- The Artist’s Guide to GIMP: Creative Techniques for Photographers, Artists, and Designers
- Dedication
- About the Author
- About the Technical Reviewer
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Fundamental Techniques
- Multi-Window vs. Single-Window Mode
- The GIMP Toolbox
- The Image Window
- The Preferences Dialog
- 1.1 Drawing and Painting
- 1.2 Layers and Modes
- 1.3 Color Modes
- 1.4 Selections
- 1.5 Paths
- 1.6 Drawing Basic Shapes
- 1.7 Patterns and Gradients
- 1.8 Working with Text
- 1.9 Digital Cameras
- 1.10 Basic Tutorials
- 2. Photographic Effects
- 3. Web Design
- 4. Advertising and Special Effects
- Print vs. Web
- Stock Images
- Color, Contrast, and Grayscale
- It’s Up to You
- 4.1 Creative Text Design
- 4.2 3-D Package Designs
- 4.3 Reflective Glass
- 4.4 Popping an Image
- 4.5 Shiny Emblem
- 4.6 Wine Bottle
- 4.7 Gears
- 4.8 Cube City
- 4.9 Underwater
- 4.10 Colored Lighting
- 4.11 iPod
- Tips for Advertising and Special Effects
- 5. Type Effects
- 6. Creative Inspiration
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
About the Author
Michael J. Hammel has been a contributor to GIMP since 1996 (version 0.59). A former contributor to Linux Format magazine, Hammel is the author of three books on the GIMP: The Artist's Guide to the GIMP (SSC, 1998), Essential GIMP for Web Professionals (Prentice Hall, 2001), and The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects (No Starch Press, 2007). Hammel currently works as an embedded software engineer in Colorado Springs.
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