NWE Help: Graphics: Gimp

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Note: The Gimp may take require a longish load time the first time you open it. After that, the load times will normalize to a nice, quick rate.

The Gimp is an awesome image processing program that has an immense amount of power. You can use The Gimp to make images with layers, manipulate colors, select and remove small bits of images, change formats, or any of a multitude of image processing techniques.

Since the Gimp has extensive online help, our help here is relatively limited.

• Getting started:: Launching Gimp
• Opening images:: Opening an image
• Saving images:: Saving images
• Colors:: Choosing colors
• Brushes:: Selecting which brush to use
• Patterns:: Selecting a pattern
• Tools:: Gimp's toolbar
• Size:: Changing image size
• Layers:: Using the Gimp Layers feature
• Animation:: Using Gimp to make animated GIFs
• Screenshots:: Making Screenshots with the Gimp
• Getting help:: Finding help
• Online help:: Gimp savvy's "Grokkking the GIMP" manual - an excellent resource
• Gimp.org:: The primary center for Gimp development and distribution