GIMP basics: Best tips and tricks for beginners
Jan 08, 2020
4 minutes
BY JD SARTAIN
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), like so many other open-source programs, started out as a student project at the University of California, Berkeley. It was developed by Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis in 1995, and the first version (0.54) was released in 1996. As of the current version (2.10) GIMP has matured into a truly incredible photo-editing program. It’s not as complex as Photoshop, but it’s not as basic as PC Paint either. It rivals all the top dogs on the market today. Best of all, it’s free!
If you’re coming at GIMP by way of Photoshop, however, you may be frustrated by the some
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