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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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