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The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is a powerful tool for the
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preparation and manipulation of digital images. The GIMP provides the user
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with a wide variety of image manipulation, painting, processing, and
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rendering tools. The key to the GIMP's power lies in its flexible
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core and easily extensible design. The GIMP's open design and
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extensible architecture make for a very powerful end product which can
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continue to be extended to meet the needs of the photo compositor,
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image retoucher, web graphics designer, or digital illustrator for a
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very long time.
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The GIMP's extensible plug-in architecture allows for image
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manipulation procedures and other functionality to be easily added
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without requiring any change to the application core. A plug-in can
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provide functionality as simple as rotating an image, or as
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complicated as rendering iterated function system fractals. There are
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over 140+ plug-ins available in version 1.1, and more are sure to
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follow.
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The plug-in architecture also allows the GIMP to support a wide
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variety of file formats. File operations are implemented by special
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file plug-ins, allowing additional file formats to be added
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without modification to the core. File formats supported in version
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1.1 include the popular GIF and JPEG standards, as well as PNG, TIFF,
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XPM, SGI, PCX, and Windows BMP.
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WWW: ${HOMEPAGE}
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