<s>
GIMP	O
(	O
;	O
GNU	O
Image	B-Application
Manipulation	I-Application
Program	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
used	O
for	O
image	B-Application
manipulation	I-Application
(	O
retouching	O
)	O
and	O
image	B-Application
editing	I-Application
,	O
free-form	O
drawing	O
,	O
transcoding	B-Algorithm
between	O
different	O
image	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
specialized	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Spencer	O
Kimball	O
and	O
Peter	O
Mattis	O
began	O
developing	O
GIMP	O
—	O
originally	O
named	O
General	O
Image	B-Application
Manipulation	I-Application
Program	O
—	O
as	O
a	O
semester-long	O
project	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Berkeley	O
for	O
the	O
eXperimental	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Facility	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Kimball	O
and	O
Mattis	O
met	O
with	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
while	O
he	O
visited	O
UC	O
Berkeley	O
and	O
asked	O
if	O
they	O
could	O
change	O
General	O
in	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
name	O
to	O
GNU	O
(	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
Stallman	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Stallman	O
approved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
supported	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
SGI	B-Operating_System
IRIX	I-Operating_System
and	O
HP-UX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
GIMP	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
,	O
GIMP	O
1.1	O
)	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GUI	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
called	O
GTK	B-Application
(	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
known	O
as	O
the	B-Application
GIMP	I-Application
ToolKit	I-Application
)	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
GIMP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GIMP	I-Application
ToolKit	I-Application
has	O
been	O
attributed	O
to	O
Peter	O
Mattis	O
becoming	O
disenchanted	O
with	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
toolkit	I-Application
GIMP	O
originally	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motif	B-Application
was	O
used	O
up	O
until	O
GIMP	O
0.60	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Switch	O
from	O
Motif	B-Application
to	O
GTK+	O
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
image	O
layers	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduction	O
of	O
Script-Fu	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Switch	O
to	O
GTK+	O
2.x	O
graphical	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduction	O
of	O
tabs	O
and	O
docks	O
system	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
Script-Fu	B-Language
scripting	O
,	O
text	O
re-editing	O
,	O
CMYK	O
color	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improvements	O
to	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
and	O
copy	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
to	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
major	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
98/Me	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Color	O
management	O
support	O
,	O
scalable	O
brushes	O
,	O
new	O
and	O
rewritten	O
selection	B-General_Concept
tools	O
and	O
crop	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single-window	O
mode	O
,	O
layer	B-Algorithm
groups	O
,	O
tool	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
major	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Porting	O
more	O
features	O
to	O
GEGL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
use	O
of	O
GEGL	B-Language
,	O
including	O
for	O
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacOS	B-Application
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optimizations	O
and	O
multi-threading	O
for	O
painting	O
and	O
display	O
,	O
themes	O
rewritten	O
,	O
gradient	B-Algorithm
tool	O
improved	O
,	O
initial	O
DDS	O
support	O
,	O
better	O
curve	O
tools	O
,	O
new	O
3D	O
Transform	O
tool	O
,	O
PSD	O
support	O
with	O
16-bit	O
export	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
plugin	O
with	O
multi	O
pages	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Complete	O
port	O
from	O
unmaintained	O
old	O
GTK+	O
2.x	O
to	O
maintained	O
GTK+	O
3.24	O
or	O
GTK	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
better	O
hiDPi	O
and	O
Wacom	O
support	O
,	O
Wayland	B-Language
support	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
multiple	O
layer	B-Algorithm
selection	B-General_Concept
support	O
,	O
extensions	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
,	O
JavaScript	O
,	O
Lua	O
and	O
Vala	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
is	O
primarily	O
developed	O
by	O
volunteers	O
as	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
software	I-License
project	O
associated	O
with	O
both	O
the	O
GNU	O
and	O
GNOME	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
public	O
git	B-Application
source	O
code	O
repository	O
,	O
on	O
public	O
mailing	O
lists	O
and	O
in	O
public	O
chat	O
channels	O
on	O
the	O
GIMPNET	O
IRC	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
,	O
GIMP	O
applied	O
for	O
several	O
positions	O
in	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
(	O
GSoC	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2006	O
to	O
2009	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
