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====== GIMP ====== Gimp stands for "GNU Image Manipulation Program", it has little to envy to the reference "Adobe Photoshop". If you're a seasoned Photoshop user, you'll need a little time to get acquainted to the GIMP interface and some principals that are a little different between those two very complete programs. ===== Plugins ===== GIMP comes installed along Linux Mint LMDE, but you'll probably have to add some plugins to it in order to have GIMP offering the exact function you need. For a deeper introduction on GIMP plugins, you're invited to read the [[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GIMP/Installing_Plugins|GIMP wiki about plugins]], otherwise here is a quick introduction on how to install a plugin for GIMP: === Download the plugin === You first need to download the plugin. Where you download it from depends on the plugin you want but many can be found in the [[http://registry.gimp.org/|GIMP plugin registry]]. Here below, you will find some plugins of interest: ===== Save for Web ===== [[http://registry.gimp.org/node/33|Save for Web]] is one of the most immediate plugin you'll want if you're a web developer and are used to the "Save for web..." menu in Photoshop. As stated on the plugin page: //it allows to find compromise between minimal file size and acceptable quality of image quickly//.