Where to Find More Information

The GIMP can do so much more than what we've covered in this chapter! Please seek out some of the following resources if you're interested in learning more about the GIMP.

Many books have been written about the GIMP. If you need in-depth information about the many capabilities of the GIMP, try your favorite bookstore. The following books were available at the time of this writing:

The Artists' Guide to the GIMP by Michael J. Hammel
GIMP Essential Reference by Alex Harford
GIMP for Linux Bible by Stephanie Cottrell Bryant, et al
GIMP: The Official Handbook by Karin Kylander and Olof S. Kylander (including "Mike Terry's Black Belt School of Script-Fu," an excellent how-to chapter on writing Script-Fus)
Grokking the GIMP by Carey Bunks
Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 Hours by Joshua and Ramona Pruitt

Information about the GIMP is also available on the Web:

http://www.gimp.org/: The official GIMP website
http://www.rru.com/~meo/gimp/faq-user.html: A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for questions commonly asked about the GIMP by GIMP users (as opposed to developers)
http://manual.gimp.org/manual/: The GIMP User Manual (by Karin Kylander and Olof S. Kylander) website, which includes the chapter "Mike Terry's Black Belt School of Script-Fu," an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn how to write a Script-Fu
http://empyrean.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/~nem/gimp/tuts/: The GIMP Tutorials Pointer Page
http://gimp-savvy.com/: The companion website to the book Grokking the GIMP, by Carey Bunks
http://tigert.gimp.org/gimp/: The GIMP website of tigert (Tuomas Kuosmanen), the artist who created Wilber (the GIMP mascot), as well as many other GIMP graphics
http://brahms.fmi.uni-passau.de/~anderss/GIMP/: The GIMP 1.0 Quick Reference Sheet -- a tri-fold list of keyboard shortcuts, etc.