The Gimp

From The Gimp Homepage:

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

It is an extremely capable piece of software with many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, a expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, a image format converter, etc.

GIMP is extremely expandedable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plugins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

GIMP is written and developed under X11 on UNIX platforms. At this time there is no Windows or Mac ports. There is an OS/2 port in development.

At the RZG, the Gimp is installed for the supported platforms AIX, Solaris and IRIX. To start the program, simply type gimp.

Note 1: The first time you use the program, it asks you for authorization to create a subdirectory .gimp in your HOME directory. Also, a list of plug-ins is created, which can take quite a while. After the first time, startup is considerably faster.

Note 2: If you have an X-Server which supports only 256 colors, the Gimp will probably refuse to start. In that case, edit the file $HOME/.gimp/gimprc and un-comment the line which says (install-colormap).

We have also installed a local copy of the User's Manual in HTML format and in PDF format.

For more information, including sample images, tutorials, etc, visit The Gimp Homepage.

In case you have problems with this program, please contact the graphics group: