I think these directions are probably the best I've found, but having never owned a Mac, I cannot say how complete it is. Macs are a weird case, because you need to install other software to make it work, which is sucky, but true. The downloads page should link to installer, which should be straightforward enough.
The downloads page should give some basic instructions for the major distros. Pretty much every Linux distribution ever has a Gimp package for it, so try to use whatever package management system you may have. The Gimp is multi-platform, so this means if you have a computer with a functioning operating system bought in the last 5-8 years, you can probably run it. This particular tutorial will cover installation, cropping, resizing, layers, basic coloring/sharpening, text, and file types.įirst up, getting the damn program, because that's at least half the battle. We'll be adding fancier stuff to it in a later tutorial, but that's going to involve some more advanced techniques. The official Gimp tutorial is also quite good, so I will refer to it as much as possible.įor this tutorial we will be making this simple icon:
If you're somewhat familiar with the Gimp already, this might be really boring, though some of the things I use later might be useful. The purpose of this tutorial to show a complete newb how to use the basic features of the Gimp to make an icon using some of the common techniques that a lot of icon makers use. Plus, it works wonderfully in Linux, which is my operating system of choice. I know it has its flaws (boy, does it), and I know that it can be hard to love, but it is free (as in speech) and free (as in beer), and it is improving constantly.
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