On 10/4/07, Dick Moores wrote:

What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional", by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006?

It's supposed to cover GIMP 2.4.

I'm a "novice", having used the Gimp to process photos for the last two years but without learning image processing in a structured way.

I recently bought the book (it was recommended in a video podcast at www.meetthegimp.org) and did the first four chapters ... and think it looks good; i already learned a lot, and it only seems to be getting better. It looks good for not-so-advanced users, IMHO.

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Dick Moores wrote:

What's the opinion here of "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional", by Akkana Peck, Apress, 2006?

I think that Peck's book is by far the best available book about the subject. It has some slight defects (what book does not have?), but its coverage is excellent and its way to describe matters very good. It is onnly a pity that the printer could not manage a better color rendering.

It's supposed to cover GIMP 2.4.

It covers version 2.4 fairly well. No important feature is missing.

--- Carsten Agger wrote:

I recently bought the book (it was recommended in a video podcast at www.meetthegimp.org) and did the first four chapters ... and think it looks good; i already learned a lot, and it only seems to be getting better. It looks good for not-so-advanced users, IMHO.

I have that book as well and also find it very useful and easy to read. Another two GIMP books I like is, "The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects" and "GIMP 2 for Photographers" These are good follow-up books as they concentrate on practical applications of GIMP.

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