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NAME
       gimp - an image manipulation and paint program.

SYNOPSIS
       gimp  [-h]  [--help]  [--help-all]  [--help-gtk] [-v] [--version] [--license] [--verbose] [-n] [--new-instance] [-a] [--as-new] [-i]
       [--no-interface] [-d] [--no-data] [-f] [--no-fonts] [-s] [--no-splash]  [--no-shm] [--no-cpu-accel] [--display  display]  [--session
       <name>]    [-g]   [--gimprc   <gimprc>]   [--system-gimprc   <gimprc>]   [--dump-gimprc]   [--console-messages]   [--debug-handlers]
       [--stack-trace-mode <mode>] [--pdb-compat-mode <mode>] [--batch-interpreter <procedure>] [-b] [--batch <command>] [filename] ...

DESCRIPTION
       GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is used to edit and manipulate images. It can load and save a variety of  image  for‐
       mats and can be used to convert between formats.

       GIMP can also be used as a paint program. It features a set of drawing and painting tools such as airbrush, clone, pencil, and paint
       brush. Painting and drawing tools can be applied to an image with a variety of paint modes.  It also offers an  extensive  array  of
       selection tools like rectangle, ellipse, fuzzy select, bezier select, intelligent scissors, and select by color.

       GIMP  offers  a  variety of plug-ins that perform a variety of image manipulations.  Examples include bumpmap, edge detect, gaussian
       blur, and many others. In addition, GIMP has several scripting extension which allow for  advanced  non-interactive  processing  and
       creation of images.

       GIMP  ships  with  a second binary called gimp-console. This binary is a console-only version and behaves as if gimp was called with
       the --no-interface command-line option.

       On platforms with the D-Bus message bus system, GIMP will by default check if an instance is already running in this  user  session.
       If it detects that, it will pass all filenames given on the command-line to the already running GIMP instance and quit.

OPTIONS
       GIMP accepts the following options:

       -h, --help
               Show GIMP command-line options.

       --help-all
               Show all command-line options.

       --help-gtk
               Show GTK+ command-line options.

       --help-gegl
               Show GEGL command-line options.

       -v, --version
               Output  version  information  and exit. When combined with the --verbose option, version information about libraries used by
               GIMP is shown as well.

       --license
               Output license information and exit.

       --verbose
               Be verbose and create information on standard output.

       -n, --new-instance
               Do not attempt to reuse an already running GIMP instance. Always start a new one.

       -a, --as-new
               Open filenames passed on the command-line as new images, don't set the filename on them.

       -i, --no-interface
               Run without a user interface.

       -d, --no-data
               Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or brushes. Often useful in non-interactive situations where startup time  is  to
               be minimized.

       -f, --no-fonts
               Do not load any fonts. No text functionality will be available if this option is used.

       --display display
               Use the designated X display.

       -s, --no-splash
               Do not show the splash screen.

       --no-shm
               Do  not  use shared memory between GIMP and its plug-ins.  Instead of using shared memory, GIMP will send the data via pipe.
               This will result in slower performance than using shared memory.

       --no-cpu-accel
               Do not use CPU accelerations such as MMX or SSE even if GIMP detects that your CPU provides this functionality.

       --session <name>
               Use a different sessionrc for this GIMP session. The given session name is appended to the default sessionrc filename.

       -g, --gimprc <gimprc>
               Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default one. Useful in cases where plug-in paths or machine specs may be different.

       --system-gimprc <gimprc>
               Use an alternate system gimprc file.

       --dump-gimprc
               Output a gimprc file with default settings.

       --debug-handlers
               Enable debugging signal handlers.

       -c, --console-messages
               Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings. Print the messages on the console instead.

       --stack-trace-mode {never|query|always}
               If a stack-trace should be generated in case of fatal signals.

       --pdb-compat-mode {off|on|warn}
               If the PDB should provide aliases for deprecated functions.

       --batch-interpreter <procedure>
               Specifies the procedure to use to process batch events. The default is to let Script-Fu evaluate the commands.

       -b, --batch <command>
               Execute <command> non-interactively. This option may appear multiple times.  The <command> is passed  to  the  batch  inter‐
               preter. When <command> is - the commands are read from standard input.

ENVIRONMENT
       GIMP respects a number of environment variables.

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       GIMP2_DIRECTORY
               to  get the name of the personal GIMP directory. If unset .gimp-2.8 is used.  If this is an absolute path, it is used as is.
               If it is a relative path, it is taken to be a subdirectory of the home directory.

       GIMP2_DATADIR
               to get the base location for data files such as brushes and patterns.  If unset ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0 is used.

       GIMP2_LOCALEDIR
               to get the base location for translations. If unset ${datarootdir}/locale is used.

       GIMP2_PLUGINDIR
               to get the base location for plug-ins and modules. If unset ${exec_prefix}/lib/gimp/2.0 is used.

       GIMP2_SYSCONFDIR
               to get the location of configuration files. If unset /etc/gimp/2.0 is used.

