Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects -- New from No Starch Press

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact: Camille Herrera, camille@nostarch.com
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No Starch Press releases THE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO GIMP EFFECTS:
GIMP for photography, special effects, and design


July 24, 2007--The GIMP, an image editor whose power and ease-of-use
rivals that of Adobe Photoshop, is one of the world's most popular free
software tools. Artists and designers rely on the GIMP to retouch
photographs, composite multiple images, and create artwork from scratch.
The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects (No Starch Press, August 2007, $44.95,
ISBN 978-1-59327-153-4) is a beautiful 4-color book that shows how to
harness all of the GIMP's powerful features. Author Michael J. Hammel's
extensively illustrated, step-by-step tutorials are perfect for hands-on
learning and experimentation.

After a crash course in using the GIMP's interface and core tools (such as
brushes, patterns, selections, layers, and masks), readers learn:

* Photographic techniques to create ripped edges or sepia-tones, swap
colors, produce motion blurs, even fix rips in an old photograph 
* Web and interface design techniques to create patterns, navigation tabs,
and fancy buttons and borders
* Type effects to create depth, perspective, and neon- and graffiti-style
lettering
* Special effects to simulate clouds, textures, cracks, lighting, and
underwater effects
* And much more

The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects is sure to teach readers
some new tricks, whether they are new to the GIMP or have been playing
with it for years.


Additional Resources:
Table of Contents: www.nostarch.com/gimp_toc.htm
Sample Chapter: http://www.nostarch.com/download/gimp_sample.zip


About the Author: Michael J. Hammel is an embedded software engineer
living in Colorado Springs. He's been involved with the GIMP since version
0.54 and was a contributor to its early development. Hammel wrote a column
on the GIMP for Linux Format magazine for three years and is the author of
The Artist's Guide to GIMP (Frank Kasper & Associates, 1998) and Essential
GIMP for Web Professionals (Prentice Hall PTR, 2001).


The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects:
Creative Techniques for Photographers, Artists, and Designers
by Michael J. Hammel

August 2007
360 pp.
ISBN 978-1-59327-153-4
4-color
US $44.95


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