Brief Contents -- Contents in Detail -- Introduction -- This Book -- The Authors -- Production Notes -- Conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Learning GIMP -- 1 Getting Started -- 1.1 GIMP Basics -- The Screen Layout -- Dockable Dialogs -- The Toolbox -- The Single-Window Interface -- 1.2 Image Handling Basics -- Opening an Image -- Maximizing an Image -- Scanning -- Image Window Menus -- Zooming -- Saving an Image -- 1.3 Working with Images -- Resizing an Image -- Cropping an Image -- Adding a Frame with Filters -- Using Layers -- Drawing in GIMP -- Printing with GIMP -- 1.4 Using a Tablet -- Installing a Tablet -- The Tablet Mouse and Stylus -- Working with a Tablet in GIMP -- 1.5 Exercises -- 2 Photograph Retouching -- 2.1 Tutorial: Enhancing Badly Taken Photographs -- Cropping, Straightening, and Restoring Perspective -- Correcting Exposure -- Correcting the Color Balance -- Removing an Object -- Improving Sharpness -- Removing Red Eye -- 2.2 Global Transformations -- Resizing an Image -- Shearing an Image -- Changing Brightness, Contrast, and Levels -- Adjusting Colors -- 2.3 Local Transformations -- Making a Selection -- Modifying Sharpness -- Modifying Brightness -- Using the Clone Tool -- Perspective Cloning -- More Correction Methods for Red Eye -- Changing the Sky of a Landscape -- 2.4 Retouching a Scanned Photograph -- Correcting Colors -- Correcting Scratches and Spots -- Restoring Very Old Photographs -- 2.5 Advanced Techniques -- Making a Photograph Look Older -- Improving a Portrait -- Using Multiple Captures of the Same Scene -- 2.6 Exercises -- 3 Drawing and Illustration -- 3.1 Tutorial: Colorizing a Drawing -- The Black and White Drawing -- Using Layers to Keep Outlines Visible -- Defining Objects and Base Colors -- Coloring the Mushrooms -- Shading -- Finishing Touches -- 3.2 Painting and Drawing -- Brushes.

The Pencil Tool -- The Paintbrush Tool -- The Airbrush Tool -- The Ink Tool -- 3.3 Filling an Area -- The Bucket Fill Tool -- Gradients -- Patterns -- 3.4 Dodging, Burning, and Smudging -- The Dodge/Burn Tool -- The Smudge Tool -- 3.5 The Digital Painting Process -- Composition -- Sky and Clouds -- Mountains -- Hills -- Grassland -- Trees -- River -- 3.6 Drawing Shapes -- Drawing a Straight Line -- Drawing Ellipses and Rectangles -- Drawing a Complex Shape -- 3.7 Exercises -- 4 Logos and Textures -- 4.1 Tutorial: Making a Luggage Tag -- 4.2 Textures -- Tiling -- Creating Textures -- Using the Blend Tool -- Using the Noise Filters -- Using the Embossing Filters -- More Ways to Create Textures -- 4.3 Logos -- The Text Tool -- Adding Relief -- Proper Shade vs. Cast Shadow -- Applying a Texture -- 4.4 Exercises -- 5 Composite Photography -- 5.1 Tutorial: Building a Composite Portrait -- Taking Features from Different Portraits -- Smoothing Transitions -- 5.2 Selections, Overlaying, and Blending Modes -- Masks and Selections -- Overlaying Images -- Using Blending Modes -- 5.3 Building a Panorama -- Taking the Pictures -- Superimposing the Pictures -- Touching Up the Panorama -- The Pandora Plug-in -- 5.4 Image Overlaying -- Digital Collage -- Self-Compositing -- A Composite Photography Project -- 5.5 Exercises -- 6 Animation -- 6.1 Tutorial: Animated Text -- Method One: Frame by Frame -- Method Two: Filtering All Layers -- Method Three: Moving Along a Path -- 6.2 Building an Animated GIF by Hand -- Drawing a Rainbow Daisy -- Zooming Toward the Viewer -- Adding Rain to a Landscape -- Adding Snow to a Landscape -- 6.3 Using Animation Tools -- Interactive Deformation -- Animating a Still Image -- Morphing -- 6.4 Using GAP -- The Move Path Tool -- Binocular Animation -- Improving the Binocular Animation -- 6.5 Exercises -- 7 Image Preprocessing.

7.1 Tutorial: Extracting Information from a Picture -- Dynamics Extension -- Histogram Modification -- Noise Reduction -- Edge Detection -- 7.2 The Principles of Preprocessing -- Subjective Aspects of Preprocessing -- Histograms and Decomposition into Channels -- Extracting Information through Dynamics Extension -- 7.3 Filtering -- The Principles of Filtering -- Characteristic Matrices -- Comparing the Built-in Filters -- 7.4 Edge Detection -- The Principles of Edge Detection -- Edge Detection Methods -- 7.5 Exercises -- 8 Designing a Website -- 8.1 Tutorial: Laying Out a Website -- Planning -- Layout -- Adding Color -- Choosing a Color Palette -- 8.2 Fixed- and Variable-Width Designs -- 8.3 Web Design Tools -- Image Map -- Semi-Flatten -- Slice -- 8.4 Optimizing Images for the Web -- JPEG -- GIF -- PNG -- Transparency -- 8.5 Exercises -- Part II: Reference -- 9 The GIMP Interface -- 9.1 The Main Windows -- Multi-Window Mode -- Single-Window Mode -- Docking Windows and Dockable Dialogs -- The Image Window -- 9.2 Fundamental GIMP Commands -- Closing Windows and Quitting GIMP -- Working with Multiple Images -- Common Tab Menu Options -- 9.3 Working with the GIMP Interface -- Menus -- Keyboard Shortcuts -- Keyboard Tips -- Clicking and Dragging -- 9.4 Creating, Loading, Saving, and Exporting Files -- Creating a New Image -- Loading a Web Page as an Image -- Loading an Image from a File -- Saving an Image -- Exporting an Image -- 9.5 Undoing -- 9.6 The GIMP Help System -- 10 Display -- 10.1 Rulers and Units -- 10.2 Guides -- 10.3 Grids -- 10.4 Zoom -- 10.5 Using Multiple Views -- 11 Layers -- 11.1 The Layers Dialog -- Components of the Layers Dialog -- A Layer Entry in the Layers Dialog -- Keyboard Shortcuts in the Layers Dialog -- Uses of the Layers Dialog -- 11.2 The Layers Menu -- 11.3 Layer Groups -- 11.4 The Image: Layer Menu -- The Stack Menu.

