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Tour the GIMP interface - GIMP Tutorial
From the course: GIMP Essential Training
Tour the GIMP interface
- [Instructor] Let's begin our work with GIMP by exploring its user interface. I'm using GIMP on the Mac, but the Windows interface is nearly identical, and whenever there's a difference, I'll point it out. There are two main modes you can choose for the GIMP interface, multi-window mode and single-window mode. And when you first install GIMP, you'll be in multi-window mode where the toolbox, image window, and dialogs are all separate. And you can toggle between the two window modes by going to the Windows menu and selecting or deselecting Single-Window Mode. I'll leave it in single-window mode and maximize the view. And when you're in single-window mode, the entire GIMP interface is contained in one window that you can resize or move as a unit. On the left side of the window, there's a toolbox where you can select a tool to work on your image and below that are tool options to adjust how each tool works. And you can drag the right side of the toolbox to resize it. As you select…
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Tour the GIMP interface4m 46s
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Explore GIMP preferences2m 36s
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Explore GIMP tools3m 48s
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Create new documents3m 26s
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Work with document templates2m 59s
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Save documents3m 42s
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Open documents in other file formats4m 14s
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Work with color-managed documents4m 18s
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Use Multiple Undo and History3m 48s
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View documents3m 51s
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How to avoid getting stuck in the interface2m 10s
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