Relaxing into Meditation – illustrations

"The pictures of figures in Relaxing into Meditation began with photographs. They were then imported into the Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Programme). I used bezier curves to create drawings from the photographs. The simplicity of the lines is deliberate. I felt that the addition of shading would only complicate the images and obfuscate their message. I feel the line drawings successfully do the job they are meant to do."

http://ngakma-nordzin.blogspot.com/2011/01/relaxing-into-meditation-illustrations.html

GIMP Rainbow Gradient Effect

http://www.createblog.com/all-other-tutorials/606-gimp-rainbow-gradient-effect/

GIMP — How to set up a file for a commercial printing company.

"GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation Program), just like Adobe's Photoshop, is really a photo manipulation software program. This means that GIMP is NOT realy designed to create brochure or business card or other printing files. Therefore, you will need to make a couple of adjustments to your GIMP file before you start any of the design process. This page will assist you in making those pre-design adjustments."

http://www.theinternetprinter.com.au/info/How_to_Set_up_GIMP_Files_for_a_Printer.aspx

5 Gimp tricks everyone should know

"Having used both GIMP and Adobe Photoshop I must say I personally believe GIMP is much better for common folks like you and me who need a relatively simpler set of tools to make quick edits to our Vacation pictures. Photoshop is undoubtedly more useful graphic designers, however for making quick tweaks, nothing beats GIMP. Recently GIMP 2.6 was released, so I decided to make this tutorial for those who still haven't discovered the magic of GIMP and don't know how to use GIMP productively."

http://helpforlinux.blogspot.com/2008/10/5-gimp-tricks-everyone-should-know.html

GIMP User Filter allows use of Photoshop filters

"One brake on the GIMP's popularity is that, while it boasts dozens of filters, a rival like Photoshop boasts thousands. You may only occasionally need a special effect that imitates a pencil sketch or a famous style of painting such as Impressionism or Cubism, but, when you do, having a filter to create the effect instantly saves serious amount of time. To help bridge this divide, the GIMP is reviving the User Filter from its 1.x releases. This filter is a kind of meta-plugin that allows users to import and manage Photoship filters or, if they have the knowledge, to write their own."

http://www.linux.com/feature/147173

10 Great Sites for GIMP Tutorials and Guides

"If you are unfamiliar with GIMP, it is the open source version of PhotoShop and other high priced image editing software. It really is a great program to have, the GIMP community is fantastic and at a price of $0.00 its worth a look"



http://creatingdrew.com/2008/06/10-great-sites-for-gimp-tutorials-and-guides/

GIMP Tutorials

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

Meet the GIMP!

"This is a video podcast about GIMP. Gimp is a very powerful image manipulation program. It is free (as in speech and in beer), it is open source and it runs on Linux (and other Unixes), Windows and MacOS. It can do nearly all the stuff you can do with Adobe® Photoshop® and more than a lot of other programs including Adobe® Photoshop® Elements®."

http://meetthegimp.org/

Gimp Guru

"GIMP Image Editing Tutorials for Photographers
These tutorials show step-by-step techniques for accomplishing a variety of photographic "digital darkroom" tasks using the GIMP image editor."

http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/

Grokking the GIMP

"The title of this book, Grokking the GIMP, is drawn from Robert A. Heinlein's classic science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. His story is about Valentine Michael Smith, the only survivor of the first human expedition to Mars and raised from infancy by Martians. The rescue mission arrives twenty years later to bring a young man knowing nothing of his own kind back to earth. The story recounts his repatriation and his adventures as he comes to grok the human race and his place in it. Grok, a word he often uses, is the Martian word meaning ``to drink,'' but which also serves as a quasi-religious metaphor in the Martian culture for having a profound appreciation and understanding for something.

Heinlein's book, published in 1961, drew immediate acclaim in the science-fiction world, and the story became a part of the iconoclastic cultural sentiment of the 60s in the United States. Today, the word grok is a part of the U.S. computer hacker vocabulary, and its definition can be found in The New Hacker's Dictionary.

So, do you want to grok the GIMP? When I first came across it in 1996, I did. I was writing an article and had some photographs of poor quality I wanted to touch up and enhance before including them. I had heard about the GIMP so I downloaded it from the Internet and compiled it. When I ran the program, it popped up a small toolbox. Without too much trouble, I discovered how to open image files and access the image menu containing all the GIMP functions and filters. Wow! It looked very cool...and powerful! But, I didn't have a clue how to use it to solve my photo problems. ..."

http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/