Manipulating Images With The Gimp - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - STEP BY STEP GUIDE Manual

92 Chapter 10. Working with Images
Double-click on any thumbnail icon to view the image at its native size and the image loads within
the browser window. To increase or decrease the size of the viewed image in Nautilus, click on the
zoom buttons next to the Location: field as shown in Figure 10-2:
Figure 10-2. The Zoom Function in Nautilus
Click the + button to increase the size of the image or - to decrease it.

10.2. Manipulating Images with the GIMP

The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is a powerful application that can create, alter, ma-
nipulate, and enhance digital image files.
10.2.1. GIMP Basics
To use the GIMP, you must know some of the basics. Start the GIMP from the desktop by choosing
Main Menu => Graphics => The GIMP or from a shell prompt, start the GIMP using the command
.
gimp
Figure 10-3 illustrates a typical GIMP session.
Figure 10-3. The GIMP