The Artist's Guide to GIMP, 2nd Edition
Creative Techniques for Photographers, Artists, and Designers
Nonfiction, Computers, Application Software, Computer Graphics, Art & Architecture, Photography, Equipment & Techniques, Techniques
| Author: | Michael Hammel | ISBN: | 9781593274436 |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press | Publication: | June 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | No Starch Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Hammel |
| ISBN: | 9781593274436 |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press |
| Publication: | June 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | No Starch Press |
| Language: | English |
As a full-featured, free alternative to Adobe Photoshop, GIMP is one of the world's most popular open source projects. The latest version of GIMP (2.8) brings long-awaited improvements and powerful new tools to make graphic design and photo manipulation even easier—but it's still a notoriously challenging program to use.
The Artist's Guide to GIMP teaches you how to use GIMP without a tedious list of menu paths and options. Instead, as you follow along with Michael J. Hammel's step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to produce professional-looking advertisements, apply impressive photographic effects, and design cool logos and text effects. These extensively illustrated tutorials are perfect for hands-on learning or as templates for your own artistic experiments.
After a crash course in GIMP's core tools like brushes, patterns, selections, layers, modes, and masks, you'll learn:
- Photographic techniques
- Web design techniques
- Type effects
- Advertising effects
- Covers GIMP 2.8
As a full-featured, free alternative to Adobe Photoshop, GIMP is one of the world's most popular open source projects. The latest version of GIMP (2.8) brings long-awaited improvements and powerful new tools to make graphic design and photo manipulation even easier—but it's still a notoriously challenging program to use.
The Artist's Guide to GIMP teaches you how to use GIMP without a tedious list of menu paths and options. Instead, as you follow along with Michael J. Hammel's step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to produce professional-looking advertisements, apply impressive photographic effects, and design cool logos and text effects. These extensively illustrated tutorials are perfect for hands-on learning or as templates for your own artistic experiments.
After a crash course in GIMP's core tools like brushes, patterns, selections, layers, modes, and masks, you'll learn:
- Photographic techniques
- Web design techniques
- Type effects
- Advertising effects
- Covers GIMP 2.8
