Chapter 4. Image

Table of Contents
Image Menu Introduction
The Image Window
Undo
Redo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Paste Into
Paste As New
Cut Named
Copy Named
Paste Named
Clear
Fill
Stroke
Invert Selection
Select All
Select None
Float Selection
Feather Selection
Sharpen Selection
Shrink Selection
Grow Selection
Border Selection
Save Selection to Channel
Zoom
Dot for Dot
The Info Window
The Navigation Window
Toggle Selection
Toggle Rulers
Toggle Statusbar
Toggle Guides
Snap to Guides
New View
Shrink Wrap
Convert to RGB
Convert to Grayscale
Convert to Indexed
Export File
Confirm Save Warning
Desaturate
Invert
Equalize
Offset
Set Canvas Size
Scale Image
Scale Layer Warning
Duplicate

Image Menu Introduction

This chapter delves into the Image menu and the submenus therein. Basic functionality explanations can be found here starting with file operations and moving through selections, navigation, guides, and color manipulations.

The information here contains valuable insight into The GIMP as this menu comprises the most used area of the application. Some time should be dedecated to this part of the help system as it will give the user a solid understanding of The GIMP.