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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter¬†1.¬†
  22.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Introduction</span>
  23.       </th>
  24.         </tr>
  25.         <tr>
  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pt01.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">Part¬†I.¬†
  28.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Getting started</span>
  29.     </th>
  30.           <td width="20%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-introduction-whats-new.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  37.         <div>
  38.           <div>
  39.             <h2 class="title"><a id="introduction"></a>Chapter¬†1.¬†
  40.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Introduction</span>
  41.       </h2>
  42.           </div>
  43.         </div>
  44.       </div>
  45.       <div class="toc">
  46.         <p>
  47.           <b>Table of Contents</b>
  48.         </p>
  49.         <dl>
  50.           <dt>
  51.             <span class="sect1">
  52.               <a href="introduction.html#introduction-gimp">1. 
  53.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Welcome to GIMP</span>
  54.   </a>
  55.             </span>
  56.           </dt>
  57.           <dd>
  58.             <dl>
  59.               <dt>
  60.                 <span class="sect2">
  61.                   <a href="introduction.html#authors">1.1. 
  62.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Authors</span>
  63.     </a>
  64.                 </span>
  65.               </dt>
  66.               <dt>
  67.                 <span class="sect2">
  68.                   <a href="introduction.html#introduction-help">1.2. 
  69.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The GIMP Help system</span>
  70.     </a>
  71.                 </span>
  72.               </dt>
  73.               <dt>
  74.                 <span class="sect2">
  75.                   <a href="introduction.html#introduction-features">1.3. 
  76.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Features and Capabilities</span>
  77.     </a>
  78.                 </span>
  79.               </dt>
  80.             </dl>
  81.           </dd>
  82.           <dt>
  83.             <span class="sect1">
  84.               <a href="gimp-introduction-whats-new.html">2. 
  85.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">What's New in GIMP 2.4?</span>
  86.   </a>
  87.             </span>
  88.           </dt>
  89.         </dl>
  90.       </div>
  91.       <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  92.         <div class="titlepage">
  93.           <div>
  94.             <div>
  95.               <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="introduction-gimp"></a>1.¬†
  96.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Welcome to GIMP</span>
  97.   </h2>
  98.             </div>
  99.             <div>
  100.               <div class="revhistory">
  101.                 <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history">
  102.                   <tr>
  103.                     <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  104.                       <b>Revision History</b>
  105.                     </th>
  106.                   </tr>
  107.                   <tr>
  108.                     <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2355 $</td>
  109.                     <td align="left">2005-11-01</td>
  110.                     <td align="left">j.h</td>
  111.                   </tr>
  112.                 </table>
  113.               </div>
  114.             </div>
  115.           </div>
  116.         </div>
  117.         <a id="id2525095" class="indexterm"></a>
  118.         <p>
  119.     <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> is a multi-platform photo
  120.     manipulation tool. <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> is an acronym for
  121.     <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> Image Manipulation Program. The
  122.     <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> is suitable for a variety of image
  123.     manipulation tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and
  124.     image construction.
  125.   </p>
  126.         <p>
  127.     It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an
  128.     expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing
  129.     system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.
  130.   </p>
  131.         <p>
  132.     GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with
  133.     plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting
  134.     interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex
  135.     image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.
  136.   </p>
  137.         <p>
  138.     One of The <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>'s strengths is its free
  139.     availability from many sources for many operating systems. Most
  140.     <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym>/<span class="application">Linux</span> distributions
  141.     include The <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> as a standard application.
  142.     The <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> is also available for other
  143.     operating systems such as <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows</span>‚Ñ¢
  144.     or Apple's <span class="productname">Mac OS X</span>‚Ñ¢
  145.     (<span class="application">Darwin</span>). The <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>
  146.     is a Free Software application covered by the General Public License (
  147.     <a class="ulink" href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html" target="_top">
  148.     <acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym> license</a>). The <acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym>
  149.     provides users with the freedom to access and alter the source code that
  150.     makes up computer programs.
  151.   </p>
  152.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  153.           <div class="titlepage">
  154.             <div>
  155.               <div>
  156.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="authors"></a>1.1.¬†
  157.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Authors</span>
  158.     </h3>
  159.               </div>
  160.             </div>
  161.           </div>
  162.           <p>
  163.       The first version of the <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>
  164.       was written by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball. Many other developers
  165.       have contributed more recently, and thousands have provided support and
  166.       testing. <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>
  167.       releases are currently being orchestrated by Sven Neumann and Mitch
  168.       Natterer and many other people called the
  169.       <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>-Team.
  170.     </p>
  171.         </div>
  172.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  173.           <div class="titlepage">
  174.             <div>
  175.               <div>
  176.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="introduction-help"></a>1.2.¬†
  177.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The GIMP Help system</span>
  178.     </h3>
  179.               </div>
  180.             </div>
  181.           </div>
  182.           <p>
  183.       The <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> Documentation Team and other
  184.       users have provided you with the information necessary to understand
  185.       how to use <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>. The User Manual is
  186.       an important part of this help. The current version is on
  187.       the <a class="ulink" href="http://docs.gimp.org" target="_top">web site</a> of the
  188.       Documenation Team in HTML format. The HTML version is also available
  189.       as context sensitive help (if you installed it)
  190.       while using <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> by pressing the
  191.       <span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span> key. Help on specific menu items can be accessed
  192.       by pressing the <span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span> key while the mouse pointer is
  193.       focused on the menu item. Read on to begin your
  194.       <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> journey.
  195.     </p>
  196.         </div>
  197.         <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  198.           <div class="titlepage">
  199.             <div>
  200.               <div>
  201.                 <h3 class="title"><a id="introduction-features"></a>1.3.¬†
  202.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Features and Capabilities</span>
  203.     </h3>
  204.               </div>
  205.             </div>
  206.           </div>
  207.           <p>
  208.       The following list is a short overview of some of the features and
  209.       capabilities which <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> offers you:
  210.     </p>
  211.           <div class="itemizedlist">
  212.             <ul type="disc">
  213.               <li>
  214.                 <p>
  215.           A full suite of painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an
  216.           airbrush, cloning, etc.
  217.         </p>
  218.               </li>
  219.               <li>
  220.                 <p>
  221.           Tile-based memory management, so image size is limited only by
  222.           available disk space
  223.         </p>
  224.               </li>
  225.               <li>
  226.                 <p>
  227.           Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high-quality
  228.           anti-aliasing
  229.         </p>
  230.               </li>
  231.               <li>
  232.                 <p>
  233.           Full Alpha channel support for working with transparency
  234.         </p>
  235.               </li>
  236.               <li>
  237.                 <p>Layers and channels</p>
  238.               </li>
  239.               <li>
  240.                 <p>
  241.           A procedural database for calling internal <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>
  242.           functions from external programs, such as Script-Fu
  243.         </p>
  244.               </li>
  245.               <li>
  246.                 <p>Advanced scripting capabilities</p>
  247.               </li>
  248.               <li>
  249.                 <p>Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space)</p>
  250.               </li>
  251.               <li>
  252.                 <p>
  253.           Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip
  254.         </p>
  255.               </li>
  256.               <li>
  257.                 <p>
  258.           File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG,
  259.           PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others
  260.         </p>
  261.               </li>
  262.               <li>
  263.                 <p>
  264.           Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier
  265.           and intelligent
  266.         </p>
  267.               </li>
  268.               <li>
  269.                 <p>
  270.           Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats and
  271.           new effect filters
  272.         </p>
  273.               </li>
  274.             </ul>
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