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<big>Welcome to the GIMP!</big>
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After you enabled "Dynamic Keyboard Shortcuts" in the Preferences dialog, you can reassign shortcut keys. Do so by bringing up the menu, selecting a menu item, and pressing the desired key combination. If "Save Keyboard Shortcuts" is enabled, the key bindings are saved when you exit GIMP.
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If some of your scanned photos do not look colorful enough, you can easily improve their tonal range with the "Auto" button in the Levels tool (Layer->Colors->Levels). If there are any color casts, you can correct them with the Curves tool (Layer->Colors->Curves).
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If you stroke a path (Edit->Stroke Path), the paint tools can be used with their current settings. You can use the Paintbrush in gradient mode or even the Eraser or the Smudge tool.
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Not all effects can be applied to all kinds of images. This is indicated by a grayed-out menu-entry. You may need to change the image mode to RGB (Image->Mode->RGB), add an alpha-channel (Layer->Transparency->Add Alpha Channel) or flatten it (Image->Flatten Image).
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The GIMP can undo most changes to the image, so feel free to experiment.
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Located in
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The layer named "Background" is special because it lacks transparency. This prevents you from moving the layer up in the stack. You may add transparency to it by right-clicking in the Layers dialog and selecting "Add Alpha Channel".
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Located in
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You can adjust or move a selection by using <tt>Alt</tt>-drag. If this makes the window move, your window manager uses the <tt>Alt</tt> key already. Try pressing <tt>Shift</tt> at the same time.
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tips/gimp-tips.xml.in.h:23
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You can press or release the <tt>Shift</tt> and <tt>Ctrl</tt> keys while you are making a selection in order to constrain it to a square or a circle, or to have it centered on its starting point.
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