Table of Contents

IntroductionLearning GIMPChapter 1: Getting StartedChapter 2: Photograph RetouchingChapter 3: Drawing and IllustrationChapter 4: Logos and TexturesChapter 5: Composite PhotographyChapter 6: AnimationChapter 7: Image PreprocessingChapter 8: Designing a WebsiteReferenceChapter 9: The GIMP InterfaceChapter 10: DisplayChapter 11: LayersChapter 12: ColorChapter 13: SelectionsChapter 14: MasksChapter 15: Drawing ToolsChapter 16: Transformation ToolsChapter 17: FiltersChapter 18: Animation ToolsChapter 19: Obtaining and Printing ImagesChapter 20: Image FormatsChapter 21: Scripts and Plug-insChapter 22: Customizing GIMPAppendicesVision and Image RepresentationTips and Hints for Selected ExercisesResourcesFrequently Asked QuestionsInstalling GIMPBatch Processing

About the Author

Olivier Lecarme is a Professor Emeritus in Computer Science at the University of Nice, France. He has a doctorate and a "Those d' tat" in Computer Science. He has been a professor at the Universities of Grenoble, MontrUal, Lausanne, and Nice, and has taught many aspects of computer science, including programming language fundamentals, and graphics processing.
Karine Delvare is a web development consultant. She has a Master's in Computer Science, with a specialization in image and sound, and has collaborated on the GIMP development project. She lives in MUrignac, near Bordeaux, France.

Reviews

"If any reader is looking for a free and full-featured image-editing program, then by all means consider GIMP, as well as this outstanding tutorial and reference book."
--Michael J. Ross, web developer and Slashdot contributor (Read More)"Have a copy of this on your desk, and we can't imagine a single GIMP-related question that it won't be able to provide an answer to."
--Graham Morrison, Linux Format"Whether you are a GIMP beginner or a veteran user, this book will save you hours of trial and error when editing graphics files."
--Jack Germain, LinuxInsider (Read More)"An excellent introduction to the GIMP and, to an extent, image processing (and pre-processing) in general."
--Jesse Smith, DistroWatch (Read More)Featured on examiner.com (Read More)"Olivier has included a very complete range of topics. And this book is now on my shelf, because I am still learning things."
--Ramon Miranda, creator of GIMP Paint Studio (Read More)Featured on Network World (Read More)"I felt like chapters were organized in a way that made it easy for readers to decide exactly how much of the detail they cared about. I was thoroughly impressed by The Book of GIMP and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone."
--Dave Rankin, About.com Open Source (Read More)"This book really does contain just about everything one needs to know about this great software suite."
--Greg Barbrick, Blogcritics (Read More)"If I was going to use one word to describe this book, it would be 'masterpiece'. This is one of the most well put together books I have ever read. It is in full-color, covers a wide variety of topics, and covers them in depth."
--Tad Anderson, SYS-CON MEDIA (Read More)"I highly recommend this excellent all-in-one reference book to all GIMP users."
--nixCraft (Read More)"GIMP is notoriously a little bit difficult to work with, but The Book of GIMP explains how to make the most out of every feature."
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