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NAME
gimp - an image manipulation and paint program.
SYNOPSIS
gimp [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version] [--verbose] [--no-shm]
[--no-cpu-accel] [--display display] [-d] [--no-data] [-f]
[--no-fonts] [-i] [--no-interface] [-s] [--no-splash] [--session
] [-g] [--gimprc ] [--system-gimprc ]
[--dump-gimprc] [--console-messages] [--debug-handlers] [-b] [--batch
] [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, intelligent
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.
--verbose
Show startup messages.
--no-shm
Do not use shared memory between GIMP and its plugins.
Instead of using shared memory, GIMP will send the data via
pipe. This will result in slower performance than using shared
memory.
--no-cpu-accel
Do not use CPU accelerations such as MMX or SSE even if GIMP
detects that your CPU provides this functionality.
-d, --no-data
Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or brushes. Often
useful in non-interactive situations where startup time is to
be minimized.
-f, --no-fonts
Do not load any fonts. No text functionality will be available
if this option is used.
-i, --no-interface
Run without a user interface.
--display display
Use the designated X display.
-s, --no-splash
Do not show the splash screen.
--session
Use a different sessionrc for this GIMP session. The given
session name is appended to the default sessionrc filename.
-g, --gimprc
Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default one. Useful
in cases where plugins paths or machine specs may be differ-
ent.
--system-gimprc
Use an alternate system gimprc file.
--dump-gimprc
Output a gimprc file with default settings.
--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.
--stack-trace-mode {never|query|always}
If a stack-trace should be generated in case of fatal signals.
--pdb-compat-mode {off|on|warn}
If the PDB should provide aliases for deprecated functions.
-b, --batch
Execute the set of non-interactively. The set of
is typically in the form of a script that can be
executed by one of the GIMP scripting extensions. When is - the commands are read from standard input.
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_MANAGER property.
FILES
GIMP's data files are stored in /usr/share/gimp/2.0, where ${prefix}
is set on install, but is typically /usr/local. GIMP's system-wide
configuration files are stored in /etc/gimp/2.0. Most GIMP configura-
tion is read in from the user's init file, $HOME/.gimp-2.0/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 directo-
ries the first time GIMP is run.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/devicerc - holds settings for input devices together
with the tool, colors, brush, pattern and gradient associated to that
device.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/documents - lists all images that have been opened or
saved using GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/gtkrc - users set of gimp-specific GTK config set-
tings. Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be set here.
/etc/gimp/2.0/gtkrc - sytem wide default set of gimp-specific GTK+
config settings.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/menurc - user's set of keybindings.
/etc/gimp/2.0/menurc - system wide set of keybindings.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/parasiterc - Description of all available GIMP para-
sites. This is file is recreated everytime GIMP starts up.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/sessionrc - This file takes session-specific 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.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/templaterc - Image templates are kept in this file.
New images can conveniently created from these templates. If this file
isn't found, defaults are used.
/etc/gimp/2.0/unitrc - default user unit database. It contains 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. If this file isn't found, defaults are
used.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/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-2.0/plug-ins - location of user installed plugins.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/pluginrc - plugin initialization values are stored
here. This file is parsed on startup and regenerated if need be.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/modules - location of user installed modules.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/tmp - default location that GIMP uses as temporary
space.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/brushes - system wide brush files.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/brushes - user created and installed brush files.
These files are in the .gbr, .gih or .vbr file formats.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/curves - Curve profiles and presets as saved from the
Curves tool.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/gimpressionist - Presets and user created brushes and
papers are stored here.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/levels - Level profiles and presets as saved from the
Levels tool.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/palettes - the system wide palette files.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/palettes - user created and modified palette files.
This files are in the .gpl format.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/patterns - basic set of patterns for use in GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/patterns - user created and installed gimp pattern
files. This files are in the .pat format.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/gradients - standard system wide set of gradient
files.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/gradients - user created and installed gradient files.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/scripts - system wide directory of scripts used in
Script-Fu and other scripting extensions.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/scripts - user created and installed scripts.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/gflares - system wide directory used by the gflare
plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/gflares - user created and installed gflare files.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/gfig - system wide directory used by the gfig
plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-2.0/gfig - user created and installed gfig files.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/images/gimp_splash.png - image used for the GIMP
splash screen.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/images/gimp_logo.png - image used in the GIMP
about dialog.
/usr/share/gimp/2.0/tips/gimp-tips.xml - tips as displayed in the "Tip
of the Day" dialog box.
SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
Any bugs found should be reported to the online bug-tracking 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, tutori-
als, data sets, mailing list archives, and more.
There is also a GIMP User Manual available at http://manual.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, translations,
documentation, and more from lots and lots of people all over the
world.
SEE ALSO
gimprc(5), gimptool(1), gimp-remote(1)
Version 2.0.5 March 23 2004 GIMP(1)
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