Chapter 26
The Gimp Image Editor
Since I am talking so much about The Gimp, it seems good to include a
chapter with some of the main points.
Gimp is free software. Do a Google search for Gimp to find many resources.
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/is a source for free downloads. Gimp is
available for PC, Mac, and Linux.
Gimp Menu Commands
Here are some Gimp commands that I use in this book.
Gimp Menu: Edit / Cutdeletes whatever is currently selected.
Gimp Menu: Edit / Undoreverses the effects of the previous command.
Can be done repeatedly.
Gimp Menu: File / Exportwrites the current image in whatever image
format is desired.
Gimp Menu: File / Newcreates a new image that is blank.
Gimp Menu: File / Overwritewrites the current image by replacing an
existing image file.
Gimp Menu: Filters / Map / Make Seamlessmodifies the current
image so it can be used for seamlessly tiling the background of a webpage.