nine	O
GSoC	B-Application
projects	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
listed	O
as	O
successful	O
,	O
although	O
not	O
all	O
successful	O
projects	O
have	O
been	O
merged	O
into	O
GIMP	O
immediately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
healing	O
brush	O
and	O
perspective	O
clone	O
tools	O
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
bindings	O
were	O
created	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
2006	O
GSoC	B-Application
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
version	O
2.8.0	O
of	O
GIMP	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
were	O
three	O
other	O
projects	O
that	O
were	O
completed	O
and	O
are	O
later	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
GIMP	O
;	O
those	O
projects	O
being	O
Vector	O
Layers	B-Algorithm
(	O
end	O
2008	O
in	O
2.8	O
and	O
master	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
JPEG	O
2000	O
plug-in	O
(	O
mid	O
2009	O
in	O
2.8	O
and	O
master	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
the	O
GSoC	B-Application
projects	O
were	O
completed	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
but	O
have	O
been	O
merged	O
into	O
a	O
stable	O
GIMP	O
release	O
later	O
in	O
2009	O
to	O
2014	O
for	O
Version	O
2.8.xx	O
and	O
2.10.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Increase	O
of	O
possible	O
threads	O
to	O
64	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
important	O
point	O
for	O
modern	O
parallel	O
execution	O
in	O
actual	O
AMD	O
Ryzen	O
and	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacOS	B-Application
Beta	O
is	O
available	O
with	O
Version	O
2.10.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
stable	O
version	O
in	O
the	O
roadmap	O
is	O
3.0	O
with	O
a	O
GTK3	B-Application
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
GIMP	O
works	O
with	O
numerous	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Fedora	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Debian.	O
,	O
include	O
GIMP	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
desktop	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
began	O
to	O
host	O
its	O
own	O
downloads	O
after	O
discontinuing	O
use	O
of	O
SourceForge	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
later	O
repossessed	O
GIMP	O
's	O
dormant	O
account	O
and	O
hosted	O
advertising-laden	O
versions	O
of	O
GIMP	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifewire	O
reviewed	O
GIMP	O
favorably	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"[f]or	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
never	O
experienced	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
,	O
GIMP	O
is	O
simply	O
a	O
very	O
powerful	O
image	B-Application
manipulation	I-Application
program	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
"[i]f	O
you	O
're	O
willing	O
to	O
invest	O
some	O
time	O
learning	O
it	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
very	O
good	O
graphics	O
tool.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
's	O
fitness	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
professional	O
environments	O
is	O
regularly	O
reviewed	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
often	O
compared	O
to	O
and	O
suggested	O
as	O
a	O
possible	O
replacement	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
has	O
similar	O
functionality	O
to	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
has	O
a	O
different	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
review	O
of	O
GIMP	O
for	O
ExtremeTech	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
David	O
Cardinal	O
noted	O
that	O
GIMP	O
's	O
reputation	O
of	O
being	O
hard	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
lacking	O
features	O
has	O
"	O
changed	O
dramatically	O
over	O
the	O
last	O
couple	O
years	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
crippled	O
alternative	O
to	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
described	O
GIMP	O
's	O
scripting	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
strengths	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
remarked	O
that	O
some	O
of	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
's	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
Text	O
,	O
3D	O
commands	O
,	O
Adjustment	B-Algorithm
Layers	I-Algorithm
and	O
History	O
are	O
either	O
less	O
powerful	O
or	O
missing	O
in	O
GIMP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cardinal	O
favorably	O
described	O
the	O
UFRaw	B-Language
converter	O
for	O
raw	B-Application
images	I-Application
used	O
with	O
GIMP	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
still	O
"	O
requires	O
some	O
patience	O
to	O
figure	O
out	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
those	O
more	O
advanced	O
capabilities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cardinal	O
stated	O
that	O
GIMP	O
is	O
"	O
easy	O
enough	O
to	O
try	O
"	O
despite	O
not	O
having	O
as	O
well	O
developed	O
documentation	O
and	O
help	O
system	O
as	O
those	O
for	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
worthy	O
alternative	O
to	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
for	O
anyone	O
on	O
a	O
budget	O
who	O
does	O
n't	O
need	O
all	O
of	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
's	O
vast	O
feature	O
set	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
used	O
to	O
perform	O
image	B-Application
editing	I-Application
