The book of GIMP : a complete guide to nearly everything
Lecarme, Olivier2013
Book
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 to: improve the lighting and composition of images, remove distortions and noise to make old and damaged photos look 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, and create colorful digital art, layer by layer. The book's second half offers a comprehensive reference to GIMP's many features. 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.
Main title:
The book of GIMP : a complete guide to nearly everything / by Olivier Lecarme and Karine Delvare.
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Imprint:
San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, 2013.
Collation:
xviii, 656 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translation of: GIMP : manuel de référence pour l'édition d'images.
Contents:
Partial contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. 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 --
ISBN:
9781593273835 (pbk)1593273835 (pbk)
Dewey class:
621.367
LC class:
TR267.5.G56
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
183103
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