Table of Contents

1. The Basics.


2. Startup.


3. Color and the GIMP.


4. Selecting Colors.


5. Moving About.


6. Making Selections.


7. A Layer Primer.


8. Painting Lines and Shapes.


9. Adjusting Color and Tone.


10. Transform Your Art.


11. Layer Techniques.


12. Creating Composite Images.


13. Channels and Layer Masks.


14. Working with Text.


15. Using Filters.


16. Plug-ins and Script-fus.


17. Creating Images for the Web.


18. Printing and Output.


Appendix A: Glossary.


Index.

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About the Author

Phyllis Davis is a graphics and Web designer, teacher, and software developer who has written a number of Visual QuickStart Guides, including one on WordPerfect 8 for Linux, three on CorelDRAW (for versions 9 and 8 for Windows and 7 for Windows 95/NT), and two on FrontPage for Windows. She also wrote Peter Norton's Guide to Visual Basic.