QUICK LOOK | GIMP‘s Single Window Interface

1

The Tool palette

The Tool palette on the left features all the most commonly used image-editing tools. It has familiar icons, and tools such as Lasso, Magic Wand and Brushes. Extra tools can be added into this palette, or hidden by pressing the † key.

2

Tool options

The Tool options palette shows you the specific settings of your selected tool that can be altered. It’s a great way to add some fine control to what you’re doing without having to constantly dig your way through menus all the time.

3

Dialog boxes

On the right-hand side, you have commonly used dialogs such as layers, paths and History, which allows you to undo edits you don’t like. You can add other dialogs to this space, such as a histogram or a colour picker, using the Tools menu.

4

Multiple dialogs

To make the best use of space, multiple dialogs sit on top of each other, with tabs to denote which are available. You can toggle between them using these icons, and add new ones by dragging loose dialogs into this space.

5

Single View mode

GIMP works in one of two screen modes; Single View and MultiWindow. Here in Single View mode, the dialogs are locked together into one window. In Multi Window mode, they are loose and can be placed in many positions.

6

Multiple images

You can have multiple images open at once in GIMP, and you can easily swap from one image to the next via this strip of thumbnails along the top of the image. This visual approach is much more intuitive than a tab with a filename on it.