What is GIMP?
Q: What is GIMP?
A: GIMP is a free software picture maker that is often used to make logos, change colors, make photographs bigger or smaller, combine multiple pictures into one, make pictures nicer to look at, and change file formats.
Q: What is GIMP often used as an alternative for?
A: GIMP is often used as a free software alternative for the most popular Adobe Photoshop, but it is not made to be an Adobe Photoshop clone.
Q: Who developed GIMP?
A: GIMP was developed by Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis in 1995, and is now taken care of by a group of volunteers as part of the GNU Project.
Q: What is GIMPs mascot named?
A: GIMP's mascot is named Wilber.
Q: What is the newest version of GIMP and when was it made available?
A: The newest version of GIMP is v.2.8 and it was available since March 2009.
Q: What is the license for GIMP?
A: GIMP's license is the GNU General Public License, making it free software.
Q: What are some file formats that GIMP can read and write?
A: GIMP can be used for opening and changing many types of file formats such as bitmap, JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF. It can also read and write path information from SVG files and can read Adobe PDF files and raw image formats used by digital cameras, but cannot write to these formats.
