The Book of GIMP: A Complete Guide to Nearly Everything by Lecarme

by Olivier Lecarme

GIMP is a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop with tons of professional-grade features. But with so many powerful tools and menu options, GIMP can be difficult to master. Whether you're struggling to get started or trying to master some of GIMP's more complex features, you'll find the answers you're looking for in The Book of GIMP .The tutorials in the first half of the book walk you through essential GIMP skills, like resizing and cropping images, touching up spots and scratches, and customizing your work area. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions show you how –Improve the lighting and composition of images–Remove distortions and noise to make old and damaged photos look like new–Create stunning panoramas and digital collages using a series of photos–Make, edit, and export custom textures, logos, and animated GIFs–Work with selections, channels, and masks to edit images like a pro–Create colorful digital art, layer by layerThe book's second half offers a comprehensive reference to GIMP's many features, including color balancing, masks, filters, and plug-ins. You'll find tools described in unparalleled detail, with coverage of nearly every option and parameter.With illustrated tutorials and detailed references, The Book of GIMP is sure to become your one-stop guide to just about everything GIMP.

Genres: Reference, Ebooks, Nonfiction, Computers, Software

Unknown Binding

First published January 22, 2012

Reviews

[Fuwuqi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi,The book is great . It was very helpful.
GIMP is practically a really excellent graphic and photo editor. It almost has all Photoshop features compared to other alternatives. I'm a hobbyist photographer not getting paid and have no intention of ever making money. I usually editing photographs on GIMP . I have a XP-Pen Deco 01 Drawing Tablet for work on my desktop . For GIMP it's powerful and well integrated.

[Mark Karnowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful. Helped me understand better how to use masks and do simple animations with GIMP.

[Cinematic Cteve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seemingly exhaustive manual, thick as the NYC phone directory and choc-full of illustrations. There's also a companion website that offers further examples of what you can do with the software's animation features, among other cool and useful tools. I've grown weary of dealing with Adobe and their Photoshop/Lightroom tools, now only available through software as a service (SaaS) in the cloud. GIMP is a free download, requires no subscription and works as well as Photoshop, although it may not be as intuitive as Adobe's signature software. That's where this book comes in handy. It retails for $50 USD, but has far and away paid for itself by saving me time in my professional life, revealing features and shortcuts that might otherwise have eluded me for months. When you consider that the GIMP software itself is free (compared to $120 for one year of Photoshop access), the price of this book is negligible. Recommended.

[Chris Echo-Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is straight forward and simple to read. The book of GIMP includes short tutorials and tool reference for GIMP 2.8+ software for photo editing and graphical design. After reading through this as a "howto" manual, I can use it again and as a reference encyclopedia.

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[Kris · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm disappointed in this book. It shows you "how", but not "why".

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative for anyone wanting to use GIMP. It is a little overwhelming at first, but the author takes it step by step. I will have to add this to my reference library...so much information.