There is a straight line tutorial on the tutorials section of the website ( http://www.gimp.org/tutorials):
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Straight_Line/ GIMP Quickies _has_ been updated on the tutorial section as well ( http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/GIMP_Quickies/). A basic photo enhancement tutorial is in the pipeline when I find some time. :) On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:20 PM Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote: > On 05/13/2015 08:48 PM, Steve Lett wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > [...] > > > In chapter 3 it starts out telling you how to fill in the lines with > colour > > etc. But I think they should have started at the beginning with drawing > the > > lines. What do you think? Thats a hell of a price to pay for a book and > not > > find the basics in it, hey? > > > > Am I mistaken? > > Maybe yes and no? I have seen the Book Of GIMP and it looked like > advanced material only. Obviously a chapter on "bare bones basics" > would not have been out of place... > > Try here though: > > The online GIMP manual has a Common Tasks section that does include > drawing straight lines: > > http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickies.html > > An introduction to image file formats and their uses might also be > useful. Note that the GIMP "saves" files to its own native XCF > format, and "exports" images to numerous other formats for purposes > like web display, printing, etc. > > > http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html#gimp-using-fileformats-export-dialog > > This tutorial on basic photo enhancement is one of the best, now its > only home is the Wayback Machine: > > > http://web.archive.org/web/20100714014911/http://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/gimp_tutorial > > After working through these materials, the Book Of GIMP may prove a > lot more useful. > > :o) > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
