| 1: | Downloading the Gimp and GTK+ |
| 2: | Installing GTK+ |
| 3: | Installing the Gimp |
| 4: | Setting up the Gimp |
Image Cropping, Resizing and Saving in JPEG Format
| 1: | Getting Started |
| 2: | Opening Files and Setting Magnification |
| 3: | Cropping |
| 4: | Resizing |
| 5: | Saving as JPEG |
| 1: | Adding Text |
| 2: | Layers |
| 3: | Making a New Layer |
| 4: | Layer Stacking Order |
| 5: | Layer Opacity |
| 6: | Saving Images with Layers |
| 1: | Rectangular Selection |
| 2: | Elliptical Selection |
| 3: | Lasso Selection and Inversion |
| 4: | Selection and the Paintbrush |
| 5: | Selection by Color |
Image Cropping, Resizing, and Saving in JPEG Format
Getting Started
Start the Gimp by selecting "Gimp 2" from the "Programs" list in the Start menu. When the Gimp starts up, it presents you with a "tip of the day." Read this if you want to, and then close the window:
When the Gimp starts up, there are two windows open. One of these is a toolbar that contains icons for a number of tools used in working with images, tools for selecting colors, and also a group of options for the currently selected tool. The other window contains different panes for working with layers, channels, and paths at the top, and panes for working with brushes, patterns, and gradients at the bottom.
Here is the toolbar window and the layers, channels, and paths window:
Here is the brush, pattern, and gradient selection area:
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