clouds
			Mountains
			Hills
			Grassland
			Trees
			River
		3.6 Drawing Shapes
			Drawing a Straight Line
			Drawing Ellipses and Rectangles
			Drawing a Complex Shape
		3.7 Exercises
	4 Logos and Textures
		4.1 Tutorial: Making a Luggage Tag
		4.2 Textures
			Tiling
			Creating Textures
			Using the Blend Tool
			Using the Noise Filters
			Using the Embossing Filters
			More Ways to Create Textures
		4.3 Logos
			The Text Tool
			Adding Relief
			Proper Shade vs. Cast Shadow
			Applying a Texture
		4.4 Exercises
	5 Composite Photography
		5.1 Tutorial: Building a Composite Portrait
			Taking Features from Different Portraits
			Smoothing Transitions
		5.2 Selections, Overlaying, and Blending Modes
			Masks and Selections
			Overlaying Images
			Using Blending Modes
		5.3 Building a Panorama
			Taking the Pictures
			Superimposing the Pictures
			Touching Up the Panorama
			The Pandora Plug-in
		5.4 Image Overlaying
			Digital Collage
			Self-Compositing
			A Composite Photography Project
		5.5 Exercises
	6 Animation
		6.1 Tutorial: Animated Text
			Method One: Frame by Frame
			Method Two: Filtering All Layers
			Method Three: Moving Along a Path
		6.2 Building an Animated GIF by Hand
			Drawing a Rainbow Daisy
			Zooming Toward the Viewer
			Adding Rain to a Landscape
			Adding Snow to a Landscape
		6.3 Using Animation Tools
			Interactive Deformation
			Animating a Still Image
			Morphing
		6.4 Using GAP
			The Move Path Tool
			Binocular Animation
			Improving the Binocular Animation
		6.5 Exercises
	7 Image Preprocessing
		7.1 Tutorial: Extracting Information from a Picture
			Dynamics Extension
			Histogram Modification
			Noise Reduction
			Edge Detection
		7.2 The Principles of Preprocessing
			Subjective Aspects of Preprocessing
			Histograms and Decomposition into Channels
			Extracting Information through Dynamics Extension
		7.3 Filtering
			The Principles of Filtering
			Characteristic Matrices
			Comparing the Built-in Filters
		7.4 Edge Detection
			The Principles of Edge Detection
			Edge Detection Methods
		7.5 Exercises
	8 Designing a Website
		8.1 Tutorial: Laying Out a Website
			Planning
			Layout
			Adding Color
			Choosing a Color Palette
		8.2 Fixed- and Variable-Width Designs
		8.3 Web Design Tools
			Image Map
			Semi-Flatten
			Slice
		8.4 Optimizing Images for the Web
			JPEG
			GIF
			PNG
			Transparency
		8.5 Exercises
Part II: Reference
	9 The GIMP Interface
		9.1 The Main Windows
			Multi-Window Mode
			Single-Window Mode
			Docking Windows and Dockable Dialogs
			The Image Window
		9.2 Fundamental GIMP Commands
			Closing Windows and Quitting GIMP
			Working with Multiple Images
			Common Tab Menu Options
		9.3 Working with the GIMP Interface
			Menus
			Keyboard Shortcuts
			Keyboard Tips
			Clicking and Dragging
		9.4 Creating, Loading, Saving, and Exporting Files
			Creating a New Image
			Loading a Web Page as an Image
			Loading an Image from a File
			Saving an Image
			Exporting an Image
		9.5 Undoing
		9.6 The GIMP Help System
	10 Display
		10.1 Rulers and Units
		10.2 Guides
		10.3 Grids
		10.4 Zoom
		10.5 Using Multiple Views
	11 Layers
		11.1 The Layers Dialog
			Components of the Layers Dialog
			A Layer Entry in the Layers Dialog
			Keyboard Shortcuts in the Layers Dialog
			Uses of the Layers Dialog
		11.2 The Layers Menu
		11.3 Layer Groups
		11.4 The Image: Layer Menu
			The Stack Menu
			The Mask, Transparency, and Transform Menus
			The Final Five Entries
	12 Color
		12.1 Concepts
			Color Models
			Stored Representations
			Indexed Mode
		12.2 Blending Modes
			Modes That Leave Pixels Intact
			Lightening Modes
			Darkening Modes
			Luminosity Modes
			Color Distortion Modes
			HSV Modes
		12.3 Color Management
			Color-Managed Workflow
			Using Color Management
		12.4 The Major Color Tools
			The Color Chooser
			Levels
			Curves
		12.5 Additional Color Tools
			Color Balance
			Hue-Saturation
			Colorize
			Brightness-Contrast
			Threshold
			Posterize
			Desaturate
			Inversion
		12.6 The Color Submenus
			The Auto Submenu
			The Components Submenu
