Editing GIMP (section)

{{Short description|Open source raster graphics editor}}
{{Other uses|Gimp (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox software
| name = GNU Image Manipulation Program
| logo = The GIMP icon - v3.0.svg
| screenshot = GIMP-3.png
| caption = GIMP version 3.0
| author = [[Spencer Kimball (computer programmer)|Spencer Kimball]], [[Peter Mattis]]
| developer = GIMP Development Team
| released = {{Start date and age|1998|6|2|df=yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8038|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8038|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}}}
| repo = {{URL|gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Windows]], [[FreeBSD]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[AmigaOS 4]]
| language count = 82
| language footnote = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://l10n.gnome.org/module/gimp/ |title=Module Statistics: GIMP |website=l10n.Gnome.org |publisher=[[GNOME Project]] |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131044150/https://l10n.gnome.org/module/gimp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| language = [[Amharic]], [[Arabic]], [[Asturian language|Asturian]], [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]], [[Basque language|Basque]], [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Brazilian Portuguese]], [[Breton language|Breton]], [[British English]], [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Burmese language|Burmese]], [[Canadian English]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Central Kurdish]], [[Chinese language|Chinese (China)]], [[Chinese language|Chinese (Hong Kong)]], [[Chinese language|Chinese (Taiwan)]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Dzongkha]], [[Esperanto]], [[Estonian language|Estonian]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[French language|French]], [[Galician language|Galician]], [[Georgian language|Georgian]], [[German language|German]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Hindi]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]], [[Kannada]], [[Kashubian language|Kashubian]], [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], [[Khmer language|Khmer]], [[Kinyarwanda]], [[Kyrgyz language|Kirghiz]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Low German]], [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]], [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Malayalam]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Bokmål|Norwegian (Bokmål)]], [[Nynorsk|Norwegian (Nynorsk)]], [[Occitan language|Occitan]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Scottish Gaelic]], [[Serbian language|Serbian (Cyrillic script)]], [[Serbian language|Serbian (Latin script)]], [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]], [[Slovene language|Slovene]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Tatar language|Tatar]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Thai language|Thai]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], [[Valencian language|Valencian]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Yiddish]]
| genre = [[Raster graphics editor]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

The '''GNU Image Manipulation Program''', commonly known by its acronym '''GIMP''' ({{IPAc-en|ɡ|ɪ|m|p|audio=En-au-gimp.ogg}} {{respell|GHIMP}}), is a [[free and open-source]] [[raster graphics editor]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peck |first=Akkana |title=Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional |publisher=Physica-Verlag |date=2006 |isbn=978-1-4302-0135-9 |page=1 }}</ref>  

It is commonly used for photo retouching, [[image editing]], free-hand drawing, and [[transcoding|converting]] between different [[image file format]]s. 

GIMP is freely available on Windows, Linux and macOS. It is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License (GPL 3.0 or later)]].  The project is supported by a community of volunteers. Users are encouraged to contribute.<ref>[https://www.gimp.org/develop/ Get Involved] - Gimp.org</ref> 

GIMP supports plugins and scripting, allowing users to extend its features and automate tasks.  While it is not primarily designed for drawing, some artists and creators still use it for that purpose.<ref>{{cite web |title=GIMP User Manual: Creating a Basic Shape |url=https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-using-rectangular.html |website=Docs.Gimp.org |access-date=12 April 2023 |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308061356/https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-using-rectangular.html |url-status=live }}</ref>