Innhald
GIMP er eit biletredigeringsprogram som kan brukast på mange plattformer. Namnet GIMP står for “GNU Image Manipulation Program”. Altså eit biletbehandlingsprogram som følgjer GNU-reglane for fri distribusjon. GIMP kan nyttast til det aller meste innan biletbehandling, frå å retusjera foto til å lage eigne teikningar.
GIMP has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
One of The GIMP's strengths is its free availability from many sources for many operating systems. Most GNU/Linux distributions include The GIMP as a standard application. The GIMP is also available for other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows™ or Apple's Mac OS X™ (Darwin). The GIMP is a Free Software application covered by the General Public License [GPL]. The GPL provides users with the freedom to access and alter the source code that makes up computer programs.
The first version of the GIMP was written by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball. Many other developers have contributed more recently, and thousands have provided support and testing. GIMP releases are currently being orchestrated by Sven Neumann and Mitch Natterer and the other members of the GIMP-Team.
The GIMP Documentation Team and other users have provided you with the information necessary to understand how to use GIMP. The User Manual is an important part of this help. The current version is on the web site of the Documentation Team [GIMP-DOCS] in HTML format. The HTML version is also available as context sensitive help (if you installed it) while using GIMP by pressing the F1 key. Help on specific menu items can be accessed by pressing the F1 key while the mouse pointer is focused on the menu item. Read on to begin your GIMP journey.
Her er ei kort liste over noen av dei viktigaste eigenskapane til GIMP og kva programmet kan brukast til:
Ei stor samling av teiknereiskap, inkludert pensel, blyant, luftpensel, kloning osv.
Blokkbasert minnehandtering som gjer at storleiken på biletet bare er avgrensa av tilgjengeleg diskplass.
Interpolerte overgangar for alle verktøya gir høgkvalitets kantutjamning ved å minimalisere “trappestega” i overgangane.
Fullt utbygd alpha-kanal for å bestemme gjennomsikt.
Lag og kanalar
Ein database over interne GIMP-funksjonar slik at du kan kalle desse opp frå eksterne program som t.d. Script-Fu.
Høve til å utvikla eigne skript.
Angre-/gjenta-funksjonane er bare avgrensa av diskplassen.
Transformasjonsverktøy, inklusive rotering, skalering, beskjering og spegelvending.
Support for a wide range of file formats, including GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others
Selection tools, including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent scissors
Bruken av programtillegg gjer det lett å leggje til m.a. nye filformat og nye effektfilter.