Re: Newbie Needs Help, Please!

On Apr 26, 5:20 pm, Arthur T. <art...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In
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> Prisoner at War <prisoner_at_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >This GIMP thinggy looks very nice, but first off, how do I get the
> >help files??  It's available online, I know, but ain't they supposed
> >to be part of the program??
>
>      First, GIMP is a multi-platform program.  Especially when
> asking about installation, it's im****tant to tell us your
> platform.  We shouldn't have to look for subtle clues that you're
> a Windows user.

LOL -- how did you guess??  ;-)

>      The help is a separate download of an executable.  It's
> really not hard to start at the gimp.org site and get to
> <http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html>.
 You probably got
> there to download the GIMP, itself.  Just a bit below are the
> download links for the help.

Hmmm, not sure how I missed this one!  Wow, 63+ MB??  Hope that means
it's got pictures!  ;-)

>      Most tarballs are actually compressed TAR files.  Try running
> 7-zip against the original and then against the result.  I know I
> used 7-zip to get Grokking.  Or, the book is available from
> multiple places; you could see if there's another one you can read
> more easily.

"Against the original/against the result"...not sure what you mean...I
downloaded the grokking book from its own website, and it's a single
big tarball....

>      Im****tant point:  Grokking is a great book, but all of the
> controls are for an obsolete version of the GIMP.  So, use the
> techniques, but remember that the actual keystrokes or menu
> choices have changed.

Yep, I saw that from the graphics on the website -- but I hope the way
things work remain mostly the same!  If the dude ever publishes an up-
to-date version, I'd buy it; I love the idea of "grokking"...it's
exactly how I feel about most anything I do: I go all the way!!

>      If you're broadband,

No, but my neighbors are!  ;-)

> you should also check out the great a/v
> tutorials at <http://meetthegimp.org>;
you should start with
> episode one, which can be found on
> <http://meetthegimp.org/getting-the-old-shows/>.

OMG, thank you so much!!!!

> --
> Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" intergate "dot" com
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