(GNU Image Manipulation Program)

Prepared by:
Ronaliza Y. Espiritu
Brief History

Gimp started in 1995. Spencer Kimball and

 

Peter Mattis, from University of California

developed this software as a semester long
project.
Brief History

It was aimed to provide handy Image

manipulation program rather than writing a
compiler in scheme/lisp.

Gimp stood for Image Manipulation program

Brief History

When Kimball and Mattis graduated in1997,

it’s name was changed to GNU Manipulation and
become an official part of GNU Project.
Since Gimp was written, many versions,
anchored with developments, have been publicly
released on the internet.
Brief History
The version number used in GIMP is expressed in
a major-minor-micro format, with each number
carrying a specific meaning:
the first (major) number is incremented only for
major developments (and is currently 2).
Brief History
● The second (minor) number is incremented with
each release of new features, with odd numbers
reserved for in-progress development versions and
even numbers assigned to stable releases;
●
● the third (micro) number is incremented before and
after each release (resulting in even numbers for
releases, and odd numbers for development
snapshots) with any bug fixes subsequently applied
and released for a stable version.
● The first release supported UNIX systems, such as
Linux, SGI IRIX and HP-UX. Since the initial
release, GIMP has been ported to many operating
systems, including Microsoft Windows and
macOS; the original port to the Windows 32-bit
platform was started by Finnish programmer Tor
M. Lillqvist (tml) in 1997 and was supported in the
GIMP 1.1 release.
Brief History
● The healing brush and perspective clone tools and
Ruby bindings were created as part of the 2006
GSoC and can be used in version 2.8.0 of GIMP,
● although there were three other projects that were
completed and are later available in a stable
version of GIMP; those projects being Vector
Layers (end 2008 in 2.8 and master), and a JPEG
2000 plug-in (mid 2009 in 2.8 and master).
Brief History
● Second public Development 2.9-Version was 2.9.4
with many deep improvements after initial Public
Version 2.9.2
● Third Public 2.9-Development version is Version
2.9.6. One of the new features is removing the 4GB
size limit of XCF file.
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● Version 2.9.8 included many bug fixes and
improvements in gradients and clips. Version
2.10.0 RC2 after RC1 has only seven blocker bugs
on way to stable 2.10.0. Improvements in
performance and optimization beyond bug hunting
are the targets in this release candidates. MacOS
Beta is available with Version 2.10.4
● The next stable version in the roadmap is 3.0 with
GTK3-Port.
What is gimp?

a free and open-source raster graphics editor

used for image retouching and editing, free-form
drawing, converting between different image
formats, and more specialized tasks.
What are the advantages of using gimp?

Gimp is free,
Gimp is powerful and versatile.
You can open files photo shop on Gimp.
Compatible with most operating system.
Support is easily available.
Gimp Lingo

Selection tools,
which specify or modify the portion of the image that will be
affected by subsequent actions
Paint tools
which alter the colors in some part of the image;
Transform tools
which alter the geometry of the image;
Other tools
which don't fall into the other three categories.