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Guide to GIMP image editor

Posted by Antony Theobald on Wednesday 04 August 2010 at 8:09am
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Following our recent guide to free online image editors, we have updated our Introduction to GIMP Image Editing Software.

GIMP is a free open source image editing program that has a comprehensive set of tools comparable to those available in commercial software such as Adobe Photoshop.

Photo with  background in focus Same photo as above with background blurred by gaussian blur   filter
Our guide shows how you can simulate a shallow depth of field to focus attention on a particular part of an image using GIMP's Gaussian Blur filter

GIMP can help you with simple and advanced image editing tasks - this document looks at the GIMP features that are of most use to those wanting to edit images for use in teaching and research. Read our Introduction to GIMP Image Editing Software.

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