gimp - an image manipulation and paint program.
SYNOPSIS
gimp [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version] [-b] [--batch <com
mands>] [-g] [--gimprc <gimprc>] [-n] [--no-interface]
[-r] [--restore-session] [--no-data] [--verbose]
[--no-shm] [--no-xshm] [--display display] [--no-splash]
[--no-splash-image] [--debug-handlers] [--console-mes
sages] [--system-gimprc <gimprc>] [filename]...
DESCRIPTION
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is used
to edit and manipulate images. It can load and save a
variety of image formats and can be used to convert
between formats.
Gimp can also be used as a paint program. It features a
set of drawing and painting tools such as airbrush, clone,
pencil, and paint brush. Painting and drawing tools can be
applied to an image with a variety of paint modes. It
also offers an extensive array of selection tools like
rectangle, ellipse, fuzzy select, bezier select, intelli
gent scissors, and select by color.
Gimp offers a variety of plugins that perform a variety of
image manipulations. Examples include bumpmap, edge
detect, gaussian blur, and many others.
In addition, Gimp has several scripting extension which
allow for advanced non-interactive processing and creation
of images.
OPTIONS
The gimp accepts the following options:
-h, --help
Display a list of all commandline options.
-v, --version
Output the version info.
-b, --batch <commands>
Execute the set of <commands> non-interactively.
The set of <commands> is typically in the form of
a script that can be executed by one of the Gimp
scripting extensions.
-g, --gimprc <gimprc>
Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default
one. Useful in cases where plugins paths or
machine specs may be different.
Run without a user interface.
-r, --restore-session
Try to restore saved session.
-d, --no-data
Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or
brushes. Often useful in non-interactive situa
tions where startup time is to be minimized.
--verbose
Show startup messages.
--no-shm
Do not use shared memory between GIMP and its plu
gins. Instead of using shared memory, GIMP will
send the data via pipe. This will result in slower
performance than using shared memory.
--no-xshm
Do not use the X Shared Memory extension. If GIMP
is being displayed on a remote X server, this
probably needs to be enabled. Also useful for any
X server that doesn't properly support the X
shared memory extension. This will result in
slower performance than with X shared memory
enabled.
--display display
Use the designated X display.
-s, --no-splash
Do not show the splash screen.
-S, --no-splash-image
Do not show the splash screen image as part of the
splash screen.
--debug-handlers
Enable debugging signal handlers.
-c, --console-messages
Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings.
Print the messages on the console instead.
--enable-stack-trace {never|query|always}
If a stack-trace should be generated in case of
fatal signals.
--system-gimprc <gimprc>
Use an alternate system gimprc file.
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides
the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MAN
AGER property.
FILES
Gimp's data files are stored in /usr/share/gimp/1.2, where
${prefix} is set on install, but is typically /usr/local.
Gimp's system-wide configuration files are stored in
/etc/gimp/1.2. Most gimp configuration is read in from
the user's init file, $HOME/.gimp-1.2/gimprc. The system
wide equivalent is in /etc/gimprc. The system wide file is
parsed first and the user gimprc can override the system
settings. /etc/gimprc_user is the default gimprc placed
in users' home directories the first time gimp is run.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gtkrc - users set of gimp-specific GTK
config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts
sizes can be set here.
/etc/gimp/1.2/gtkrc - sytem wide default set of gimp-spe
cific GTK config settings.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/ideas - lists all images that have been
opened or saved using Gimp.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/menurc - user's set of keybindings.
/etc/gimp/1.2/menurc - system wide set of keybindings.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/parasiterc - Description of all available
gimp parasites. This is file is recreated everytime gimp
starts up.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/sessionrc - This file takes session-spe
cific info (that is info, you want to keep between two
gimp-sessions). You are not supposed to edit it manually,
but of course you can do. This file will be entirely
rewritten every time you quit the gimp. If this file isn't
found, defaults are used.
/etc/gimp/1.2/unitrc - default user unit database. It con
tains the unit definitions for centimeters, meters, feet,
yards, typographic points and typographic picas and is
placed in users home directories the first time the gimp
is ran.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/unitrc - This file contains your user unit
database. You can modify this list with the unit editor.
You are not supposed to edit it manually, but of course
you can do. This file will be entirely rewritten every
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins - location of user installed plu
gins.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/pluginrc - plugin initialization values
are stored here. This file is parsed on startup and regen
erated if need be.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/modules - location of user installed mod
ules.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/tmp - default location that gimp uses as
temporary space.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/brushes - system wide brush files.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/brushes - user created and installed brush
files. These files are in the .gbr (gimp brush) format.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/generated_brushes - Brushes generated and
saved from the brush dialog. These files are in the .vbr
(gimp vector brush) format.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/curves - Curve profiles and presets as
saved from the Curves tool.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gimpressionist - Presets and user created
brushes and papers are stored here.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/levels - Level profiles and presets as
saved from the Levels tool.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/palettes - the system wide palette
files. The files are copied to the user palettes directory
when gimp is first ran to allow the user to modify the
palettes. This directory is not searched for palettes by
default.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/palettes - copies of the system palette
files as well as user created and modified palette files.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/patterns - basic set of patterns for
use in gimp.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/patterns - user created and installed gimp
pattern files. This files are in the .pat format.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/gradients - standard system wide set
of gradient files.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gradients - user created and installed
gradient files.
scripts used in Script-Fu and other scripting extensions.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/scripts - user created and installed
scripts.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/gflares - system wide directory used
by the gflare plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gflares - user created and installed
gflare files.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/gfig - system wide directory used by
the gfig plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gfig - user created and installed gfig
files.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/gimp_splash.ppm - graphic file used
for the gimp splash screen.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/gimp_logo.ppm - graphic file used in
the Gimp about dialog.
