On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:42:46 -0300, tyler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm coming to terms with Gimp, having run through many of the tutorials
> on the Meet the Gimp website, reading through Akkana Peck's Beginning
> Gimp book, and puzzling through the UFRaw manual. Still, while I'm
> getting some nice results with my photos, I feel like there's a lot of
> stuff that I'm learning by trial and error (poking away at curves to get
> the colours just right, for example) that would probably benefit from
> deeper understanding.
>
> So, what websites and/or books would you recommend to someone who has
> the basics under control, is expecting to continue with extensive
> practise on lots of images, but wants a deeper understanding of the
> fundamentals? If I have to read some Photoshop books and 'translate'
> them to Gimp that's ok.
>
> From googling around there's lots of info aimed at intro users, but not
> so much for the technically-minded intermediate. Suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tyler
>
I would read everything about Photoshop as far as what can be done and the
basics of how to do it and then apply it to Gimp. For example you can
read about how to use curves in PS to adjust color balance and then use
about the same information to do it in Gimp.
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