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3.1 USING GIMP FOR IMAGE MANIPULATION
The GNU Image Manipulation Program is abbreviated as GIMP. It’s an open-source picture editing, enhancement, and
manipulation software package. GIMP is a full software suite that includes painting tools (such as brushes, pencils, and
cloning), image manipulators, built-in filters for rendering effects (such as blur, distort, colourize, and transform), layers
interface to operate with layers, and more. It’s made to work with a variety of plugins for compatibility and expansions.
The image is stored in. xcf format by default.
Features of GIMP
Some of the features of GIMP are as follows:
Ð ÐFull suite of painting and drawing tools
Ð ÐSeveral layers and channels for image manipulation
Ð ÐAdvanced scripting abilities
Ð ÐSupports various file formats such as GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and more
Ð ÐCan easily add new file formats and filters
Downloading and Installing GIMP
Perform the following steps to download and install GIMP on Windows:
1. Go to the link given below.
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
2. Both Windows and Linux versions are available on this website. Click on Download GIMP 2.10.32 directly button.
3. Once the setup has been downloaded, double click on it to start the installation. It asks for permissions.
4. Click on Yes button. The Select Setup Language dialog box appears.
5. Select the language for installation. In this case, we have selected English language.
6. Click on OK button. The Setup - GIMP windows opens.
7. Click on Install button.
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