GIMP lesson (1)

السلام عليكم
ده ان شاء الله أول درس في الGIMP
وهو كله كلام عن البرنامج و تعريف بيه .... و ان شاء الله نبدأ في الـTools المرة الجاية
هوا الدرس ده طويل شوية بس عشان هوا بيتكللم عن تاريخ و مزايا البرنامج فلازم يتجمع كله في موضوع واحد

نبدأ بسم الله...



Hello Everyone
i’m going to talk about GIMP as i find this lesson is the most important part of the course … so this must be the beginning line



About GIMP:
GIMP is an acronym for “GNU Image Manipulation Program” … but that
doesn’t mean that it’s working on GNU-Linux only …. it’s working on Unix (Linux, FreeBSD & Sun Solaris), Mac OS & Windows
if you were using Adobe Photoshop … i’m sure that GIMP would be a
good Open Source Alternative as they work with the same tools and
features … except small difference in Filters and Brushes.
you can visit the GIMP site and see the features


Why GIMP?!
The Main Advantages of GIMP are:

• Easy to work with … as it supports many features that are important for Designers
  
• Open Source …. anybody can do whatever he wants in the source code
  
• Free Of Charge … no more bothering with Serials or Cracks … and i think the Super Advantage that it can’t be Stolen!
  
• as there are no such a program in GNU/Linux Supports such Features
  …. the GIMP is still the best and the most powerful program in Linux
  Systems
  

GIMP History:

at July 1995 … Peter Mattis sent a message to some groups to tell
them that he want to make a program similar to photoshop and he
described how he can make it
Two weeks later … Peter Mattis Sent another message to some groups and asked them two Questions:
<blockquote>Suppose someone decided to write a graphical image manipulation program
(akin to photoshop). Out of curiousity (and maybe something else), I have a
few (2) questions:
What kind of features should it have? (tools, selections, filters, etc.)
What file formats should it support? (jpeg, gif, tiff, etc.)</blockquote>
at November 1995 … the first beta release was available as “General Image Manipulation Program”
now known as “GIMP”
but when Released GIMP 1.0.0 … the name changed to “GNU Image Manipulation Program”
till now … they reached to GIMP 2.5.1 Unstable Release which was released just two days later
Here they are working towards the next stable release, which will be GIMP 2.6.
i don’t want to talk much about GIMP History, so if you are interested in reading it, you can just enter this link

thanx