[Gimp-user] Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects

[Ajay Gautam]

I agree completely :)

MJH did say that hes working on an updated revision. I am looking
forward to the updated version...

Ajay

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Patrick Horgan <phorgan1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I mentioned some time ago that I was reading The Artist's Guide to GIMP
> Effects, by michael j. hammel, and that over time I'd report on what I
> thought about it.  Ok, here's what I think about it--WOW!
>
> I still have a long way to go to absorb everything in here, but in a few
> weeks I've gone from someone who's messed around with Gimp for a few
> years but still felt lost, to someone who knows the principles behind
> using it as a tool.
>
> Many of the questions people ask here seem obvious after reading and
> working with it for awhile.
>
> He does a great job of teaching you the basic principles that let you
> solve problems.  You start thinking about what you want, instead of
> looking at what Gimp can do.
>
> If you need to combine pictures, fix problems, do commercial graphics,
> web work, original art--this book is for you.  I'm astonished.
>
> I'll report back some more after spending a few more weeks with it.
>
> It doesn't cover 2.6, but it hasn't been an issue using it with 2.6.  If
> you want to be a GIMP master, check it out!
>
> Patrick
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