/usr/share/gimp/1.2/tips/gimp_tips.txt - list of tips dis
played in the "Tip of the Day" dialog box. At the same
place you will find files with tips in other languages.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this soft
ware and its documentation for any purpose and without fee
is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation.
SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
Any bugs found should be reported to the Gimp Developer
mailing list at gimp-developer@xcf.berkeley.edu or you may
want to make use of the online bug-tracking system avail
able on the web at http://bugs.gnome.org/db/pa/lgimp.html
or submit a bug report to the system via
http://www.xach.com/gimp/news/bugreport.html
Before reporting bugs, please check to see if the bug is
mentioned in the FAQ's or the mailing list archive. See
the section on Other Info for locations of these.
When reporting Gimp bugs, it is important to include a
reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of Gimp
hardware specs. It is also very important to include as
much info as possible about the Xserver the problem was
found on including at least server name, the visual, and
the bit depth.
If a bug is causing a crash, it is very useful if a stack
trace can be provided. And of course, patches to rectify
the bug are even better.
OTHER INFO
The canonical place to find GIMP info is at
http://www.gimp.org/. Here you can find links to just
about every other gimp site, tutorials, data sets, mailing
list archives, and more.
There is also a Gimp User Manual available at http://man
ual.gimp.org/ that goes into much more detail about the
interactive use of Gimp.
The latest version of Gimp and the gtk libs is always
available at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/.
AUTHORS
Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis.
With patches, fixes, plugins, extensions, scripts, trans
lations, documentation, and more from lots and lots of
people including but not limited to Lauri Alanko, Shawn
Amundson, Sven Anders, Karl-Johan Andersson, John Beale,
Zach Beane, Tom Bech, Marc Bless, Edward Blevins, Reagan
Blundell, Xavier Bouchoux, Roberto Boyd, Stanislav Brabec,
Robert Brady, Hans Breuer, Simon Budig, Carey Bunks, Seth
Burgess, Brent Burton, Francisco Bustamante, Albert Caha
lan, Sean Cier, Winston Chang, Kenneth Christiansen, Zbig
niew Chyla, Ed Connel, Piers Cornwell, Daniel Cotting, Jay
Cox, Brian Degenhardt, Gert Dewit, Andreas Dilger, Austin
Donnelly, Scott Draves, Daniel Dunbar, Misha Dynin, Daniel
Egger, Morton Eriksen, Larry Ewing, Nick Fetchak, Valek
Filippov, David Forsyth, Raphael Francois, Jochen
Friedrich, Sami Gerdt, Jim Geuther, Graeme Gill, Scott
Goehring, Heiko Goller, Marcelo de Gomensoro Malheiros,
Pavel Grinfeld, Michael Hammel, Henrik Hansen, Ville Hau
tamaki, James Henstridge, Eric Hernes, David Hodson,
Christoph Hoegl, Wolfgang Hofer, Jan Hubicka, Andreas
Hyden, Ben Jackson, Krzysztof Jakubowski, Simon Janes, Tim
Janik, Fellmann Joaquim, Andrew Kieschnick, Peter
Kirchgessner, Philipp Klaus, David Koblas, Robert L
Krawitz, Tuomas Kuosmanen, Karin Kylander, Olof S Kylan
der, Karl La Rocca, Chris Lahey, Nick Lamb, Marco Lam
berto, Jens Lautenbacher, Laramie Leavitt, Elliot Lee,
Marc Lehmann, Ray Lehtiniemi, Raph Levien, Wing Tung
Josh MacDonald, Ed Mackey, Vidar Madsen, Ian Main, Kjartan
Maraas, Kelly Martin, Torsten Martinsen, Gordon
Matzigkeit, Gregory McLean, Daniele Medri, Federico Mena
Quintero, James Mitchell, Hirotsuna Mizuno, David Monni
aux, Adam D Moss, Balazs Nagy, Yukihiro Nakai, Sung-Hyun
Nam, Shuji Narazaki, Felix Natter, Michael Natterer, Sven
Neumann, Stephen Robert Norris, Tim Newsome, Erik Nygren,
Tomas Ogren, Miles O'Neal, Thom van Os, Garry R. Osgood,
Alan Paeth, Jay Painter, Sergey Panov, Asbjorn Pettersen,
Mike Phillips, Artur Polaczynski, Raphael Quinet, Tom
Rathborne, Vincent Renardias, Jens Restemeier, Maurits
Rijk, Daniel Risacher, James Robinson, Tim Rowley, Pablo
Saratxaga, Mike Schaeffer, John Schlag, Norbert Schmitz,
Thorsten Schnier, Alexander Schulz, Tracy Scott, Craig
Setera, Aaron Sherman, Manish Singh, Daniel Skarda, Nathan
Summers, Mike Sweet, Yuri Syrota, Eiichi Takamori, Tristan
Tarrant, Michael Taylor, Owen Taylor, Ian Tester, Andy
Thomas, Kevin Turner, Martin Weber, James Wang, Kris
Wehner, Nigel Wetten, Calvin Williamson, Matthew Wilson,
Shirasaki Yasuhiro.
SEE ALSO
gimprc(5), gimptool(1), gimp-remote(1)
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