Graphic editor and its interface
Objectives:
The learners can understand to use GIMP in two interface (Multi-window mode and Single window mode).
Two interface in GIMP:
The GIMP is now available in two modes:
multi-window mode,
single window mode.
When you open GIMP for the first time, it opens in multi-window mode by default. You can enable single-window mode by go through the following path.
Windows → >Single-Window Mode in the image menu bar.
After quitting GIMP with this option enabled, GIMP will start in single-window mode next time.
Multi-Window Mode
In multi-window mode GIMP 2.8 have multiple windows which are arranged in multiple columns. This is an appealing feature for multi-monitor users where one screen can have a big dock window with all the dialogs and the tools, while all images are on other displays. These multiple windows can be moved and place them where ever we want.
The screen shot above shows the most basic arrangement of GIMP windows that can be used effectively.
You can notice two panels, left and right, and an image window in middle. A second image is partially masked. The left panel collects Toolbox and Tool Options dialog together. The right panel collects layers, channels, paths, undo history dialogs together in a multi-tab dock, brushes, patterns and gradients dialogs together in another dock below. You can move these panels on screen. You can also mask them using the Tab key.
1. The Main Toolbox:
Contains a set of icon buttons used to select tools. By default, it also contains the foreground and background colors. You can add brush, pattern, gradient and active image icons.
Use Edit → Preferences→ Toolbox to enable, or disable the extra items.
2. Tool options:
Docked below the main Toolbox is a Tool Options dialog, showing options for the currently selected tool (in this case, the Move tool).
3. Image windows:
Each image open in GIMP is displayed in a separate window. Many images can be open at the same time, limited by only the system resources. An image can be bigger than the image window. In that case, GIMP displays the image in a reduced zoom level which allows to see the full image in the image window. If you turn to the 100% zoom level, scroll bars appear, allowing you to pan across the image.
4. The Layers, Channels, Paths, Undo History dock :
It shows the layer structure of the currently active image, and allows it to be manipulated in a variety of ways. It is possible to do a few very basic things without using the Layers dialog, but even moderately sophisticated GIMP users find it indispensable to have the Layers dialog available at all times.
Single Window Mode
GIMP 2.8 introduces an optional single-window mode. You can toggle between the default multi-window mode and the new single-window mode through the Single-window mode checkbox in theWindows menu.
In single-window mode, GIMP will put dockable dialogs and images in a single, tabbed image window. The single-window mode setting is of course preserved if you quit and start GIMP again. Single-window mode removes the necessity for users of having to deal with multiple windows.
Objectives:
The learners can understand to use GIMP in two interface (Multi-window mode and Single window mode).
Two interface in GIMP:
The GIMP is now available in two modes:
multi-window mode,
single window mode.
When you open GIMP for the first time, it opens in multi-window mode by default. You can enable single-window mode by go through the following path.
Windows → >Single-Window Mode in the image menu bar.
After quitting GIMP with this option enabled, GIMP will start in single-window mode next time.
Multi-Window Mode
In multi-window mode GIMP 2.8 have multiple windows which are arranged in multiple columns. This is an appealing feature for multi-monitor users where one screen can have a big dock window with all the dialogs and the tools, while all images are on other displays. These multiple windows can be moved and place them where ever we want.
The screen shot above shows the most basic arrangement of GIMP windows that can be used effectively.
You can notice two panels, left and right, and an image window in middle. A second image is partially masked. The left panel collects Toolbox and Tool Options dialog together. The right panel collects layers, channels, paths, undo history dialogs together in a multi-tab dock, brushes, patterns and gradients dialogs together in another dock below. You can move these panels on screen. You can also mask them using the Tab key.
1. The Main Toolbox:
Contains a set of icon buttons used to select tools. By default, it also contains the foreground and background colors. You can add brush, pattern, gradient and active image icons.
Use Edit → Preferences→ Toolbox to enable, or disable the extra items.
2. Tool options:
Docked below the main Toolbox is a Tool Options dialog, showing options for the currently selected tool (in this case, the Move tool).
3. Image windows:
Each image open in GIMP is displayed in a separate window. Many images can be open at the same time, limited by only the system resources. An image can be bigger than the image window. In that case, GIMP displays the image in a reduced zoom level which allows to see the full image in the image window. If you turn to the 100% zoom level, scroll bars appear, allowing you to pan across the image.
4. The Layers, Channels, Paths, Undo History dock :
It shows the layer structure of the currently active image, and allows it to be manipulated in a variety of ways. It is possible to do a few very basic things without using the Layers dialog, but even moderately sophisticated GIMP users find it indispensable to have the Layers dialog available at all times.
Single Window Mode
GIMP 2.8 introduces an optional single-window mode. You can toggle between the default multi-window mode and the new single-window mode through the Single-window mode checkbox in theWindows menu.
In single-window mode, GIMP will put dockable dialogs and images in a single, tabbed image window. The single-window mode setting is of course preserved if you quit and start GIMP again. Single-window mode removes the necessity for users of having to deal with multiple windows.
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