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STARTING GIMP
To start GIMP, click on Show Applications → GIMP 2.10.20. The GIMP window opens.
COMPONENTS OF GIMP WINDOW
The GIMP interface consists of:
✶ Menu bar: It contains different menus such as File, Edit, Select, Image, etc. for doing various
tasks.
✶ Toolbox: It contains various tools that are used to create, edit and enhance an image.
✶ Foreground/Background colors: The color areas show GIMP's current foreground and
background colours. Clicking on either one of them will open a color selector dialog box that
allows changing to a different color. Clicking on the double-headed arrow exchanges the
two colors, and clicking on the small symbol in the lower left corner resets them to black
and white.
✶ Tool options: This shows options for the currently selected tool.
✶ Image window: Each image in GIMP is displayed in a separate window. Many images can
be opened at the same time
✶ Ruler: Rulers are shown above and to the left of the image, indicating coordinates within the
image.
✶ Layers palette: It is used to set order of visibility of the objects.
✶ Brushes/Patterns/Fonts tab: This contains tabs that show the options for managing brushes,
patterns and fonts. Brushes tab is used for all tools that allow you to paint on the image, like
erasing and smudging. Patterns tab is is used in filling selected areas of an image. Fonts tab
is used for Text tool whenever there is a requirement of change in font.
Ruler
Brushes/
Menu bar
Pattern/
Toolbox Fonts
tabs
Foreground/
Background
color
Tools
Image window
options
Layers
palette
GIMP Interface
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