Hello from Gimpleburg. I am new to GIMP and this site but love the idea of Open Source software. I hope to learn a lot more about this program through the tutorials and ideas people share. Does anyone have a top ten (or 50) list of "must haves" or best tutorials for this program?

By the way I have noticed on several tutorials that people have their 'background' or Interface in GIMP changed from the std lite color to a darker interface similar to the newer photoshop. Is there an easy way to do this? With Migraines I am visually sensitive to bright lite and find using a darker screen on my PC helps. If I could integrate this into GIMP I know I would be able to use it more. I currently run GIMP 2.6.8 (on multiboot XP Vista32/64, Windows 7. If anyone knows could they please tell me? And where I should post this question?

Thanks in advance and have a nice day,
Joseph Gimpleheimer

PS another direction would be where I can find simple info or tutorials on the plug-ins in the plug in browser and what they are and what is possible with them. I realize I can Google but perhaps some people have favorite sites they can recommend

PPS This is my cat Schmoopy who died almost 1 year ago.. Strange how these furry friends become a part of us... She is missed daily

Hi me4bs

Good luck with learning GIMP. You're gonna love it. Especially when you see your results.

First install a dark theme on gimp to chance the color. It works fine on XP, Vista, and probably windows 7 too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkbrVq-YIPI

There's a tutorial section here and these are some links to tutorial sites:
http://www.gimp.wisdomplug.com/published/
http://gimp-tutorials.net/
http://gtuts.com/
http://www.noupe.com/gimp/30-exceptiona ... urces.html

Welcome me4bs!

Grab a keyboard and chime on it.

Welcome! Let me know if I can be of assistance.

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me4bs!

Come back often and gimp with us!

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