GIMP is a powerful Open source image manipulation program available on Linux, Windows and Mac that closely resembles Adobe Photoshop in its features and functionality.
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Added Features and Changes
layer groups
New Keyboard Shortcuts
Alt (Shift)click = Alpha from layer
Ctrl+Shift+E = File / Export
Ctrl+E: quick export
Ctrl+Shift+R = Resize canvas to window size
Ctrl+R = Resize window to canvas size
Save And Export
A new conceptual change is that saving and exporting images are exactly separated activities. Saving can be done only in the XCF format (GIMP’s native file format).
To export into other formats like jpg,jpeg,png…., user File->Export used. This seperation makes it clearer wether all the available information is stored in a file, or not. |
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Gimp 2.8 for Windows
The official GIMP 2.8.0 build for Windows has now been released:
Get it from Here
GIMP for Unix-like systems
It’s very likely your Unix-like system such as a GNU/Linux distribution already comes with a GIMP package. It is a preferred method of installing GIMP, as the distribution maintainers take care of all the dependencies and bug fix updates.
Ubuntu, Debian
Ubuntu or Debian users can simply run apt-get install gimp to get the latest stable release of GIMP.
openSUSE
SUSE users can install GIMP by running yast -i gimp or zypper in gimp, depending on the distribution version.
Fedora
Similarly to the above, Fedora users can install the latest stable GIMP by running yum install gimp.
Mandriva
Mandriva Linux users can install the latest stable GIMP by running urpmi gimp.
BSD
GIMP is also available for the BSD family of systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
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Hi, I wanted to stop by and visit your blog and see what you are blogging about. You are doing a great job. I'm using Snagit now, have you talked about it here? Thanks for the Gimp post.
Hi,
Thanks for visiting my blog.
I am currently focusing on open source softwares usually used for Linux.
So,Snagit is not specified yet…
But you can expect articles and tips on Windows and Mac Softwares.. 🙂
Thank You..
Hi Dhan, there is one open source software that I use all the time and that is Audacity. I love that one. Hope you plan to cover it!
The other one I have is called VLC media player but I've only used it once or twice.
Thanks!
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Hi,
Check My new post on VLC
Thanks!