Sams Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours | 
|  | | | Title: | Sams Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours | | Author: | Joshua Pruitt
Ramona Pruitt | | Publisher: | Sams | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 22 March, 1999 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0672315092 / 9780672315091 | | List Price: | $24.99 | | You Save: | $7.09 | | Amazon Price: | $17.90 (via Amazon marketplace seller) | | | |
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Rather than simply running down a list of GIMP's capabilities, Sams Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours actually teaches graphic art techniques and web media creation using GIMP. The GIMP is a fairly complex program with many features and capabilities, but not so complex to be beyond the grasp of most competent computer users. Sams Teach Yourself Gimp in 24 Hours takes you step-by-step through image creation and manipulation and teaches you the techniques for producing high-quality digital art. This book is neither a "dummied down" guide for novice computer users nor an incomprehensible technical reference for UNIX and Linux experts.
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Customer Reviews:
• Didn't Work Very Well 19 August, 2002
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Maybe I have a much later version than described in the book, but I found that most of the examples didn't work very well. Some were clearly broken; others did something but I couldn't quite tell what or apply the lesson to anything else.I did learn a bit, but I still can't really apply much of what I learned. Some of the things seem useful, but but until I can figure out how to get gimp to actually do them, they'll just remain a dream.I'll try something else ...
- Reviewed by customer ID: ALKLZZW3KOHO4
• Waste Of Time 08 July, 2006
I recommend this book if you want to waste your time!
I'm wondering why I had to play around myself only to draw a line of text! Maybe because the book emphasizes to glorify the enourmous capapilities of The GIMP. Sadly, the authors forget that the intention of the book is to teach!
And to continue the story - on day two - after opening my 'hello-world-text' picture: how can i edit/modify the text?
I don't agree to use two pages of a chapter to repeat 'what you have learned in the last lesson'. But possible the contents could then be shrinked to 10 hours which might not amuse the sales agency.
To be fair, I'm using a windows version of The GIMP - the book deals with the linux version.
To give a background - i worked for years with corel, etc.
I think i will download the GIMP help documentation and help myself.
Sorry guys, but this is the worst book I've read in the last few years!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A9N3CSIO6SZJE
• I Write Great Books! 15 October, 2008
The author of these books and I have the same first and last name and the same social security number.
I get fan mail intended for him all the time and bill collectors have called me a few times looking for him.
When I got out of high school I had to fax in my ID because the phone company wouldn't give me an account, they said I already had one.
This has been going on for twenty years.
I wish he'd pay his bills on time...
- Reviewed by customer ID: A7829CRHD25WU
• An Excellent Book For Beginners 06 December, 1999
I indeed taught myself Gimp in less than 24 hours using this book -- I had to quickly create a digital drawing as a school assignment, and there just wasn't any time to digest the cryptic official online Gimp manual.The photos from the book's cd-rom were also very helpful, since I didn't have any scanned photos to practise certain Gimp functions with. Best of all, the book has made a Gimp fan out of me!
- Reviewed by customer ID: AQ3KQPQLOUTBR
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