References on using the GIMP
March 19, 2008 by Clair Ching
Filed under Links, applications
The GIMP is usually installed as the graphics editing tool in Linux distributions. You might be looking for ways to use it and you might have tried it already and thought it felt really weird. It’s because it’s different from the default graphics app in Windows which is Paint. It has more features than Paint.
- gimp-tutorials.com – A website which compiles various tutorials (shown in a frame within the page) which could help you create borders around your images or create a header image for your blog.
- Gimpology – The site is like Gimp-tutorials but it doesn’t show the tutorial on the page itself but it gives the link to the original site. You could submit your tutorials and you just need to sign up in order for you to do that. Two tutorials I skimmed and found interesting are: on GIMP hotkeys and how to add radiance to photos of people.
- Gimp Talk – The forum has a section for tutorials. Check it out.
- Gimp User Group – Another forum with tutorials. There are even thumbnails on the index so that you know what kind of effects you could add to images.
- gimp-tutorials.net – If you’re more interested in brushes and filters, you might want to check this out. Another lovely thing about this site is the downloads section if you want more scripts and gradients.
Other essential references:
Itching to try out the tutorials? Run GIMP and have fun!
I am not a graphics kind of guy but GIMP has always impressed me. It is kind of weird but only if you are use to using Photoshop. Does Gimpshop do a little better?
Then if GIMP does not do it for you, there is Xara Xtreme, Krita and mtPaint. Isn’t Linux wonderful?
there’s video podcast
http://meetthegimp.org
I don’t think comparing GIMP to MS Paint is at all right – Gimp is more photoshop, BUT it comes pre-installed and is free. KolourPaint is the nearest thing to MS Paint.
To me gimp is…. passable. I can use it to crop images, resize, and do basic stuff, but for anything more advanced than line drawing and labeling things with text I find it MUCH too unintuitive, as I previously used photoshop.
However, there is a plugin for gimp called GimpShop which rebuilds the layout of the UI so it is a very close approximation to photoshop — I suggest anyone who has difficulty with gimp give it a try!
http://meetthegimp.org is a kool web site!
Hi, Peter. I only mentioned Paint because it is part of the Accessories menu in Windows. Not all Windows users install Photoshop, I think. At least, I don’t think they install it immediately.
Hi, Imitis and Arnold. Thanks for sharing those cool Gimp links