Part II.  How do I become a GIMP wizard?

Table of Contents

5. Getting images into GIMP

1. Image types

2. Working with Images

2.1. Creating new Files

2.2. Opening Files

6. Getting images out of GIMP

1. Files

1.1. Saving Images

1.2. Saving Files

2. Preparing your Images for the Web

2.1. Images with an Optimal Size/Quality Ratio

2.2. Reducing the File Size Even More

2.3. Saving Images with Transparency

7. Painting with GIMP

1. The Selection

1.1. Feathering

1.2. Making a selection partially transparent

2. Creating and Using Selections

2.1. Moving a Selection

2.2. Creating a Free Selection

3. QuickMask

3.1. Overview

3.2. Properties

4. Using the Quickmask

5. Paths

5.1. Paths and Selections

5.2. Paths and Text

5.3. Paths and SVG files

6. Paths

6.1. Path creating

6.2. Stroking a Path

6.3. Transforming Paths

7. Brushes

8. Adding New Brushes

9. The GIH dialog box

10. Creating a brush with variable size

11. Gradients

12. Patterns

13. Palettes

13.1. Colormap

14. Drawing Simple Objects

14.1. Drawing a Straight Line

14.2. Creating a Basic Shape

8. Combining images with GIMP

1. Layers

1.1. Layer properties

2. Layer modes

3. Creating New Layers

4. Text and Fonts

5. Text

5.1. Embellishing Text

5.2. Adding Fonts

5.3. Font Problems

9. Enhancing photographs with GIMP

1. Working with Digital Camera Photos

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Improving Composition

1.3. Improving Colors

1.4. Adjusting Sharpness

1.5. Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image

1.6. Saving Your Results

10. Pimp my GIMP

1. Grids and Guides

1.1. The Image Grid

1.2. Guides

2. Rendering a Grid

3. How to Set Your Tile Cache

4. Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions

5. Dialogs and Docking

5.1. Creating Docking Dialogs

5.2. Removing Tabs

11. Scripting the GIMP

1. Plugins

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Using Plugins

1.3. Installing New Plugins

1.4. Writing Plugins

2. Using Script-Fu Scripts

2.1. Script-Fu?

2.2. Installing Script-Fus

2.3. Do's and Don'ts

2.4. Different Kinds Of Script-Fus

2.5. Standalone Scripts

2.6. Image-Dependent Scripts

3. A Script-Fu Tutorial

3.1. Getting Acquainted With Scheme

3.2. Variables And Functions

3.3. Lists, Lists And More Lists

3.4. Your First Script-Fu Script

3.5. Giving Our Script Some Guts

3.6. Extending The Text Box Script

12. To be cleaned up

1. Undoing

1.1. Things that cannot be Undone

2. Basic GIMP Concepts