			The Map Submenu
			The Info Submenu
			The Remaining Color Tools
	13 Selections
		13.1 What Is a Selection?
			A Selection as an Outline
			A Selection as a Grayscale Image
		13.2 The Seven Selection Tools
			Common Options
			The Rectangle Select Tool
			The Ellipse Select Tool
			The Free Select Tool
			The Fuzzy Select Tool
			The Select by Color Tool
			The Scissors Select Tool
			The Foreground Select Tool
		13.3 The Paths Tool
			Building a Path
			Modifying a Path
			Using a Path
			The Paths Dialog
		13.4 Using Selections
			The Select Menu
			The Edit Menu
			Modifying the Selection Border
	14 Masks
		14.1 Selection Masks
			The Channels Dialog
			Creating a Selection Mask
			The Quick Mask Tool
		14.2 Layer Masks
			Building a Layer Mask
			Manipulating a Layer Mask
			Using a Layer Mask
		14.3 Using Masks and Channels
			Building a Natural Mask
			Transparency and the Alpha Channel
			Converting Masks, Selections, and Channels
	15 Drawing Tools
		15.1 Digital Art
		15.2 An Overview of the Drawing Tools
		15.3 Shared Features
			Drawing Tool Options
			Paint Dynamics
			Using Dockable Dialogs with Drawing Tools
			Six Useful Dockable Dialogs
		15.4 The Fill Tools
			The Bucket Fill Tool
			The Blend Tool
		15.5 The Painting Tools
			The Pencil Tool
			The Paintbrush Tool
			The Eraser Tool
			The Airbrush Tool
			The Ink Tool
		15.6 The Cloning Tools
			The Clone Tool
			The Heal Tool
			The Perspective Clone Tool
		15.7 The Modifying Tools
			The Convolve Tool
			The Smudge Tool
			The Dodge/Burn Tool
		15.8 The Text Tool
			The Text Tool Options
			Choosing a Font
			Using the Text Tool
			Editing Your Text
		15.9 The Color Picker Tool and the Measure Tool
			The Color Picker Tool
			The Measure Tool
		15.10 Combining Tool Presets, Brushes, and Paint Dynamics
			Getting to Know the Dialogs Involved
			Predefined Paint Dynamics
			Predefined Brushes
			Predefined Tool Presets
	16 Transformation Tools
		16.1 Global Transformations
			Transforming an Image
			Resizing an Image
			Cropping an Image
			Transforming a Layer
		16.2 Local Transformations
			Shared Properties
			The Move Tool
			The Align Tool
			The Crop Tool
			The Rotate Tool
			The Scale Tool
			The Shear Tool
			The Perspective Tool
			The Flip Tool
			The Cage Transform Tool
	17 Filters
		17.1 Common Properties
		17.2 The Blur Filters
			Blur
			Gaussian Blur
			Motion Blur
			Pixelize
			Selective Gaussian Blur
			Tileable Blur
		17.3 The Enhance Filters
			Antialias
			Deinterlace
			Despeckle
			Destripe
			NL Filter
			Red Eye Removal
			Sharpen
			Unsharp Mask
		17.4 The Distorts Filters
			Apply Lens
			Curve Bend
			Emboss
			Engrave
			IWarp
			Lens Distortion
			Mosaic
			Newsprint
			Pagecurl
			Polar Coordinates
			Ripple
			Shift
			Value Propagate
			Waves
			Whirl and Pinch
			Wind
		17.5 The Light and Shadow Filters
			Gradient Flare
			Lens Flare
			Lighting Effects
			Sparkle
			Supernova
			Drop Shadow
			Perspective
		17.6 The Noise Filters
			HSV Noise
			Hurl
			Pick
			RGB Noise
			Slur
			Spread
		17.7 The Edge-Detect Filters
			Difference of Gaussians
			Edge
			Laplace
			Neon
			Sobel
		17.8 The Generic Filters
			Convolution Matrix
			Dilate
			Erode
		17.9 The Combine Filters
			Depth Merge
		17.10 The Artistic Filters
			Apply Canvas
			Cartoon
			Clothify
			Cubism
			GIMPressionist
			Glass Tile
			Oilify
			Photocopy
			Softglow
			Van Gogh
			Weave
		17.11 The Decor Filters
			Add Bevel
			Add Border
			Coffee Stain
			Fuzzy Border
			Old Photo
			Round Corners
		17.12 The Map Filters
			Bump Map
			Displace
			Fractal Trace
			Illusion
			Make Seamless
			Map Object
			Paper Tile
			Small Tiles
			Tile
			Warp
		17.13 The Render Filters
			Clouds Filters
			Nature Filters
			Pattern Filters
			Circuit
			Fractal Explorer
			Gfig
			Lava
			Line Nova
			Sphere Designer
			Spyrogimp
	18 Animation Tools
		18.1 Principles of Animation
			Frame Frequency and Vision
			Frames and Layers
			Output Formats
			Optimizing Animations
		18.2 Tools for Building Multilayer Animations
			Animating by Hand
