I second 'Beginning GIMP'. The library is it, but you will probably have to reserve it: it has always been out when I have wanted it.
You can get a taste for its style at http://linuxchix.org/content/courses/gimp/ which is an on-line course from which the book was derived. For your specific request, you might look at Lesson 1: cropping, zooming and rescaling Lesson 3: introduction to layers Lesson 10: stitching panoramic images Now, let's start commenting on your question: how to make a picture consisting of two copies of the same image side-by-side. You can use the gimp: * load the first image * make the canvas twice as wide to leave a blank on the right-hand side * copy the first image into a new layer * move the new layer over to the right Is this more complicated than in paintbrush? More complicated than photoshop? I don't know, but it does introduce an important concept in manipulating pictures: layers. However, to do something like this where you can DESCRIBE the operation, rather than having judge it by eye, you might like to try a command-line tool like imagemagick: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/ Stephen Irons Kerry Mayes wrote: > Is there something more like "gimp for paintbrush users" around? > (Preferably online) For example, I wanted to create a picture that was > just two copies of the same picture side by side. Failed miserably. I > don't want to use the fancy features yet, just the easy ones. > > So far I've found "gimp for vegetables" and "gimp for gurus" with > nothing in between! > > On 20/02/07, Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I also recommend: >> >> Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional >> >> Also available in the public library. US$35 on Amazon, where GIMP 2 For >> Photographers (below) is only US$20. Beginning GIMP is a seriously good >> book, though. >> >> Warwick Hay wrote: >> > Photographers on the list may be interested in this new library book:- >> > GIMP 2 for photographers: image editing with open source software by >> > Klaus Goelker 006.68 >> > >> > Regards, Warwick >> >> > >> ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================
