GIMP: Beginner's Guide

GIMP is the best free photo editor on the market today. Creative professionals, photographers, and those new to photo editing love GIMP's ease-of-use and especially the price.

The GIMP Beginner's Guide was created for those of you who are total beginners but want an easy-to-follow guidebook that will show you exactly what to do and how to use this amazingly free, and powerful photo editor. We divided the book into two parts: First, we'll teach you the 10 skills we think new users should know how to do. Second, we'll walk you through 20 step-by-step tutorials where you'll both learn how to create special effects as well as increase your skillset in this program.

Basics Skills New Users Need to Know
Basics 1 - Getting Started in GIMP
Basics 2 - How to Personalize Your Workspace - Themes, Colors, Sizes, Languages
Basics 3 - What are Window Modes & How to Customize the Screen
Basics 4 - How to Add New Fonts (Mac & Windows)
Basics 5 - How to Create Your First Image
Basics 6 - How to Create (and Delete) a Template
Basics 7 - How to Perform a Standard Photo Editing Workflow
Basics 8 - How to Straighten & Crop an Image
Basics 9 - How to Use the Main Parts of the Screen
Basics 10 - How to Save and Export Our Finished Work

20 Step-by-Step Creative Tutorials
Lesson 1 - How to Create a Clipping Mask
Lesson 2 - How to Select an Object Based on Color
Lesson 3 - How to Resize a Photo
Lesson 4 - How to Create a Transparent Background
Lesson 5 - How to Place Text Behind Your Subject
Lesson 6 - How to Create a Drop Shadow
Lesson 7 - How to Create a Neon Text Effect
Lesson 8 - How to Remove Shadows from a Portrait
Lesson 9 - How to Create a High-Speed Motion Effect
Lesson 10 - How to Create a Vintage Effect
Lesson 11 - How to Create a Threshold Pop-Art Effect
Lesson 12 - How to Vignette Like a Pro
Lesson 13 - How to Create a Color Gradient Effect
Lesson 14 - How to Create a Faded Matte Look
Lesson 15 - How to Create a Levitation Effect
Lesson 16 - How to Create a Simple Double Exposure Effect
Lesson 17 - How to Create a Miniature Effect
Lesson 18 - How to Add Texture to an Image
Lesson 19 - How to Create a Light Leak Effect
Lesson 20 - How to Create a Glitch Effect

Image Folder
Please contact us by email and we'll send you the image folder for this book. We promise to reply within 48 hours of your message. You can find our email address at the bottom of the Copyright page at the beginning of the book.

Our Second GIMP Book
After creating our first book, 'The GIMP Workbook', many customers asked us to create a follow-up book. This new book is the result of so many of you asking us to continue in our unique teaching style. We hope you like this new edition.

How are the two GIMP books different?
This new book does not share any of the tutorials from 'The GIMP Workbook'. It is a completely new book and the first 10 steps are also completely different.

Our Promise to You
Up until the date of publication, we can guarantee all steps work as they are written.

Yearly Updated
This book, along with all of our books, will be updated yearly from the date of its initial publication and onward.