GIMP provides the essential tools for high-quality image manipulation. It is a free, open-source software application designed for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition, and digital image creation. From retouching and restoration to creating imaginative composites, the only limit is your creativity.
GIMP gives artists the power and flexibility to transform images into truly unique creations. It is also a high-quality application for producing icons, graphical design elements, and art for user interface components and mockups.
GIMP provides top-notch color management features to ensure high-fidelity color reproduction across digital and printed media. It works best in workflows that involve other free software such as Scribus, Inkscape, and SwatchBooker.
GIMP is a high-quality framework for scripted image manipulation. This application offers extensibility through integration with multiple programming languages, including Scheme, Python, Perl, and others. The result is a high level of customization as demonstrated by the large number of scripts and plug-ins created by the community.
Customizable Interface
Each task may require a different environment, and the application lets you customize the interface to suit your preferences. Start with the widget theme and adjust colors, widget spacing, and icon sizes—right up to creating custom toolsets in the toolbox. The interface is modular and organized into what are called docks, which you can stack into tabs or keep open in separate windows. Pressing the Tab key toggles their visibility. GIMP also features an excellent fullscreen mode, allowing you not only to preview your artwork but also to edit it while making full use of your screen space.
Photo Enhancement
You can easily correct numerous digital photo imperfections using the app. Fix perspective distortion caused by lens tilt by selecting the corrective mode in the transform tools. Eliminate barrel distortion and vignetting with a powerful filter presented through a simple, intuitive interface. The built-in channel mixer provides the flexibility and precise control you need to make your black-and-white photography stand out exactly as you envision.
Digital Retouching
GIMP is ideal for advanced photo retouching techniques. Remove unwanted elements using the Clone Tool or quickly touch up small imperfections with the Healing Tool. The Perspective Clone Tool makes it easy to clone objects with accurate perspective, just like with the standard orthogonal clone.
Hardware Support
GIMP offers built-in support for a variety of input devices, including pressure- and tilt-sensitive tablets, USB controllers, and MIDI devices. You can assign frequently used actions to device events, such as rotating a USB wheel or adjusting a MIDI slider. While painting, change brush size, angle, or opacity in real time, or bind your favorite scripts to custom buttons. These features help streamline your workflow and boost productivity.
Supported File Formats
File format support ranges from many formats, such as JPEG (JFIF), GIF, PNG, and TIFF, to specialized formats, including multi-resolution and multi-color-depth Windows icon files. Furthermore, the architecture allows to extend GIMP’s format capabilities with a plug-in. Also, you can find some rare format support in the GIMP plugin registry.
Thanks to the transparent virtual file system, you can load and save files from remote locations using protocols like FTP, HTTP, SMB (Windows shares), and SFTP/SSH. You can save any format with an archive extension to save disk space. Such as ZIP, GZ, or BZ2, and GIMP will transparently compress the file without requiring any extra steps from you.
GIMP 3.1.2 ChangeLog
Release Notes
GIMP 3.0.0 highlights include:
- Want to tweak a filter you applied hours ago? GIMP 3.0 introduces non-destructive editing for many commonly used filters, allowing you to make adjustments without altering the original image. View changes in real time with the on-canvas preview.
- Transfer files with more applications, including BC7 DDS files, improved PSD export, and many additional formats.
- Unsure how large to make your drawing? Set your paint tool to expand layers dynamically when needed.
- Creating professional-quality text is now easier. Style your text with outlines, shadows, bevels, and more — while still being able to edit it, change the font and size, and adjust style settings.
- Organizing your layers has become much easier with the ability to select multiple items at once, move them, or transform them all together!
- Color management has been improved once again, as part of our long-term project to make GIMP an advanced image editor for all use cases.
- Updated graphical toolkit (GTK3) for modern desktop usage.
- New Wilber logo!
GIMP is a Free, Open-Source, cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows, and more.
