GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distribu-
ted program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image
authoring.

It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert
quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass
production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins
and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface
allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation
procedures to be easily scripted.


ALPHA!
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  This is another alpha release of Gimp 2. Like in the last version, the plugins
  are missing, so you can only load and save pictures in XCF format.

  Development is not stopped, it is only paused! I'm still working on the plugin
  system. I hope I can solve the problems soon, but it will need some more time.


What's missing?
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  * No plugins! Because of this Gimp has following limitations:

    - you can only load and save the XCF format (gimp's own format)

      Hint: You can convert XCF files with the ImageMagic package available on
            OS4-Depot!

    - no printing.

    - no help system.

    - no scripting.

    - ...

  * No modules. Should not cause serious limitations.


Installation
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  The X11 environment AmiCygnix version 1.0 (or higher) must be installed
  before! AmiCygnix is available on OS4-depot (http://os4depot.net).

  To install the package, just click on the "Install"-icon. The data will be
  installed into the AmiCygnix package. Afterwards you can find the programs in
  "Cygnix:Software/Gimp-2.2.13". To launch the program doubleclick on
  "Start_gimp.bat".


Donations
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  If you like to support my work, you can make a donation by using paypal:

   http://www.schwan-clan.de/amiga/Donate.html

  Thanks!


Thanks to...
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  ... Hans Verkuil for his initial port of X11R6.3 to OS 3.x
  ... Michael Christoph for testing
  ... Torgeir Vee for testing and example picture