[Gimp-user] First mail to this list

[norman]

> Very new to GIMP.
> 
> I am so frustrated to learn GIMP. 
> 
> Tonight, I simply want to create a text and then outline it as a text.
> Then I googled.  But the thing is, I cannot follow any of the
> tutorials I dug out.  Not because I didn't follow closely, but because
> not all of the menu items the tutorials talk about are available to me
> (and what can I do then?) and most of the tutorials don't tell us when
> it was written and what version of Gimp it was targeting.
> 
> So frustrating.
> 
> BTW, I am using Gimp 2.6.2 on Windows XP Professional SP2.
 
A lot depends on what you want to do. If it is to do with photography
then I can recommend www.meetthegimp.org and have a look at the early
videos to start with.

Best of luck

Norman