I spent almost a month reading and mastering the GIMP tools and techniques presented in this book. All the appendices are well worth reading and studying further. You will learn about the vision, image perception, image representation, tips and hints for exercises, online resources, FAQs about GIMP, installing GIMP ,and finally more about batch processing and using various tools and command prompt techniques. * Part III: Appendices – The final part of the book offers six appendices. The information and coverage are good here, except for writing plugins and the script chapter. At the end, you will learn more about obtaining and printing images, scanning images, and how to manage different image formats. You will learn how to apply filters like blur and image enhancement filters. I found the chapters on filters quite amusing. * Part II: Reference – This part covers GIMP features and tools in detail, including the GIMP interface, basic GIMP commands, menus, keyboard tricks, its displays, layers, colors and different modes, sections, path tools, masks and channels, digital artdrawing tools, transformation tools and more. The eighth chapter teaches you how to create a website using GIMP. The seventh chapter shows you how to separate noise from images, i.e, correcting image distortions, improving color balance and enhancing visibility. You will learn how to make more complex animated stuff in Part II. You will then learn the basic concepts of animation in Chapter Six. Gimp has capabilities for creating animated logos and advertisements for a website. You can even use GIMP to make animations. The fifth chapter tells you how to create unique images using multiple photographs for composite images.

The fourth chapter covers logos and textures used on both web and print letterheads. The third chapter presents essential tools for colorizing a drawing and creating shapes. I personally never use GIMP for drawing and illustration.

Here you will master everyday tasks like enhancing photos, correcting exposures, removing or adding objects, removing red eye and more. The second chapter introduces you to the wonderful world of retouching images. You will also learn how to perform the necessary tasks with images such as layers and work with a Tablet in GIMP.

* Part I: Learning GIMP – The readers will learn the basics of the GIMP in the first chapter and quickly become acquainted with the GIMP user interface, dialogs, toolbox and other essential concepts of GIMP.

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