Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours: Starter Kit [With CDROM]

by Joshua Pruitt and Ramona Pruitt

Book Overview

Rather than simply running down a list of GIMP's capabilities, Sams Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours actually teaches graphic art techniques and web media creation using GIMP. The GIMP is a fairly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672315092
• ISBN13: 9780672315091
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book for beginners

I indeed taught myself Gimp in less than 24 hours using this book -- I had to quickly create a digital drawing as a school assignment, and there just wasn't any time to digest the cryptic official online Gimp manual.The photos from the book's cd-rom were also very helpful, since I didn't have any scanned photos to practise certain Gimp functions with. Best of all, the book has made a Gimp fan out of me!

Excellent introduction to a powerful program.

While this was not what I was hoping for, it is an excellent introduction to the GIMP. Basic concepts are covered in some detail, and more advanced topics are commented on (mostly, it seems, to give an idea of just how powerful this program really is). The author also frequently advises experimentation, which is really the only way to learn a program like this.Especially useful (to me, anyway) was the admittedly brief coverage on how the GIMP differs from other equivalent programs, especially those from the Mac and Windows worlds.If you want in-depth coverage of the GIMP's capabilities, this book isn't it. If you're just starting out with the GIMP, and enjoy tinkering with the available tools, check it out.In fact, the only real flaw in this book is that it is written for release 1.0.0 of the GIMP; fortunately, most of the specific examples given can easily be adapted to current releases (I use the 1.1.8 developer's release and had no problems following the examples in the book).

Actually teaches you how to use the Gimp!

Great place to start if you're new to Gimp. Not only explains how to use all of the menus and commands, but explains some computer graphics concepts as well, such as color palettes. Taking time to go through most of the tutorials helped a lot. A user- friendly book with lots of illustrations, nice layout, and clear, informal writing. The organization of the book will make it useful in the future as a reference. I highly recommended it to anyone who wants to learn the Gimp.

Good book

GIMP is an awesome program and this book gives you a good start into the GIMP world. Easy to read and a nice layout. This plus the author is from the Linux community with old school values makes it well worth the cost.

A great book for starting out

I am still fairly new to Linux and brand new to the GIMP, but this book helped me tremendously. I used to jump back to my Windows box and Paint Shop Pro whenever I needed to do any image editing, but this book got me going with the GIMP quickly and painlessly.STY GIMP has great examples and is an easy read. I can now do everything in the GIMP that I used to do in Paint Shop Pro, and I've even learned more. Now by Windows box is just a game machine!