Grokking the GIMP,9780735709249

Grokking the GIMP

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ISBN13: 9780735709249
ISBN10: 0735709246
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher(s): Sams
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Summary

"Grokking the GIMP" is for the serious user of the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a premiere digital image editing and painting program. It covers the GIMP in depth, and complex tasks are intuitively presented and explained using an interactive approach. In addition to emphasizing the theory and core concepts of image manipulation, "Grokking the GIMP" beautifully illustrates the practical aspects of working with digital images. This fully 4-color book presents nine major projects and a collection of many smaller ones that illustrate the core and advanced uses of this powerful open-source application. Numbered steps and an abundance of color images walk the reader through real-world examples of color correction, image enhancement, collage, photo montage, rendering, and Web-graphics creation.

Author Biography

A Senior Scientist at BBN Technologies, Carey Bunks received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT with a specialization in image processing.

Table of Contents

Readme 2(1)
Book Overview
3(2)
Mouse Clicks
5(1)
Function Names, Menus, and Keyboard Shortcuts
5(3)
Setting Up Your Computer to Get the Most from the GIMP
8(3)
Sources of Raw Image Materials
11(3)
The History of the GIMP
14(2)
GIMP Basics
16(18)
Introducing the GIMP Windows and Dialogs
16(7)
Loading and Saving Images
23(2)
Creating New Images
25(1)
RGB, Grayscale, and Indexed Images
25(1)
Undoing and Redoing
26(2)
Recalling the Last Filter Dialog
28(1)
Copy, Cut, and Paste Buffers
28(2)
Zoom and New View
30(2)
The Help System
32(1)
Common Problems and Frequently Asked Questions
33(1)
Review of Layers
34(34)
Layers and the Role They Play in Images
35(4)
Channels and Their Relationship to Layer
39(2)
Layer Creation, Deletion, Duplication, and Organization
41(1)
Layer Export and Import
42(5)
Floats
47(1)
Manipulating Layers
48(17)
Combining Layers
65(1)
Common Problems and Frequently Asked Questions
66(2)
Selection
68(34)
The Basic Selection Tools
69(13)
Combining Selections
82(3)
The Select Menu and Friends
85(6)
The Paths Dialog
91(5)
Using Selections Effectively
96(5)
Common Problems and Frequently Asked Questions
101(1)
Masks
102(44)
Channel Masks
103(9)
Layer Masks
112(5)
Basic Tools for Working with Channel and Layer Masks
117(14)
Conversions of Selections, Channel Masks, Layer Masks, and Alpha Channels
131(1)
Masks and Selections
131(12)
Common Problems and Frequently Asked Questions
143(3)
Colorspaces and Blending Modes
146(38)
The RGB Colorspace
148(2)
The HSV Colorspace
150(2)
Relating HSV to RGB
152(5)
The Subtractive Color Systems CMY and CMYK
157(2)
Conversion to Grayscale
159(2)
The Blending Modes
161(13)
Opacity and Transparency
174(2)
Practical Uses of Blending Modes
176(7)
Common Problems and Frequently Asked Questions
183(1)
Touchup and Enhancement
184(40)
Improving Tonal Range
185(5)
Removing Color Casts
190(20)
Repairing Blemishes with the Clone Tool
210(3)
Sharpening
213(6)
A Case Study
219(5)
Compositing
224(40)
Project 1: Fish on Holiday!
225(6)
Project 2: Through the Looking Glass
231(9)
Project 3: Destination Saturn
240(7)
Project 4: The Call of the Mermaid
247(9)
Project 5: Panoramas
256(8)
Rendering Techniques
264(34)
The Bucket Fill Tool
264(3)
Gradient Rendering Techniques
267(3)
The Emboss and Bump map Filters
270(6)
Shadows
276(8)
Rendering Project 1: Drop Shadow and Punchout
284(4)
Rendering Project II: A Carved Stencil
288(4)
Rendering Project III: Chiseled Text
292(6)
Web-Centric GIMP
298(32)
Web Animations
298(11)
Clickable Image Maps
309(6)
Type Effects
315(2)
Tileable Backgrounds
317(1)
Web-Safe Color
318(7)
Semi-Transparency and Indexed Images
325(2)
Which Format: GIF or JPEG?
327(3)
References 330(2)
A GIMP Resources 332(2)
B Keyboard Shortcuts 334(4)
Index 338

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