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NAME
gimp - an image manipulation and paint program.
SYNOPSIS
gimp [-h] [--help] [--help-all] [--help-gtk] [-v] [--ver-
sion] [--license] [--verbose] [-n] [--new-instance] [-a]
[--as-new] [-i] [--no-interface] [-d] [--no-data] [-f]
[--no-fonts] [-s] [--no-splash] [--no-shm] [--no-cpu-accel]
[--display display] [--session ] [-g] [--gimprc
] [--system-gimprc ] [--dump-gimprc]
[--console-messages] [--debug-handlers] [--stack-trace-mode
] [--pdb-compat-mode ] [--batch-interpreter
] [-b] [--batch ] [filename] ...
DESCRIPTION
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, pen-
cil, 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 plug-ins 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.
GIMP ships with a second binary called gimp-console. This
binary is a console-only version and behaves as if gimp was
called with the --no-interface command-line option.
On platforms with the D-Bus message bus system, GIMP will by
default check if an instance is already running in this user
session. If it detects that, it will pass all filenames
given on the command-line to the already running GIMP
instance and quit.
OPTIONS
GIMP accepts the following options:
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-h, --help
Show GIMP command-line options.
--help-all
Show all command-line options.
--help-gtk
Show GTK] command-line options.
-v, --version
Output version information and exit.
--license
Output license information and exit.
--verbose
Be verbose and create information on standard out-
put.
-n, --new-instance
Do not attempt to reuse an already running GIMP
instance. Always start a new one.
-a, --as-new
Open filenames passed on the command-line as new
images, don't set the filename on them.
-i, --no-interface
Run without a user interface.
-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.
--display display
Use the designated X display.
-s, --no-splash
Do not show the splash screen.
--no-shm
Do not use shared memory between GIMP and its plug-
ins. Instead of using shared memory, GIMP will send
the data via pipe. This will result in slower per-
formance than using shared memory.
--no-cpu-accel
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Do not use CPU accelerations such as MX or SE even
if GIMP detects that your CPU provides this func-
tionality.
--session
Use a different sessionrc for this GIMP session. The
given session name is appended to the default ses-
sionrc filename.
-g, --gimprc
Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default
one. Useful in cases where plug-in paths or machine
specs may be different.
--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 {neverqueryalways}
If a stack-trace should be generated in case of
fatal signals.
--pdb-compat-mode {offonwarn}
If the PDB should provide aliases for deprecated
functions.
--batch-interpreter
Specifies the procedure to use to process batch
events. The default is to let Script-Fu evaluate the
commands.
-b, --batch
Execute non-interactively. This option may
appear multiple times. The is passed to
the batch interpreter. When is - the com-
mands are read from standard input.
ENVIRONMENT
GIMP respects a number of environment variables.
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DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
GIMP2DIRECTORY
to get the name of the personal GIMP directory. If
unset .gimp-2.4 is used. If this is an absolute
path, it is used as is. If it is a relative path,
it is taken to be a subdirectory of the home direc-
tory.
GIMP2DATADIR
to get the base location for data files such as
brushes and patterns. If unset
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0 is used.
GIMP2LOCALEDIR
to get the base location for translations. If unset
${datarootdir}/locale is used.
GIMP2PLUGINDIR
to get the base location for plug-ins and modules.
If unset /usr/lib/gimp/2.0 is used.
GIMP2SYSCONFDIR
to get the location of configuration files. If unset
/etc/gimp/2.0 is used.
On Linux GIMP can be compiled with support for
binary relocatibility. This will cause data, plug-
ins and configuration files to be searched relative
to the location of the gimp executable file unless
overridden by the environment variables mentioned
above.
FILES
GIMP's data files are stored in ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0,
where ${datarootdir} is set on install, but is typically
/usr/share. GIMP's system-wide configuration files are
stored in /etc/gimp/2.0, where ${prefix} is typically /usr.
Most GIMP configuration is read in from the user's init
file, $HOME/.gimp-2.4/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/gimprcuser is the default gimprc placed in users' home
directories the first time GIMP is run.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/devicerc - holds settings for input devices
together with the tool, colors, brush, pattern and gradient
associated to that device.
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$HOME/.gimp-2.4/documents - lists all images that have been
opened or saved using GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/gtkrc - users set of GIMP-specific GTK con-
fig settings. 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-2.4/menurc - user's set of keybindings.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/parasiterc - Stores all persistent GIMP
parasites. This file will be rewritten every time you quit
GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/sessionrc - This file takes session-specific
info (that is info, you want to keep between two GIMP ses-
sions). You are not supposed to edit it manually, but of
course you can do. This file will be entirely rewritten
every time you quit GIMP. If this file isn't found, defaults
are used.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/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 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 GIMP is ran.
If this file isn't found, defaults are used.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/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 GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/plug-ins - location of user installed plug-
ins.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/pluginrc - plug-in initialization values are
stored here. This file is parsed on startup and regenerated
if need be.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/modules - location of user installed
modules.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/tmp - default location that GIMP uses as
temporary space.
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${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/brushes - system wide brush files.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/brushes - user created and installed brush
files. These files are in the .gbr, .gih or .vbr file for-
mats.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/curves - Curve profiles and presets as saved
from the Curves tool.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/gimpressionist - Presets and user created
brushes and papers are stored here.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/levels - Level profiles and presets as saved
from the Levels tool.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/palettes - the system wide palette
files.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/palettes - user created and modified palette
files. This files are in the .gpl format.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/patterns - basic set of patterns for
use in GIMP.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/patterns - user created and installed gimp
pattern files. This files are in the .pat format.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gradients - standard system wide set
of gradient files.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/gradients - user created and installed gra-
dient files.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/scripts - system wide directory of
scripts used in Script-Fu and other scripting extensions.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/scripts - user created and installed
scripts.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gflares - system wide directory used
by the gflare plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/gflares - user created and installed gflare
files.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gfig - system wide directory used by
the gfig plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-2.4/gfig - user created and installed gfig
files.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-splash.png - the default
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image used for the GIMP splash screen.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-logo.png - image used in
the GIMP about dialog.
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/tips/gimp-tips.xml - tips as
displayed in the "Tip of the Day" dialog box.
SPLASH IMAGES
GIMP comes with a default image for the splash screen but it
allows system administrators and users to customize the
splash screen by providing other images. The image to be
used with the splash screen is chosen as follows:
1. GIMP tries to load a random splash screen from the
directory $HOME/.gimp-2.4/splashes.
2. It then falls back to using $HOME/.gimp-
2.4/gimp-splash.png.
3. If the user didn't install any custom splash images, a
random image is picked from
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/splashes.
4. As a last resort, GIMP uses the default splash image
located at
${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-splash.png.
SUGESTIONS 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 reli-
able 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 use-
ful 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
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archives, and more.
There is also a GIMP User Manual available at
http:/docs.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, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team.
With patches, fixes, plug-ins, extensions, scripts, transla-
tions, documentation and more from lots and lots of people
all over the world.
SEE ALSO
gimprc(5), gimptool(1), gimp-remote(1)
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