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<span class="sect1">
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<span class="sect1">
<a href="ch01s03.html">3. Gimp History</a>
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<p>
The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is a multiplatform photo manipulation tool.
<span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is an acronym for <span class="acronym">GNU</span>
Image Manipulation Program. The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is
suitable for a variety of image manipulation tasks, including
photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.
</p>
<p>
It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint
program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online
batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an
image format converter, etc.
</p>
<p>
GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented
with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The
advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest
task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be
easily scripted.
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<p>
One of The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span>'s strengths is its free availability
from many sources for many operating systems. Most
<span class="acronym">GNU</span>/<span class="application">Linux</span> distributions
include The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> as a standard application. The
<span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is also available for other operating systems
such as <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows</span>™ or Apple's
<span class="productname">Mac OS X</span>™ (<span class="application">Darwin</span>).
The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is not freeware. It is an
Open Source Software application covered by the
General Public License (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl/" target="_top"><span class="acronym">GPL</span> license</a>). The
<span class="acronym">GPL</span> provides users with the freedom to access and
alter the source code that makes up computer programs.
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<h3 class="title"><a id="introduction-platforms"></a>1.1. Known platforms</h3>
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<p>
The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is the most widely supported image
manipulation available today. The platforms that The
<span class="acronym">GIMP</span> is known to work on include
<span class="productname"><span class="acronym">GNU</span>/Linux</span>™,
<span class="productname">Apple Mac OS X (Darwin)</span>™,
<span class="productname">Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, XP, NT4, and 2000</span>™,
<span class="productname">OpenBSD</span>™,
<span class="productname">NetBSD</span>™,
<span class="productname">FreeBSD</span>™,
<span class="productname">Solaris</span>™,
<span class="productname">SunOS</span>™,
<span class="productname">AIX</span>™,
<span class="productname">HP-UX</span>™,
<span class="productname">Tru64</span>™,
<span class="productname">Digital UNIX</span>™,
<span class="productname">OSF/1</span>™,
<span class="productname">IRIX</span>™,
<span class="productname">OS/2</span>™, and
<span class="productname">BeOS</span>™.
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<p>
The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span> can easily be ported to other operating
systems because of its source code availability.
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<p>
The <span class="acronym">GIMP</span>-Help system provides you with the
information necessary to understand how to use The
<span class="acronym">GIMP</span>. You can get context sensitive help
while using GIMP by pressing the F1 key. Help on specific menu
items can be accessed by pressing the F1 key while the mouse
focuses the menu item. Read on to begin your GIMP journey.
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All being well, GIMP detects the system language. This may fail
on some machines and you may want use another language. It is
possible to change the language:
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Under LINUX</em></span>: in console mode,
type <b class="userinput"><tt>LANGUAGE=en gimp</tt></b> or
<b class="userinput"><tt>LANG=en gimp</tt></b>
replacing en by
fr, de, ... according to the language you want.
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Under WINDOWS XP</em></span>: Control Panel/System/
Advanced/"Environment" button/ In "System Variables" area:
"Add" button: Enter LANG for Name and fr or de... for Value.
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</li>
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Under Windows Me</em></span>: Start/Programs/
Accessories/System Tools/System Informations/Tools/System
Configuration Utility/"Environment" tab/"New" button: Enter
LANG for Name and fr or de... for Value.
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</li>
<li>
<p>
<span class="emphasis"><em>Under Mac</em></span>: Go to System Preferences,
click on the International icon, and in the Language tab, the
desired language should be the first in the list.
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This is only a brief list of Gimp features:
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Full suite of painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an
airbrush, cloning, etc.
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<li>
<p>
Tile-based memory management so image size is limited only by
available disk space
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</li>
<li>
<p>
Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high-quality
anti-aliasing
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</li>
<li>
<p>
Full Alpha channel support
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Layers and channels
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
A procedural database for calling internal Gimp functions from
external programs, such as Script-Fu
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</li>
<li>
<p>
Advanced scripting capabilities
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</li>
<li>
<p>
Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip
</p>
</li>
<li>
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File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA,
MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others
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</li>
<li>
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Load, display, convert and save to many file formats
</p>
</li>
<li>
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Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy,
bezier and intelligent
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</li>
<li>
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Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats
and new effect filters
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The first version of the Gimp was written by Peter Mattis and Spencer
Kimball. Many other developers have contributed more recently, and
thousands have provided support and testing. Gimp releases are
currently being orchestrated by Sven Neumann and Mitch Natterer and
many other people called the Gimp-Team.
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