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While this chapter covers image applications briefly, there is much more detailed information available. Refer to the following resources if you are interested in learning more about the applications in this chapter.
Often, software packages include comprehensive documentation.
The GIMP manual page contains some of the more advanced command line options and environment variables associated with it. You can read the manual page by typing man gimp at a shell or terminal prompt. The GIMP also has a help browser accessible by choosing Help => Help... from the GIMP toolbar menu.
The Web has several sites of interest if you are looking for more detailed information about an application covered in this chapter:
http://www.gimp.org/ — The official GIMP website.
http://www.rru.com/~meo/gimp/faq-user.html — A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for questions commonly asked about the GIMP by GIMP users (as opposed to developers).
http://manual.gimp.org/manual/ — The online GIMP User Manual.
http://gimp-savvy.com/ — The companion website to the book Grokking the GIMP, by Carey Bunks. The entire book is also available on the site for download
http://tigert.gimp.org/gimp/ — The GIMP website of tigert (Tuomas Kuosmanen).
If you need in-depth information about the many capabilities of the GIMP, try your favorite bookstore. The following books were available at the time of this writing:
The Artists' Guide to the GIMP by Michael J. Hammel; Frank Kasper and Associates, Inc.
GIMP Essential Reference by Alex Harford; New Riders Publishing
GIMP for Linux Bible by Stephanie Cottrell Bryant, et al; Hungry Minds, Inc.
GIMP: The Official Handbook by Karin Kylander and Olof S. Kylander; Coriolis Group
Grokking the GIMP by Carey Bunks; New Riders Publishing
Sams Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours by Joshua and Ramona Pruitt; Sams