Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional) by: Akkana Peck

Publisher: APRESS
Release date: 1st May, 2006
Media: Paperback

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Rating: - Quality Reading From Start to Finish

If you want to learn how to really use Gimp then this is the book for you with pictures and easy to understand language very well written and worth every penny , so go on down load Gimp which is free and just as good as one of the best other software packages that you can pay hundreds of pounds for buy this book you will be astonished as what you can achieve .
marks out of 10 ... 10.

Rating: - Pretty Good

This is a great book - successfully demisting the art of design. I work with highly creative designers and have always been a little in awe of their talent. However, having picked up this book, I now realise that everything is at the end of a mouse click. It's really helped to put into perspective what can be achieved for even the most basic of users. The book neatly progresses though every application of the programme, using small tutorials to build up your skills.
It could benefit from having a glossary and a quick reference section (summarising how to use each design tool) but hey ho...p'haps they'll include this in the next issue.
There are one or two screen/command refs that didn't reflect the GIMP program, but there is a website where such errors are updated.
I urge you to buy this - the software is legal and free to download and the joy from creating your own design is immeasurable.

Rating: - a most practical guide to using GIMP

This book is easy to read and for someone who knew something but not very much about imaging and image processing it answered loads of questions right away.

The thing that makes this book stand out as an excellent piece of work is that it is written from the perspective of "what do you want to do with your image?", "right, here's how you do it". So many technical manuals tell you _what_ a piece of software does but not _how_ to use the software to achieve to end result that you are after. This author avoids this trap and clearly explains how you set about each task.

Highly recommended!

It is illustrated in colour, which makes sense for a book about image processing.

Rating: - Learning from this book is fun!

BACKGROUND: My first purchase in this series prior to this one was BEGINNING OPEN OFFICE 3 etc. etc. I found it a real plod! No offence to the author of that book is intended. BEGINNING GIMP etc. etc.,is entirely different. It is interesting and informative, and fun! I will return to this book again and again. I am a newcomer to GIMP. Nothing in this book intimidates me, and that gives me the confidence to want to learn more. Akhana Peck is a very good communicator to a novice like me, she gives me encouragement all the way through her book. That is what I want from a tutorial book, and at last I have it!

Rating: - Layers made easy

If you want to learn how to get the best out of this great piece of free software, then this is the book to read.
It leads you gently by the hand through all the Gimp's features.
Noteworthy is the section on Layers. I have in the past found Layers to be a difficult concept to get my head around.
Akkana makes the concept so much easier to understand, and I am now using this feature regularly in my photo editing.
I highly recommend this book.

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