GIMP

GIMP 2.10.12 (full name is GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a completely free photo editing software, with lots of advanced features. GIMP is designed for tasks like image restoration, creating and processing array graphics, but also has support for vector graphics. With many different features, GIMP can be used like normal drawing program, high quality image recovery program, online group processing system, image format conversion tool, etc.

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What is GIMP?

GIMP is designed to be enhanced with plug-ins and extensions to perform all operations. Advanced scripting interface allows easy scripting of simple to most complex image manipulations.

GIMP was written and developed according to X11 on UNIX systems. However, it basically uses the same code on MS Windows.

Outstanding advantages of GIMP

Expandable & flexible

GIMP is scalable thanks to the integration of many programming languages ​​including: Scheme, Python, Perl . Therefore, the level of GIMP customization is always high, as evidenced by the large number of community-created scripts and plugins. .

Key features of free photo editing software GIMP

Easy to customize interface

Each task will require a different environment, GIMP allows you to customize the viewer and operate as you like. The widget theme allows you to change the color, the size of the icon to customize the tools in the toolbox. The module interface is a dock, allowing you to place them in tabs or open them in a separate window. When you press the tab key, they will be hidden.

GIMP PC also has a full screen mode that not only allows you to preview your work, but also can make editing work easily.

Advanced Imaging

You can easily overcome digital imaging defects when using GIMP . Fix the angle of view that is distorted by tilting the lens by selecting the adjustment mode in the transformation tools. Or eliminate distorted images through powerful filters but with a very simple interface.

In addition, the channel mixer tool gives you the flexibility and power to make your B / W images stand out the way you want.

Digital restorations

GIMP for computers is the ideal solution for advanced image recovery technologies. It can help you eliminate redundant details when using the copy tool, or handle small details easily with the new tool.

Hardware support

GIMP Windows includes special support for specific input devices. You can incorporate commonly used operations into device events such as rotating the USB or moving the MIDI controller's slides. Moreover, you can change the brush size, angle or opacity while you paint, combining your favorite scripts and buttons.

File formats

GIMP supports a variety of file formats from common ones like JPEG (JFIF), GIF, PNG, TIFF to special formats such as Windows icons files with multi-resolution right and multi-color depth. Users are allowed to extend the GIMP format support with a dedicated plug-in.

Thanks to the transparent virtual file system, GIMP allows you to download and store files to / from remote locations through the use of FTP, HTTP or even SMB (MS Windows shares) and SFTP / SSH.

To save disk space, any format can be stored with an extension such as ZIP, GZ or BZ2 and GIMP will compress the file without requiring you to take any further steps.

The detailed features of GIMP

Painting:

• Full set of drawing tools including Brush, Pencil, Airbrush, Clone, .
• The secondary pixel template for all drawing tools for higher quality.
• Extremely powerful gradient mixing and editing tool.
• Support custom brushes and components.

System:

• The memory management tool is tile based so the image size is limited only by the available disk space.
• Unlimited number of images opened at a time.

Advanced operations:

• Full alpha channel support.
• Includes classes and channels.
• Undo / Redo (limited by drive space).
• Can edit text layers.
• Conversion tools include rotate, cut, flip, .
• Selection tools include rectangles, ellipses, watermarks, etc.
• Foreground extract tool.
• Advanced path tool performs selection of pencils and polygons.
• Quickmask to draw a selection.

Extend:

• The Procedural Database is for calling internal GIMP functions from external programs like in Script-fu.
• Advanced scripting capabilities (Scheme, Python, Perl).
• Plug-ins allow easy addition of new file formats and filter effects.
• More than 100 plug-ins available.

Animation:

• Download and store animations into convenient format.
• MNG support.
• Frame Navigator (in GAP, GIMP Animation Package).
• Onion Skin (in GAP, GIMP Animation Package).
• Bluebox (in GAP, GIMP Animation Package).

File processing:

• Supported file formats include BMP, GIF, JPEG, MNG, PCX, PDF, PNG, PS, PSD, SVG, TIFF, TGA, XPM, etc.
• Download, display, convert, store into many different file formats.
• Import / export SVG links.

System support:

• GNU / Linux (i386, PPC).
• Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista).
• Mac OS X.
• Sun OpenSolaris.
• FreeBSD.

Update to the latest GIMP

GIMP 2.10.12

• Improved Curves tool.
• Support layer when exporting TIFF.
• Support user font installed on Windows.
• Draw faster.
• Support drawing symmetry.
• Incremental mode in Dodge / Burn tool.
• The Free Select tool now makes a preliminary selection.
• New Offset tool.

GIMP 2.10.10

• Detects line art in Buket Fill tool for comic artist.
• Greatly improve usability in the converter.
• The Sample Merged option has been added to the Heal tool and corrected errors in Clone.
• The parameter brushes now display 32-bit precision for each channel.
• Draw with a brush and create a pattern more easily.
• Select the layer on the canvas.
• Save / export and display layer groups faster.
• Support original DDS.
• Many improvements in GEGL, image processing tool.