The Mask, Transparency, and Transform Menus -- The Final Five Entries -- 12 Color -- 12.1 Concepts -- Color Models -- Stored Representations -- Indexed Mode -- 12.2 Blending Modes -- Modes That Leave Pixels Intact -- Lightening Modes -- Darkening Modes -- Luminosity Modes -- Color Distortion Modes -- HSV Modes -- 12.3 Color Management -- Color-Managed Workflow -- Using Color Management -- 12.4 The Major Color Tools -- The Color Chooser -- Levels -- Curves -- 12.5 Additional Color Tools -- Color Balance -- Hue-Saturation -- Colorize -- Brightness-Contrast -- Threshold -- Posterize -- Desaturate -- Inversion -- 12.6 The Color Submenus -- The Auto Submenu -- The Components Submenu -- The Map Submenu -- The Info Submenu -- The Remaining Color Tools -- 13 Selections -- 13.1 What Is a Selection? -- A Selection as an Outline -- A Selection as a Grayscale Image -- 13.2 The Seven Selection Tools -- Common Options -- The Rectangle Select Tool -- The Ellipse Select Tool -- The Free Select Tool -- The Fuzzy Select Tool -- The Select by Color Tool -- The Scissors Select Tool -- The Foreground Select Tool -- 13.3 The Paths Tool -- Building a Path -- Modifying a Path -- Using a Path -- The Paths Dialog -- 13.4 Using Selections -- The Select Menu -- The Edit Menu -- Modifying the Selection Border -- 14 Masks -- 14.1 Selection Masks -- The Channels Dialog -- Creating a Selection Mask -- The Quick Mask Tool -- 14.2 Layer Masks -- Building a Layer Mask -- Manipulating a Layer Mask -- Using a Layer Mask -- 14.3 Using Masks and Channels -- Building a Natural Mask -- Transparency and the Alpha Channel -- Converting Masks, Selections, and Channels -- 15 Drawing Tools -- 15.1 Digital Art -- 15.2 An Overview of the Drawing Tools -- 15.3 Shared Features -- Drawing Tool Options -- Paint Dynamics -- Using Dockable Dialogs with Drawing Tools -- Six Useful Dockable Dialogs.

15.4 The Fill Tools -- The Bucket Fill Tool -- The Blend Tool -- 15.5 The Painting Tools -- The Pencil Tool -- The Paintbrush Tool -- The Eraser Tool -- The Airbrush Tool -- The Ink Tool -- 15.6 The Cloning Tools -- The Clone Tool -- The Heal Tool -- The Perspective Clone Tool -- 15.7 The Modifying Tools -- The Convolve Tool -- The Smudge Tool -- The Dodge/Burn Tool -- 15.8 The Text Tool -- The Text Tool Options -- Choosing a Font -- Using the Text Tool -- Editing Your Text -- 15.9 The Color Picker Tool and the Measure Tool -- The Color Picker Tool -- The Measure Tool -- 15.10 Combining Tool Presets, Brushes, and Paint Dynamics -- Getting to Know the Dialogs Involved -- Predefined Paint Dynamics -- Predefined Brushes -- Predefined Tool Presets -- 16 Transformation Tools -- 16.1 Global Transformations -- Transforming an Image -- Resizing an Image -- Cropping an Image -- Transforming a Layer -- 16.2 Local Transformations -- Shared Properties -- The Move Tool -- The Align Tool -- The Crop Tool -- The Rotate Tool -- The Scale Tool -- The Shear Tool -- The Perspective Tool -- The Flip Tool -- The Cage Transform Tool -- 17 Filters -- 17.1 Common Properties -- 17.2 The Blur Filters -- Blur -- Gaussian Blur -- Motion Blur -- Pixelize -- Selective Gaussian Blur -- Tileable Blur -- 17.3 The Enhance Filters -- Antialias -- Deinterlace -- Despeckle -- Destripe -- NL Filter -- Red Eye Removal -- Sharpen -- Unsharp Mask -- 17.4 The Distorts Filters -- Apply Lens -- Curve Bend -- Emboss -- Engrave -- IWarp -- Lens Distortion -- Mosaic -- Newsprint -- Pagecurl -- Polar Coordinates -- Ripple -- Shift -- Value Propagate -- Waves -- Whirl and Pinch -- Wind -- 17.5 The Light and Shadow Filters -- Gradient Flare -- Lens Flare -- Lighting Effects -- Sparkle -- Supernova -- Drop Shadow -- Perspective -- 17.6 The Noise Filters -- HSV Noise -- Hurl -- Pick -- RGB Noise.

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