GIMP a multilingual editing distributed free of charge, in the arsenal of which there are reliable tools to work with an impressive number of graphic formats. During installation, the software independently identifies the language of the operating sistemy.Sposoben qualitatively change the content of visual content through the use of the most advanced option: filters, masks, layers and blending modes.
GIMP is characterized by an intuitive user interface with a view to fine-tuning. If you find that the available capacity is not enough, they can easily be expanded by a plurality of respective components including additional plug-ins, brushes and gradients. Perhaps the use of “native” brushes Photoshop. Function may be qualitatively different input devices.
Creating as a free alternative to Photoshop, the application very quickly gained popularity. To learn the basics of working with this application is quite simple, in case of problems can get help from multiple management manuals and relevant topics in Russian, whom the network enough of.
Main Features Of GIMP
Using a wide option GIMP can without too much trouble to use a wide list of tools that would arise using easily with retouching, cloning and gradients. You can spend cropping, adding a piece of text, create and edit nested layers. If you consider yourself among the advanced users, the necessary tools, you can create within the utilities themselves.
The most significant feature of the present user interface is the ability to carry out editing in one program window. By using the Generic Graphics Library (GEGL), which is a more complex architecture, image processing has become more convenient and faster. The results of their work GIMP saves files only in the format XCF, which is the brand name for it, while maintaining the entire range of formats.
Key Features Of GIMP:
- An extensive set of drawing tools, including brush, pencil, stamps and others. All drawing tools have flexible settings (change line thickness, shape, transparency, etc.).
- System. Image dimensions are limited only by available disk space. Unlimited number of simultaneously open images.
- Full support for the alpha channel. Layers. Editable text layers.
- Tools of transformation: rotation, scaling, reflection, inclination.
- Selection tools include the rectangle, ellipse, free, and “smart”. It is also possible to combine the use of free and combined selection.
- Working with scanners and tablets.
- Filters. Batch processing. Working with the exposition.
- Full story with a picture.
- Animation. Ability to work with individual frames as with layers of the same image. MNG format support.
- File Handling. Among the supported formats – bmp, gif, jpeg, mng, pcx, pdf, png, ps, psd, svg, tiff, tga, xpm, and many others. Convert image formats.
Advantages
A wide range of editing features
Broad support extensions
Expanded use of scripts Script-Fu
The function of adding plug-ins
