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[News] GIMP Power Comes from Plugins and Effects

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117 new Effects for GIMP 2.6 

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| Thanks to GIMP FX Foundry, you can now equip GIMP 2.6 with 117 additional 
| scripts that can work some spectacular extra effects into existing graphics. 
| 
| The Gimp FX Foundry SourceForce project made it its assignment to provide 
| scripts for porting into the current GIMP or allow creating them from 
| scratch. The scripts allow GIMP graphics to be endowed with special effects, 
| such as blurring or distorting them in certain ways. The Foundry now provides 
| 117 new scripts for GIMP 2.6 that are not part of the graphic software's 
| standard installation.      
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/117_new_effects_for_gimp_2_6

Trolls who mock GIMP probably never used it (properly).


Recent:

GIMP 2.6.3 Released

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| GIMP 2.6.3 is another bug-fix release in the stable GIMP 2.6 series.
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http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/32414


GIMP 2.6 Released, Offers Major Changes to Interface

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| User interface improvements include the removal of the toolbox menu bar and
| merging with the image window menu bar, a change that converts the toolbox
| and docks into utility windows, and the ability to pan beyond the image
| border.
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http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/10/01.8.shtml


New GIMP 2.6 Gives Photoshop a Run for Its Money

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| GIMP 2.6 doesn’t move to a single unified window, as Photoshop has done, but
| it does now feature an “empty image window’ which acts as a container for all
| your open images. That means that closing an image no longer closes the app
| and it also means there’s drag-and-drop support for opening images.
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http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/New_GIMP_2DOT6_Gives_Photoshop_a_Run_for_Its_Money


5 GIMP Tricks Everyone Should Know!

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| Having used both GIMP and Adobe Photoshop I must say I personally believe
| GIMP is much better for common folks like you and me who need a relatively
| simpler set of tools to make quick edits to our Vacation pictures. Photoshop
| is undoubtedly more useful graphic designers, however for making quick
| tweaks, nothing beats GIMP. Recently GIMP 2.6 was released, so I decided to
| make this tutorial for those who still haven't discovered the magic of GIMP
| and don't know how to use GIMP productively.
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http://helpforlinux.blogspot.com/2008/10/5-gimp-tricks-everyone-should-know.html


GIMP User Filter allows use of Photoshop filters

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| One brake on the GIMP's popularity is that, while it boasts dozens of
| filters, a rival like Photoshop boasts thousands. You may only occasionally
| need a special effect that imitates a pencil sketch or a famous style of
| painting such as Impressionism or Cubism, but, when you do, having a filter
| to create the effect instantly saves serious amount of time. To help bridge
| this divide, the GIMP is reviving the User Filter from its 1.x releases. This
| filter is a kind of meta-plugin that allows users to import and manage
| Photoship filters or, if they have the knowledge, to write their own.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/147173


Related:

Gimp vs. Photoshop

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| The truth is, they're both winners when they're used in the proper
| context. The Gimp just doesn't have support in the areas that are
| necessary to make it useful in a commercial application. However,
| you cannot justify the price of Photoshop for personal use when the
| Gimp will do everything it can do outside of commercial printing. I
| know I've beat the horse to death, but unless you want to pirate
| software, there is no reason to use Photoshop if you're not producing
| a print publication ? use the Gimp.
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http://grimthing.com/archives/2007/01/11/Gimp_vs_Photoshop/


GIMPshop - Linux Graphic Software

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| While the functionalities of GIMP and Photoshop largely overlap,
| window layout, options, tools, and menus have evolved independently
| and are quite different. This causes frustration for people who
| want to switch from Photoshop to GIMP or vice versa.
|
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http://linux.about.com/od/softgraphics/gr/GIMPshop.htm


Best of GIMP brushes: 35+ brush sets (1400+ brushes)

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| GIMP is an open-source image editing program, one of the most popular
| image-editing programs. It is supported by a huge open-source community that
| is open in every aspect - development, source, sharing and participation.
|
| [...]
|
| And what better way for me to admire GIMP than by presenting a list of some
| amazing, beautiful and stunning brushes?
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http://www.techzilo.com/gimp-brushes/


Gimp Tutorial - Fast Flaming Text

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| There's a few flame effect tutorials out there, but all the ones I've found
| are either badly outdated or too fiddly. This is how I set any object -
| including text - ablaze with the Gimp, in just six quick steps.
|
| Done with Gimp 2.2.13, which I'll keep using for tutorials until more Linux
| distros start including 2.4 by default. If you've soldiered on to 2.4, the
| menus will be all switched around, but the effects should all still be there
| somewhere. Click images to get full-size shot.
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http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=gimp_tutorial_fast_flaming_text&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1


Top 40+ GIMP plugins

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| Much like Firefox, GIMP’s strength lies in its plugins, which are developed
| by the open-source toting community. Since the users themselves develop them,
| they know all the needs and conceive a plugin for everything (well, except
| making a coffee for you ;) ).
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http://www.techzilo.com/gimp-plugins/
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