Chapter14.Editing Images and Photos

Chapter 14. Editing Images and Photos

What You'll Learn in This Chapter:

• How to download images from a digital camera

• How to fix color and contrast problems

• How to make an image black-and-white

• How to load, save, and print an image

This chapter introduces you to one of the most powerful software applications included in Fedora Core 4, called The GIMP. GIMP is short for GNU Image Manipulation Program, and The GIMP is indeed used primarily to manipulate images such as photos taken with digital cameras or scans of other images.

Photoshop Users Have a Head Start

Users who are familiar with programs such as Adobe Photoshop or Corel Photo Paint on other operating systems will find many of the features of The GIMP to be familiar, even if the layout of the windows and buttons is a little unfamiliar. In most cases, if you are looking for a feature from Photoshop or Photo Paint in GIMP it'll be there, although there are some notable exceptionscolor profile support, CMYK, and LAB color spaces chief among them.