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Case Study On Gimp
Case Study On Gimp
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IMAGE EDITING:
The GIMP image editing tools include a paintbrush, pencil, airbrush, eraser, and
ink tools used to create new or blended pixels. The 'Bucket Fill' tool can be used
to fill a selection with a color or pattern, similar to the one present in MS Paint.
The 'Blend' tool can be used to fill a selection with a color gradient. GIMP also
provides "smart" tools that use a more complex algorithm to do things that
otherwise would be time-consuming or impossible. These include:
• Clone tool, which copies pixels using a brush
• Healing brush, which copies pixels from an area and corrects tone and color
• Perspective clone tool, which works like the clone tool but corrects for
distance changes
• Blur and sharpen tool blurs and sharpens using a brush 11
• The Smudge tool can be used to subtly smear a selection.
• Dodge and burn tool is a brush that makes target pixels lighter (dodges) or
darker (burns).
CONTRIBUTION TO GIMP
• Having an opensource architecture means anyone can
modify its code and develop new plugins and features.
There is no difference between a user and a developer in
that sense.
• For those wanting to contribute to its source code can do so
through GitHub. GIMP’s source code is openly available
for all to see.
• One can simply go to GIMP’s official website and navigate
through it to find the source code for the version of their
desire. Also, the GNOME Foundation (The GNOME
Project is the community facilitating and working behind
the GNOME desktop environment) hosts all of GIMP’s
code repositories.
• This includes the plugins and application (gimp), website
repository (gimp-web), developer repository (gimp-web-
devel), and user manual (gimp-help).
VERSION HISTORY AND POPULARITY