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A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

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A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional Steve Kinney 27 Dec 18:27
  A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional Noel Stoutenburg 28 Dec 09:31
   A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional Daniel Smith 28 Dec 16:04
Steve Kinney
2011-12-27 18:27:19 UTC (about 13 years ago)

A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

Hey y'all,

The other day I spent a couple of hours looking through this book at the library:

Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional by Akkana Peck

http://gimpbook.com/

I liked it a lot. Although I can't say it was an "eye opener" I did pick up a couple of things from it, and it seems to me like a well organized and fairly comprehensive textbook for new GIMP users. Considering what it is - a professional application software textbook - and the amount of color illustrations, Amazon's $32.00 USD price tag is not bad. Or hey, do what I did and find it at your local public library.

:o)

Steve

Noel Stoutenburg
2011-12-28 09:31:07 UTC (about 13 years ago)

A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

Friends,

Steve Kinney wrote:

The other day I spent a couple of hours looking through this book at the library:

Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional by Akkana Peck

http://gimpbook.com/

As it happens, I've recommended this book in past threads to other users, and am glad to see Steve's recommendations, too. Couple of points to mention: there are two editions to the book, the first edition used GIMP 2.4; the second GIMP 2.6. If you're buying it, the second edition is probably the one to get.

Also, the publisher used to have (and as far as I know, still does) the policy that if you purchase the print version, you can get the digital version for a nominal fee. This has proved useful to me; I've several Apress titles, and when I travel, I can carry a reference library on a thumb drive, or micro SD card, and not have to carry a briefcase full of reference books.

Finally, Akkana is a list member, which permits me to say, "Thank you."

ns

Daniel Smith
2011-12-28 16:04:46 UTC (about 13 years ago)

A good book - Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional

I know they have a 2.6 version at Packt books too, which people can get free access to if they sign up for a free trial. (No affiliation).
Dan

On 12/28/11, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:

Friends,

Steve Kinney wrote:

The other day I spent a couple of hours looking through this book at the library:

Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional by Akkana Peck

http://gimpbook.com/

As it happens, I've recommended this book in past threads to other users, and am glad to see Steve's recommendations, too. Couple of points to mention: there are two editions to the book, the first edition used GIMP 2.4; the second GIMP 2.6. If you're buying it, the second edition is probably the one to get.

Also, the publisher used to have (and as far as I know, still does) the policy that if you purchase the print version, you can get the digital version for a nominal fee. This has proved useful to me; I've several Apress titles, and when I travel, I can carry a reference library on a thumb drive, or micro SD card, and not have to carry a briefcase full of reference books.

Finally, Akkana is a list member, which permits me to say, "Thank you."

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