Beginning Gimp - (Expert's Voice in Open Source) 2nd Edition by Akkana Peck (Paperback)

About the Book

From rescaling to cropping to balancing color, Peck shows how to prepare camera images for Web pages using the open source image manipulation program, GIMP version 2.4.

Book Synopsis

Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional explains how to utilize the free, Open Source image manipulation program, The GIMP. You will learn how to install The GIMP on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X platforms. Once you've installed the application, you'll learn about the interface and configuration options, and then jump into a quick and simple project to familiarize yourself.

Review Quotes

From the reviews:

"Peck's textbook provides a thorough treatment of topics ranging from installation (on various platforms) and background on common graphic file formats, to drawing, photograph manipulation, filters/effects, and even scripting ... . In addition, a thorough treatment of the tools useful to experienced designers is provided ... . Peck's book is effective in showing just how far GIMP has progressed in 12 years. Beginners may be surprised ... with this free application, especially with the assistance of this clear, concise, and attractive textbook." (Ian van der Linde, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (2), February, 2008)

About the Author

Akkana Peck is a freelance software developer and writer who has been working with open source software for nearly 20 years. She has worked for a diverse collection of companies including Netscape, Silicon Graphics, Sun Technologies, Hewlett Packard, and Apple, and has written imaging software ranging from GIMP plug-ins, to cartography, to scientific visualization. Akkana is a longtime member of the GIMP community and enjoys giving GIMP courses and presentations, as well as filling up her hard drive with digital images. She lives in San Jose, California with her husband and a motley assortment of old computers. You can find more of her musings at ShallowSky.com.