GIMP is a multi-platform photo manipulation tool. GIMP is an
acronym for GNU Image
Manipulation Program. The GIMP is suitable for a variety of image manipulation
tasks, including photo retouching, image composition, and image construction.
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.
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