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5 ADVANCED GIMP
Your Aim
5.1 Review of Class VII 5.4 Changing Background Colour
5.2 Digital B&W Conversion 5.5 Red Eye Removal
5.3 Tone Mapping with ‘Colours/Exposure’ 5.6 Sepia Toning
5.1 REVIEW OF CLASS VII
There are many photo editing software like Photoshop, Microsoft Paint and Drawing in
Open Office.org etc. In this chapter, we are going to study GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation
Program) software.
GIMP is a free and open-source image editor software. It is used for image editing and
manipulation.
GIMP is a multi-platform photo manipulation tool. Most GNU/Linux distributions include
GIMP as a standard application. The GIMP is also available for other operating systems
such as Microsoft Windows™ or Apple’s macOS X™ (Darwin).
The GIMP is a free software application covered by the General Public License [GPL]. The
GPL provides users with the freedom to access and alter the source code.
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