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
via	O
the	O
toolbox	O
,	O
through	O
menus	O
and	O
dialogue	O
windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
include	O
filters	O
and	O
brushes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
transformation	O
,	O
selection	B-General_Concept
,	O
layer	B-Algorithm
and	O
masking	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colors	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
selected	O
using	O
hexadecimal	O
color	O
codes	O
,	O
as	O
used	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
color	O
selection	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
CMYK	O
,	O
LAB	O
and	O
HSV	O
(	O
hue	B-Language
,	O
saturation	O
,	O
value	O
)	O
are	O
supported	O
this	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Color	O
blending	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
using	O
the	O
Blend	O
tool	O
,	O
by	O
applying	O
a	O
gradient	B-Algorithm
to	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
an	O
image	O
and	O
using	O
GIMP	O
's	O
color	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradient	B-Algorithm
plug-ins	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
selection	B-General_Concept
tools	O
include	O
a	O
rectangular	O
and	O
circular	O
selection	B-General_Concept
tool	O
,	O
free	O
select	O
tool	O
,	O
and	O
fuzzy	O
select	O
tool	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
magic	O
wand	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
advanced	O
selection	B-General_Concept
tools	O
include	O
the	O
select	O
by	O
color	O
tool	O
for	O
selecting	O
contiguous	O
regions	O
of	O
color	O
—	O
and	O
the	O
scissors	O
select	O
tool	O
,	O
which	O
creates	O
selections	O
semi-automatically	O
between	O
areas	O
of	O
highly	O
contrasting	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
also	O
supports	O
a	O
quick	O
mask	O
mode	O
where	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
brush	O
to	O
paint	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
a	O
selection	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foreground	O
select	O
tool	O
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Simple	B-Algorithm
interactive	I-Algorithm
object	I-Algorithm
extraction	I-Algorithm
(	O
SIOX	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
method	O
used	O
to	O
perform	O
the	O
extraction	O
of	O
foreground	O
elements	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
person	O
or	O
a	O
tree	O
in	O
focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
tools	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
editing	B-Application
images	I-Application
in	O
GIMP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bucket	O
Fill	O
tool	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
fill	O
a	O
selection	B-General_Concept
with	O
a	O
color	O
or	O
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blend	O
tool	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
fill	O
a	O
selection	B-General_Concept
with	O
a	O
color	O
gradient	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
image	O
being	O
edited	O
in	O
GIMP	O
can	O
consist	O
of	O
many	O
layers	B-Algorithm
in	O
a	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
manual	O
suggests	O
that	O
"	O
A	O
good	O
way	O
to	O
visualize	O
a	O
GIMP	O
image	O
is	O
as	O
a	O
stack	O
of	O
transparencies	O
,	O
"	O
where	O
in	O
GIMP	O
terminology	O
,	O
each	O
level	O
(	O
analogous	O
to	O
a	O
transparency	O
)	O
is	O
called	O
a	O
layer	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
layer	B-Algorithm
in	O
an	O
image	O
is	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
several	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fourth	O
channel	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
layer	B-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
alpha	B-Algorithm
channel	I-Algorithm
(	O
or	O
layer	B-Algorithm
mask	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
layer	B-Algorithm
has	O
a	O
layer	B-Algorithm
mode	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
colors	O
in	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	O
layers	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
created	O
using	O
the	O
text	O
tool	O
,	O
allowing	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
write	O
on	O
an	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	O
layers	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
transformed	O
in	O
several	O
ways	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
converting	O
them	O
to	O
a	O
path	O
or	O
selection	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
operations	O
can	O
be	O
automated	O
with	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Script-Fu	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Scheme-based	O
language	O
implemented	O
using	O
a	O
TinyScheme	B-Language
interpreter	O
built	O
into	O
GIMP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
scripted	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
Python-Fu	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
,	O
using	O
interpreters	O
external	O
to	O
GIMP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MathMap	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
plug-in	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Generic	B-Language
Graphics	I-Language
Library	I-Language
(	O
GEGL	B-Language
)	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
GIMP	O
on	O
the	O
2.6	O
