GIMP is a multiplatform tool for the development of photographic images and GIMP is the abbreviation specifically for GNU Image Manipulation Program. GIMP is suitable for a wide variety of different image processing including photo retouching, composition and the creation of images.

GIMP is very flexible. It can be used as a simple drawing program, as a program for professional image, as processing system bach in line as restitutore images produced automatically, as converter image formats and more.

GIMP is expandable and extensible. It is designed to be expanded with plug-ins and extensions to do virtually anything. The advanced scripting interface simplifies the conversion into procedure the task easier way to the more complex images.

One of the advantages of GIMP is its free availability for many operating systems. Many GNU / Linux distributions include it as standard application. GIMP is also available for other operating systems like Microsoft Windows ™ or Apple Mac OS X ™ (Darwin). GIMP is not freeware. It's a Free Software license covered by the General Public License (GPL). The GPL provides users the freedom to access and change the source code of the program to which it is implemented.

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