Documentation

GIMP User Manual¶

GIMP comes with a built-in help system. Once you have started the program, press F1 for context-sensitive help. You may have to install the help pages from a separate package (gimp-help), depending on how your version of GIMP was packaged.

The user manual for the GIMP 2.10 release is available in 15 languages and more translations are in progress:

• Català
• 中文 (Chinese Simplified)
• Dansk
• Deutsch
• Ελληνικά (Greek)
• English
• Español
• Français
• Italiano
• 日本語 (Japanese)
• 한국어 (Korean)
• Nederlands
• Norsk nynorsk
• Português
• Pусский (Russian)

The user manuals for older releases can be found at the GIMP Documentation page.

Tutorials¶

Tutorials on gimp.org

Books¶

Books about GIMP

GIMP User FAQ¶

Frequently Asked Questions

Configuration¶

• How to set the tile cache. The tile cache tells GIMP how much memory it can use before swapping some image data to disk. Setting the size of the tile cache can be critical for the performance of your system.
• How to install fonts for use with GIMP
• How to use MIDI devices with GIMP

GIMP Manual Pages¶

• gimp (1)
• gimprc (5)
• gimp-remote (1)
• gimptool-2.0 (1)

GIMP Documentation for Developers and Script Authors¶

• wiki.gimp.org
• Writing a plug-in
• GIMP Python module documentation
• GIMP Script-Fu documentation
• GIMP Script-Fu changes in GIMP 2.4 (migration guide)