gimp(1)
NAME
gimp - an image manipulation and paint program.
SYNOPSIS
gimp [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version] [-b] [--batch <com_ mands>] [-g] [--gimprc <gimprc>] [-n] [--no-interface] [-r] [--restore-session] [--no-data] [--verbose] [--no-shm] [--no-mmx] [--display display] [--no-splash] [--no-splash-image] [--debug-handlers] [--console-mes sages] [--system-gimprc <gimprc>] [filename]...
DESCRIPTION
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is used
to edit and manipulate images. It can load and save a
variety of image formats and can be used to convert
between formats.
GIMP can also be used as a paint program. It features a
set of drawing and painting tools such as airbrush, clone,
pencil, and paint brush. Painting and drawing tools can be
applied to an image with a variety of paint modes. It
also offers an extensive array of selection tools like
rectangle, ellipse, fuzzy select, bezier select, intelli
gent scissors, and select by color.
GIMP offers a variety of plugins that perform a variety of
image manipulations. Examples include bumpmap, edge
detect, gaussian blur, and many others.
In addition, GIMP has several scripting extension which
allow for advanced non-interactive processing and creation
of images.
OPTIONS
The gimp accepts the following options:
- -h, --help
- Display a list of all commandline options.
- -v, --version
- Output the version info.
- -b, --batch <commands>
- Execute the set of <commands> non-interactively.
The set of <commands> is typically in the form of
a script that can be executed by one of the GIMP
scripting extensions. - -g, --gimprc <gimprc>
- Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default
one. Useful in cases where plugins paths or
machine specs may be different. - -i, --no-interface
- Run without a user interface.
- -r, --restore-session
- Try to restore saved session.
- -d, --no-data
- Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or
brushes. Often useful in non-interactive situa
tions where startup time is to be minimized. - --verbose
- Show startup messages.
- --no-shm
- Do not use shared memory between GIMP and its plu
gins. Instead of using shared memory, GIMP will
send the data via pipe. This will result in slower
performance than using shared memory. - --no-mmx
- Do not use MMX routines even if GIMP detects the
availability of MMX. - --display display
- Use the designated X display.
- -s, --no-splash
- Do not show the splash screen.
- -S, --no-splash-image
- Do not show the splash screen image as part of the
splash screen. - --debug-handlers
- Enable debugging signal handlers.
- -c, --console-messages
- Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings.
Print the messages on the console instead. - --enable-stack-trace {never|query|always}
- If a stack-trace should be generated in case of
fatal signals. - --system-gimprc <gimprc>
- Use an alternate system gimprc file.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
- XENVIRONMENT
- to get the name of a resource file that overrides
the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MAN
AGER property.
FILES
GIMP's data files are stored in ${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3,
where ${prefix} is set on install, but is typically
/usr/local. GIMP's system-wide configuration files are
stored in /etc/gimp/1.3. Most GIMP configuration is read
in from the user's init file, $HOME/.gimp-1.3/gimprc. The
system wide equivalent is in /etc/gimprc. The system wide
file is parsed first and the user gimprc can override the
system settings. /etc/gimprc_user is the default gimprc
placed in users' home directories the first time GIMP is
run.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/devicerc - holds settings for input
devices together with the tool, colors, brush, pattern and
gradient associated to that device.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/documents - lists all images that have
been opened or saved using GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/gtkrc - users set of gimp-specific GTK
config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts
sizes can be set here.
/etc/gimp/1.3/gtkrc - sytem wide default set of gimp-spe
cific GTK config settings.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/menurc - user's set of keybindings.
/etc/gimp/1.3/menurc - system wide set of keybindings.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/parasiterc - Description of all available
GIMP parasites. This is file is recreated everytime GIMP
starts up.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/sessionrc - This file takes session-spe
cific info (that is info, you want to keep between two
gimp-sessions). You are not supposed to edit it manually,
but of course you can do. This file will be entirely
rewritten every time you quit the GIMP. If this file isn't
found, defaults are used.
/etc/gimp/1.3/unitrc - default user unit database. It con
tains the unit definitions for centimeters, meters, feet,
yards, typographic points and typographic picas and is
placed in users home directories the first time the GIMP
is ran.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/unitrc - This file contains your user unit
database. You can modify this list with the unit editor.
You are not supposed to edit it manually, but of course
you can do. This file will be entirely rewritten every
time you quit the GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/plug-ins - location of user installed plu
gins.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/pluginrc - plugin initialization values
are stored here. This file is parsed on startup and regen
erated if need be.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/modules - location of user installed mod
ules.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/tmp - default location that GIMP uses as
temporary space.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/brushes - system wide brush
files.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/brushes - user created and installed brush
files. These files are in the .gbr (gimp brush) format.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/generated_brushes - Brushes generated and
saved from the brush dialog. These files are in the .vbr
(gimp vector brush) format.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/curves - Curve profiles and presets as
saved from the Curves tool.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/gimpressionist - Presets and user created
brushes and papers are stored here.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/levels - Level profiles and presets as
saved from the Levels tool.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/palettes - the system wide
palette files. The files are copied to the user palettes
directory when GIMP is first ran to allow the user to mod
ify the palettes. This directory is not searched for
palettes by default.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/palettes - copies of the system palette
files as well as user created and modified palette files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/patterns - basic set of patterns
for use in GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/patterns - user created and installed gimp
pattern files. This files are in the .pat format.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/gradients - standard system wide
set of gradient files.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/gradients - user created and installed
gradient files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/scripts - system wide directory
of scripts used in Script-Fu and other scripting exten
sions.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/scripts - user created and installed
scripts.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/gflares - system wide directory
used by the gflare plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/gflares - user created and installed
gflare files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/gfig - system wide directory used
by the gfig plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-1.3/gfig - user created and installed gfig
files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/gimp_splash.ppm - graphic file
used for the GIMP splash screen.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/gimp_logo.ppm - graphic file used
in the GIMP about dialog.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.3/tips/gimp_tips.txt - list of tips
displayed in the "Tip of the Day" dialog box. At the same
place you will find files with tips in other languages.
SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
Any bugs found should be reported to the online bug-track
ing system available on the web at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/. Before reporting bugs, please
check to see if the bug has already been reported.
When reporting GIMP bugs, it is important to include a
reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of GIMP
(and probably GTK), OS name and version, and any relevant
hardware specs. If a bug is causing a crash, it is very
useful if a stack trace can be provided. And of course,
patches to rectify the bug are even better.
OTHER INFO
The canonical place to find GIMP info is at
http://www.gimp.org/. Here you can find links to just
about many other GIMP sites, tutorials, data sets, mailing
list archives, and more.
There is also a GIMP User Manual available at http://man
ual.gimp.org/ that goes into much more detail about the
interactive use of GIMP.
The latest version of GIMP and the GTK+ libs is always
available at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/.
AUTHORS
Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis.
With patches, fixes, plugins, extensions, scripts, trans
lations, documentation, and more from lots and lots of
people all over the world.