All these tools, from Crop to Lasso to Erase, will be
familiar to the experienced image editor. On the right (also not unlike that other tool) is a
layer and color-channel manager.
To create a new image, press Ctrl+N (or go to File, New). To open an existing image for
editing, press Ctrl+O and an image window appears. Both the toolbox and the image
window have their own menus. Open the File menu in either window to open and save
graphics and perform other file-management tasks. The Toolbox Extensions menu (Xtns)
contains the plug-ins and other enhanced functionality that make The GIMP special.
Right-clicking anywhere in an image window also gives you access to a context menu
with a wealth of choices to work with your image (see Figure 10.10).
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FIGURE 10.10 Just a hint of the choices you have available when right-clicking in a GIMP
image.
In the right edge of the menu are two important options, Python-fu and Script-fu. Both
offer ways to automate tasks and do all sorts of cool things. Script-fu is the original GIMP
scripting language, but because it??™s based on a relatively obscure programming language,
Scheme, it??™s hard to learn.
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