GIMP photo editing uses the free digital photo editing software application GIMP, which has extensive capabilities for digital image manipulation. There are versions that work on both PC's and Mac. The program has advanced image editing features and some view it as an alternative to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. The interface of the program can be changed so it looks like Photoshop, and in more recent versions (greater than 2.4), you can even load Photoshop brushes into the program.http://gimparoo.wordpress.com/

The GIMP acronym stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. GIMP software is an open source program that can be used to edit and manipulate photos, generate professional graphics and animated gifs, and produce flims through FilmGIMP. http://www.gimp.org/l This software is believed to overcome language bias because its allows for Perl, Python, C, and Scheme code to work together well. http://www.advogato.org/article/550.html

You can find on this page video tutorials, links and blogs for learning the extensive features and utilities of this freeware program. If you have a question about the information on this page, or the use of GIMP, an spot is provided to the right of the page. Answers to prior questions can be found near the bottom of the page.

• Creation of animated images in the GIF format

• Image and photo editing and repair; image manipulation, resizing, changing of colors and exposures

• Color analysis http://roots.psu.edu/en/book/export/html/17

• Text Logo generation

• Film production with FilmGIMP

• Icon creation

• Changing photos into drawings http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/image/Gimp-2-color.pdf

• Drawing http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/gimp/

1. Gimp.org has tutorials for beginner, intermediate and advanced users. There are 10 photo editing tutorials, and about 10 types of tutorials for the various user levels. http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
2. Gimpology - Various user-generated instructions on special applications, including using GIMP for making Wordpress-specific web pages, bokeh and smoke effects, brush techniques, transformations, shadow creation, and collections of the best tutorials. Approximately 500 tutorials can be found on this web site.
3. Gimp Land - A small blog that has suggestions on how to use GIMP for correcting shadows and highlights, and correction of color cast.
4. Gimparo - Contains typography and text effect tutorials, as well as the method of loading Photoshop brushes onto the later versions of GIMP.
5. Old Photo Restoration http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/62469.aspx