Capítulo 1. Introducción

Tabla de contenidos

1. Bienvenido al GIMP
1.1. Autores
1.2. El sistema de ayuda del GIMP
1.3. Propiedades y capacidades
2. What's New in GIMP 2.6?

1. Bienvenido al GIMP

El GIMP es una herramienta de manipulación fotográfica multiplataforma. GIMP es un acrónimo de GNU Image Manipulation Program. En el GIMP se pueden realizar todo tipo de tareas de manipulación de imágenes, incluyendo retoque fotográfico, composición de imágenes y creación de imágenes.

GIMP has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins 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.

One of The GIMP's strengths is its free availability from many sources for many operating systems. Most GNU/Linux distributions include The GIMP as a standard application. The GIMP is also available for other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows™ or Apple's Mac OS X™ (Darwin). The GIMP is a Free Software application covered by the General Public License [GPL]. The GPL provides users with the freedom to access and alter the source code that makes up computer programs.

1.1. Autores

The first version of the GIMP was written by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball. Many other developers have contributed more recently, and thousands have provided support and testing. GIMP releases are currently being orchestrated by Sven Neumann and Mitch Natterer and the other members of the GIMP-Team.

1.2. El sistema de ayuda del GIMP

The GIMP Documentation Team and other users have provided you with the information necessary to understand how to use GIMP. The User Manual is an important part of this help. The current version is on the web site of the Documentation Team [GIMP-DOCS] in HTML format. The HTML version is also available as context sensitive help (if you installed it) while using GIMP by pressing the F1 key. Help on specific menu items can be accessed by pressing the F1 key while the mouse pointer is focused on the menu item. Read on to begin your GIMP journey.

1.3. Propiedades y capacidades

Esta es sólo una lista resumida de las propiedades del GIMP:

  • Suit completa de herramientas de pintura incluyendo brochas, un pincel, un aerógrafo, clonado, etc.

  • Manejo de memoria basado en bloques de pixeles (tile-based), el tamaño de la imagen está limitado sólo por el espacio disponible en disco

  • Muestreo de sub-pixel para todas las herramientas de pintura para obtener un anti-dentado (anti-aliasing) de alta calidad

  • Asistencia completa para el manejo de canal alfa

  • Capas y canales

  • Una base de datos procedural para llamar a funciones internas del GIMP desde programas externos como Script-Fu

  • Capacidades de guionado avanzadas

  • Múltiples deshacer/rehacer (limitado sólo por el espacio en disco)

  • Herramientas de transformación incluyendo rotar, escalar, inclinar y voltear

  • Support for a wide range of file formats, including GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others

  • Selection tools, including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent scissors

  • extensiones (plug-ins) que permiten agregar fácilmente nuevos formatos de archivo y nuevos filtros de efectos