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Linux Graphism: The Complete Documentation

• This category contains 5 Papers
• The last paper was added on 2007-03-26 (YYYY-MM-DD)

Bezier Selections

Published on 2002, by Tuomas Kuosmanen, ©Tuomas Kuosmanen.

Bezier selection is a powerful tool in The Gimp. The rectangle- and ellipse-selections are not very flexible if you happen to need something more special. And since many of us gimpers don't have a graphics tablet, it's not so easy to make the mouse pointer move the way you want. Bezier selection fixes the problem by using smooth mathematical curves instead your own shaky mouse trail. Beziers are also very useful when used with gradient fills, see Drawing Shapes with Bezier for more information on this great tool.

GIMP: Make your own brushes

Published on 2003-11-09, by Eric Lamarque, ©LinuxFocus.

In this article I will present the various brushes that GIMP offers and show how to create brushes. First we will look in detail at the brushes dialog, "Brush selection", and the different brushes it contains. After that I will show you how to create your own brushes.

GIMPLite Quickies

Published on 2002, by Carol Spears, ©Carol Spears.

So, you have The GIMP installed on your computer, you need to make a quick change to an image for some project, but don't want to learn about computer graphics right now in order to get the image changed. Totally understandable. The GIMP is a powerful image manipulator with many options and tools. However, it is quick and somewhat intuitive (after a time) for the small jobs as well. Hopefully, these quickies will help you with your quick problem and help you to stay friends with The GIMP and ready for its more complex tools and methods later, when you have the time and inspiration.

Grokking the GIMP

Published on August 30, 2001, by Carey Bunks, Gimp Savvy.

The title of this book, Grokking the GIMP, is drawn from Robert A. Heinlein's classic science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. His story is about Valentine Michael Smith, the only survivor of the first human expedition to Mars and raised from infancy by Martians. The rescue mission arrives twenty years later to bring a young man knowing nothing of his own kind back to earth. The story recounts his repatriation and his adventures as he comes to grok the human race and his place in it. Grok, a word he often uses, is the Martian word meaning to drink,'' but which also serves as a quasi-religious metaphor in the Martian culture for having a profound appreciation and understanding for something.

Photo magic with Gimp

Published on 2003-09-18, by Katja Socher, ©LinuxFocus.

Holiday season is over and you have your digital photos on your hard disk. Now it's time to give them a final touch with The Gimp. In this article we show you with several examples what you can do to enhance your photos with The Gimp (the latest stable version when I wrote this was Gimp 1.2.5).