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Grokking the GIMP

by
Carey Bunks

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Copyright Notice and Open Publication License
About the Author
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
README
- Book Overview
- Mouse Clicks
- Function Names, Menus, and Keyboard Shortcuts
- Setting up Your Computer to Get the Most from the GIMP
- Sources of Raw Image Materials
- The History of the GIMP
1. GIMP Basics
- 1.1 Introducing the GIMP Windows and Dialogs
- 1.2 Loading and Saving Images
- 1.3 Creating New Images
- 1.4 RGB, Grayscale, and Indexed Images
- 1.5 Undoing and Redoing
- 1.6 Recalling the Last Filter Dialog
- 1.7 Copy, Cut, and Paste Buffers
- 1.8 Zoom and New View
  - 1.8.1 Zoom
  - 1.8.2 New View
- 1.9 The Help System
- 1.10 Common Problems and
  Frequently Asked Questions
2. Review of Layers
- 2.1 Layers and the Role They Play in Images
  - 2.1.1 The Layers Dialog
  - 2.1.2 The Layers Menu
- 2.2 Channels and Their Relationship
  to Layers
  - 2.2.1 The Channels Dialog
- 2.3 Layer Creation, Deletion, Duplication, and Organization
- 2.4 Layer Export and Import
- 2.5 Floats
- 2.6 Manipulating Layers
- 2.7 Combining Layers
  - 2.7.1 Merging
  - 2.7.2 Flattening
- 2.8 Common Problems and
  Frequently Asked Questions
3. Selections
- 3.1 The Basic Selection Tools
  - 3.1.1 The Six Selection Tools from the Toolbox
  - 3.1.2 Selection Tool Options
- 3.2 Combining Selections
- 3.3 The Select Menu and Friends
- 3.4 The Paths Dialog
- 3.5 Using Selections Effectively
- 3.6 Common Problems and
  Frequently Asked Questions
4. Masks
- 4.1 Channel Masks
- 4.2 Layer Masks
  - 4.2.1 Creating a Layer Mask
  - 4.2.2 Manipulating the Layer Mask
- 4.3 Basic Tools for Working with Channel and Layer Masks
- 4.4 Conversions of Selections, Channel Masks,
  Layer Masks, and Alpha Channels
- 4.5 Masks and Selections
- 4.6 Common Problems and
  Frequently Asked Questions
5. Colorspaces and Blending Modes
- 5.1 The RGB Colorspace
- 5.2 The HSV Colorspace
- 5.3 Relating HSV to RGB
- 5.4 The Subtractive Color Systems CMY
  and CMYK
- 5.5 Conversion to Grayscale
- 5.6 The Blending Modes
- 5.7 Opacity and Transparency
- 5.8 Practical Uses of Blending Modes
  - 5.8.1 Colorization
  - 5.8.2 Realistic Shadows and Highlights
- 5.9 Common Problems and
  Frequently Asked Questions
6. Touchup and Enhancement
- 6.1 Improving Tonal Range
  - 6.1.1 Highlights and Shadows
  - 6.1.2 Using the Levels Tool
- 6.2 Removing Color Casts
- 6.3 Repairing Blemishes with the Clone Tool
- 6.4 Sharpening
- 6.5 A Case Study
7. Compositing
- 7.1 Project 1: Fish on Holiday!
- 7.2 Project 2: Through the Looking Glass
- 7.3 Project 3: Destination Saturn
- 7.4 Project 4: The Call of the Mermaid
- 7.5 Project 5: Panoramas
8. Rendering Techniques
- 8.1 The Bucket Fill Tool
- 8.2 Gradient Rendering Techniques
- 8.3 The Emboss and Bump map Filters
- 8.4 Shadows
- 8.5 Rendering Project I: Drop Shadow and Punchout
- 8.6 Rendering Project II: A Carved Stencil
- 8.7 Rendering Project III: Chiseled Text
9. Web-Centric GIMP
- 9.1 Web Animations
- 9.2 Clickable Image Maps
- 9.3 Type Effects
- 9.4 Tileable Backgrounds
- 9.5 Web-Safe Color
- 9.6 Semi-Transparency and Indexed Images
- 9.7 Which Format GIF or JPEG?
Bibliography
10. GIMP Resources
11. Keyboard Shortcuts
Index