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The GIMP User Manual

The GIMP comes with extensive help files. Once you have started the program, press F1. Should you get an error message at that time, you may need to set your help browser to 'Web Browser' in the Preferences. This will tell the GIMP to use your default web browser for viewing the help pages. You may also have to install the help pages from a separate package (gimp-help), depending on how your version of the GIMP was packaged.

The user manual is available in several languages:

• English
• Chinese (中文)
• Czech (Čeština)
• Dutch (Nederlands)
• French (Français)
• German (Deutsch)
• Croatian (Hrvatski)
• Italian (Italiano)
• Korean (한국어)
• Norwegian
• Russian (Pусский)
• Spain (Español)
• Swedish (Svenska)

Configuration

• The first time you run the GIMP.
  When you run the GIMP for the first time, it will install some files in your home directory and it will show you some dialogs that give you the opportunity to adapt it to your environment.
• How to set the tile cache.
  The tile cache tells the 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)

Other GIMP Documentation

• GIMP Python Module Documentation
• GIMP Script-fu Documentation

GIMP Developer Documentation

• developer.gimp.org
• Writing a Plug-In