			The IWarp Tool
			The Morph Tool
			Filtering All Layers
		18.3 The Animation Menu
			Blend
			Burn-In
			Rippling
			Selection to Animimage
			Spinning Globe
			Waves
			Optimizing and Playing an Animation
		18.4 The Move Path Tool
			Choosing the Source Layers
			Choosing the Destination Frames
			Applying Transformations
			Control Points
			Key Frames
			The Preview Window
			Testing the Move Path Tool
			Advanced Settings
		18.5 The Video Menu
			Manipulating Frames
			Converting Between File Formats
			Modifying Frames
			Altering Layers
			Converting Between Multilayer and Multiframe
			Encoding
			Playback and Navigator
			Split Video into Frames
			Bluebox
			Onionskin
			Storyboard
	19 Obtaining and Printing Images
		19.1 Capturing Screenshots
		19.2 Scanning
			Scanners and Drivers
			XSane and GIMP
			Selecting an Area to Scan
			Setting the Scanning Parameters
			Scan Modes
			Scanning Resolutions
			Color Handling
		19.3 Digital Cameras
			Importing Photographs into GIMP
			Choosing a Format
			Handling Raw Photographs
		19.4 Printing
			The Principles of Printing
			Printing with the GTK Interface
			Printing with Gutenprint
		19.5 Scanning and Printing with Windows
	20 Image Formats
		20.1 An Overview of File Formats
			Raster and Vector Formats
			Lossless and Lossy Compression
			Layout Engines and Browsers
		20.2 JPEG, GIF, and PNG
			JPEG
			GIF
			PNG
		20.3 GIMP’s Native Formats
			XCF
			Other Native Formats
		20.4 Other Useful Formats
			PostScript and PDF
			TIFF
			Netpbm Formats
			SVG
			Additional Formats Supported by GIMP
	21 Scripts and Plug-ins
		21.1 About Scripts and Plug-ins
			Scheme, Python, and C
			Installed Plug-ins
			Finding New Plug-ins
		21.2 Noteworthy Plug-ins
			Photo Effects
			G’MIC
			Liquid Rescale
			Elsamuko Scripts
		21.3 Writing Plug-ins
			Scheme
			Python
			C
	22 Customizing GIMP
		22.1 The Preferences Dialog
			Environment
			User Interface
			Theme
			Help System
			Tool Options
			Toolbox
			Default New Image
			Default Image Grid
			Image Windows
			Display
			Color Management
			Input Devices
			Window Management
			Folders
		22.2 Additional Preferences in the Edit Menu
			Keyboard Shortcuts
			Modules
			Units
		22.3 Customizing Image Views
			Display Filters
			Hiding or Revealing Parts of the Image Window
			Padding Colors and Snapping
		22.4 Building New Brushes
			Defining an Ordinary Brush
			Defining a Color Brush
			Defining an Animated Brush
			Defining a Parametric Brush
		22.5 Building New Patterns
		22.6 Building New Gradients
			The Gradient Editor
			The Gradient Editor Menu
			Building a Gradient
		22.7 Building New Palettes
			The Palette Editor
			Importing Palettes
			Exporting and Duplicating Palettes
			Palette to Gradient and Sort Palette
			Indexed Palettes
Part III: Appendices
	A Vision and Image Representation
		A.1 The Physiology of Vision
			How the Human Eye Works
			Color Perception
			Color Blindness
			Optical Illusions
		A.2 Image Representation
			Discretization
			Digitalization
			Compression
		A.3 Color Representation
			How Colors Are Produced
			The Additive Model
			The Subtractive Model
			The HSV Model
		A.4 Exercises
	B Tips and Hints for Selected Exercises
		Chapter 1
		Chapter 2
		Chapter 3
		Chapter 4
		Chapter 5
		Chapter 6
		Chapter 7
		Chapter 8
		Appendix A
	C Resources
		C.1 Official GIMP Pages
		C.2 Related Official Sites
		C.3 Tutorials
		C.4 Communities and Blogs
		C.5 Brushes and Plug-ins
			Brush Sets
			Plug-in Sets
		C.6 Mailing Lists and IRC Channels
		C.7 Other Graphics Applications
		C.8 Related Graphics Software Projects
		C.9 Other Graphics Sites
	D Frequently Asked Questions
		D.1 What Does the Future Hold?
		D.2 How...?
		D.3 Why...?
	E Installing GIMP
		E.1 GNU/Linux and Unix
			Debian
			Ubuntu
			Mint
			Fedora
			OpenSUSE
			Mandriva
			Other Unix-like Operating Systems
		E.2 Windows
		E.3 Mac OS X
	F Batch Processing
		F.1 GIMP Batch Mode
		F.2 David’s Batch Processor
		F.3 ImageMagick
			Calling ImageMagick
			Building Thumbnails
			Labels and Transformations
	Index