               On Linux GIMP can be compiled with support for binary relocatibility.  This will  cause  data,  plug-ins  and  configuration
               files  to  be  searched  relative to the location of the gimp executable file unless overridden by the environment variables
               mentioned above.

FILES
       GIMP's data files are stored in ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0, where ${datarootdir} is set on install, but is typically /usr/share. GIMP's
       system-wide configuration files are stored in /etc/gimp/2.0, where ${prefix} is typically /usr.

       Most  GIMP  configuration  is  read  in  from  the  user's  init  file,  $HOME/.gimp-2.8/gimprc.  The  system  wide equivalent is in
       /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc. The system wide file is parsed first and the user gimprc can override the system settings.  /etc/gimp/2.0/gim‐
       prc_user is the default gimprc placed in users' home directories the first time GIMP is run.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/devicerc  -  holds settings for input devices together with the tool, colors, brush, pattern and gradient associated
       to that device.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/gtkrc - users set of GIMP-specific GTK+ config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts  sizes  can  be  set
       here.

       /etc/gimp/2.0/gtkrc - system wide default set of GIMP-specific GTK+ config settings.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/menurc - user's set of keybindings.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/parasiterc - Stores all persistent GIMP parasites. This file will be rewritten every time you quit GIMP.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/sessionrc  -  This  file takes session-specific info (that is info, you want to keep between two GIMP sessions). You
       are not supposed to edit it manually, but of course you can do. This file will be entirely rewritten every time you  quit  GIMP.  If
       this file isn't found, defaults are used.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/templaterc  -  Image  templates  are kept in this file. New images can conveniently created from these templates. If
       this file isn't found, defaults are used.

       /etc/gimp/2.0/unitrc - default user unit database. It contains the unit definitions for  centimeters,  meters,  feet,  yards,  typo‐
       graphic  points  and typographic picas and is placed in users home directories the first time GIMP is ran. If this file isn't found,
       defaults are used.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/unitrc - This file contains your user unit database. You can modify this list with the unit editor. You are not sup‐
       posed to edit it manually, but of course you can do.  This file will be entirely rewritten every time you quit GIMP.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins - location of user installed plug-ins.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/pluginrc - plug-in initialization values are stored here. This file is parsed on startup and regenerated if need be.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/modules - location of user installed modules.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/tmp - default location that GIMP uses as temporary space.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/brushes - system wide brush files.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/brushes - user created and installed brush files. These files are in the .gbr, .gih or .vbr file formats.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/curves - Curve profiles and presets as saved from the Curves tool.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/gimpressionist - Presets and user created brushes and papers are stored here.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/levels - Level profiles and presets as saved from the Levels tool.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/palettes - the system wide palette files.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/palettes - user created and modified palette files. This files are in the .gpl format.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/patterns - basic set of patterns for use in GIMP.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/patterns - user created and installed gimp pattern files. This files are in the .pat format.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gradients - standard system wide set of gradient files.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/gradients - user created and installed gradient files.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/scripts - system wide directory of scripts used in Script-Fu and other scripting extensions.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/scripts - user created and installed scripts.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gflares - system wide directory used by the gflare plug-in.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/gflares - user created and installed gflare files.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/gfig - system wide directory used by the gfig plug-in.

       $HOME/.gimp-2.8/gfig - user created and installed gfig files.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-splash.png - the default image used for the GIMP splash screen.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-logo.png - image used in the GIMP about dialog.

       ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/tips/gimp-tips.xml - tips as displayed in the "Tip of the Day" dialog box.

SPLASH IMAGES
       GIMP  comes  with a default image for the splash screen but it allows system administrators and users to customize the splash screen
       by providing other images. The image to be used with the splash screen is chosen as follows:

       1.     GIMP tries to load a random splash screen from the directory $HOME/.gimp-2.8/splashes.

       2.     It then falls back to using $HOME/.gimp-2.8/gimp-splash.png.

       3.     If the user didn't install any custom splash images, a random image is picked from ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/splashes.

       4.     As a last resort, GIMP uses the default splash image located at ${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-splash.png.

SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
       Any bugs found should be reported to the online bug-tracking system available  on  the  web  at  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/.  Before
       reporting bugs, please check to see if the bug has already been reported.

       When  reporting  GIMP  bugs,  it  is  important to include a reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of GIMP (and probably
       GTK+), OS name and version, and any relevant hardware specs. If a bug is causing a crash, it is very useful if a stack trace can  be
       provided. And of course, patches to rectify the bug are even better.

OTHER INFO
       The  canonical  place  to  find  GIMP info is at http://www.gimp.org/.  Here you can find links to just about many other GIMP sites,
       tutorials, data sets, mailing list archives, and more.

       There is also a GIMP User Manual available at http://docs.gimp.org/ that goes into much more detail about  the  interactive  use  of
       GIMP.

       The latest versions of GIMP and the GTK+ libs are always available at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/.

AUTHORS
       Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team.

       With  patches,  fixes, plug-ins, extensions, scripts, translations, documentation and more from lots and lots of people all over the
       world.

SEE ALSO
       gimprc(5), gimptool(1),

Version 2.8.22                                                 March 23 2008                                                        GIMP(1)