1. GIMP Basics
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1. GIMP Basics

This chapter reviews the features of the GIMP Toolbox and image windows, introduces the major dialogs, and presents important functions not covered elsewhere in this book.

- 1.1 Introducing the GIMP Windows and Dialogs
  - 1.1.1 The Toolbox
  - 1.1.2 The Image Window
  - 1.1.3 The Layers, Channels, and Paths Dialogs
  - 1.1.4 The Dialogs for Color, Brushes, Patterns, Gradients, and Palettes
- 1.2 Loading and Saving Images
- 1.3 Creating New Images
- 1.4 RGB, Grayscale, and Indexed Images
- 1.5 Undoing and Redoing
- 1.6 Recalling the Last Filter Dialog
- 1.7 Copy, Cut, and Paste Buffers
- 1.8 Zoom and New View
  - 1.8.1 Zoom
  - 1.8.2 New View
- 1.9 The Help System
- 1.10 Common Problems and
  Frequently Asked Questions

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