GIMP的含义是指符合GNU协议的图象处理程序。它是一个免费的、分布式的图片润饰、图象制作和处理软件。GIMP 是一个非常好的程序包，内含几乎所有图象处理所需的功能，号称Linux下的PhotoShop。GIMP在Linux系统推出时就风靡了许多绘图爱好者的喜爱，它的接口相当轻巧，但其功能却不输于专业的绘图软件；它提供了各种的影像处理工具、滤镜，还有许多的组件模块，对于要制作一个又酷又炫的网页按钮或网站Logo来说是一个非常方便好用的绘图软件，因为它也提供了许多的组件模块，你只要稍加修改一下，便可制作出一个属于你的网页按钮或网站Logo。注意：要想在windows下运行GIMP，你必须安装GTK+ 2 for Windows.
更新:- Depend on newer versions of glib, gtk+ and pango and use some of the new features in these libraries
- Made Ctrl-P the default shortcut for Print
- Show progress when loading/saving XCF files
- Added support for 16/32 bit bitmaps and alpha channel to the BMP plug-in
- If possible, detect the number of CPUs
- Allow to disable the build of the Script-Fu extension
- Many improvements to the Python bindings and the pygimp user interface
- Made message dialogs transient for the progress window
- Added PDB API for creating a selection from vectors
- Further improved status bar messages for tools
- Derive ByColorSelect and FuzzySelect tools from a common base class
- Finer control over select-by-color functionality
- Minor optimizations in the drawing code
- Abstract brush outline drawing into the common base class GimpBrushTool
- Store sample points in XCF files
- Added extended PDB API for selection procedures
- Added convenience API to libgimp that creates a layer from a GdkPixbuf
- Added midpoint handles to Scale tool for scaling with fixed width or height
- Let color picker tools select a matching color in the Palette Editor
- Allow to use foreground and background color in gradients
- Added first draft of a new Healing Brush tool
- Abstract clone tool functionality into the common base class GimpSourceTool
- Improvements to the new selection tools
- Don't wake up the gimp every so often
- Added GimpHintBox widget to libgimpwidgets
- Bug fixes and code cleanup
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