release	O
of	O
GIMP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
initial	O
introduction	O
does	O
not	O
yet	O
exploit	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
GEGL	B-Language
;	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
2.6	O
release	O
,	O
GIMP	O
can	O
use	O
GEGL	B-Language
to	O
perform	O
high	O
bit-depth	O
color	O
operations	O
;	O
because	O
of	O
this	O
less	O
information	O
is	O
lost	O
when	O
performing	O
color	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
GEGL	B-Language
is	O
fully	O
integrated	O
,	O
GIMP	O
will	O
have	O
a	O
higher	O
color	O
bit	O
depth	O
and	O
better	O
non-destructive	O
work-flow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
digital	B-Device
cameras	I-Device
produce	O
(	O
12-bit	O
or	O
more	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
supports	O
importing	O
and	O
exporting	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
GIMP	O
's	O
native	O
format	O
XCF	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
store	O
all	O
information	O
GIMP	O
can	O
contain	O
about	O
an	O
image	O
;	O
XCF	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
eXperimental	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Facility	I-General_Concept
where	O
GIMP	O
was	O
authored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XCF	O
file	O
size	O
is	O
extended	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
4GB	O
since	O
2.9.6	O
and	O
new	O
stable	O
tree	O
2.10.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
formats	O
Import	O
and	O
export	O
GIMP	O
has	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
support	O
for	O
image	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
TIFF	O
and	O
HEIF	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
file	O
formats	O
of	O
several	O
other	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Autodesk	O
flic	O
animations	O
,	O
Corel	B-Application
PaintShop	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
images	O
,	O
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
formats	O
with	O
read/write	O
support	O
include	O
PostScript	B-Language
documents	O
,	O
X	B-Operating_System
bitmap	O
image	O
,	O
xwd	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Zsoft	O
PCX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
can	O
also	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
path	O
information	O
from	O
SVG	B-Application
files	I-Application
and	O
read/write	O
ICO	O
Windows	B-Application
icon	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Import	O
only	O
GIMP	O
can	O
import	O
Adobe	B-Application
PDF	I-Application
documents	O
and	O
the	O
raw	B-Application
image	I-Application
formats	I-Application
used	O
by	O
many	O
digital	B-Device
cameras	I-Device
,	O
but	O
cannot	O
save	O
to	O
these	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
open	O
source	O
plug-in	O
,	O
UFRaw	B-Language
(	O
or	O
community	O
supported	O
fork	B-Application
nUFRAW	O
)	O
,	O
adds	O
full	O
raw	O
compatibility	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
noted	O
several	O
times	O
for	O
being	O
updated	O
for	O
new	O
camera	O
models	O
more	O
quickly	O
than	O
Adobe	O
's	O
UFRaw	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Export	O
only	O
GIMP	O
can	O
export	O
to	O
MNG	O
layered	O
image	O
files	O
(	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
only	O
)	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
(	O
as	O
a	O
table	O
with	O
colored	O
cells	O
)	O
,	O
C	B-Language
source	O
code	O
files	O
(	O
as	O
an	O
array	O
)	O
and	O
ASCII	O
art	O
(	O
using	O
a	O
plug-in	O
to	O
represent	O
images	O
with	O
characters	O
and	O
punctuation	O
making	O
up	O
images	O
)	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
cannot	O
read	O
these	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
nature	O
of	O
GIMP	O
,	O
several	O
forks	B-Application
,	O
variants	O
and	O
derivatives	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
program	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
their	O
creators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
GIMP	O
is	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
variants	O
of	O
GIMP	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GIMP	O
site	O
does	O
not	O
host	O
GIMP	O
builds	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
or	O
Unix-like	O
operating	O
systems	O
either	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
does	O
include	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CinePaint	B-Application
:	O
Formerly	O
Film	B-Application
Gimp	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
GIMP	O
version	O
1.0.4	O
,	O
used	O
for	O
frame-by-frame	O
retouching	O
of	O
feature	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CinePaint	B-Application
supports	O
up	O
to	O
32-bit	O
IEEE-floating	O
point	O
color	O
depth	O
per	O
channel	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
color	O
management	O
and	O
HDR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CinePaint	B-Application
is	O
used	O
primarily	O
within	O
the	O
film	O
industry	O
due	O
mainly	O
to	O
its	O
support	O
of	O
high-fidelity	O
image	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP	O
Portable	B-Application
:	O
A	O
portable	B-Application
version	O
of	O
GIMP	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
XP	O
or	O
later	O
that	O
preserves	O
brushes	O
and	O
presets	O
between	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMPshop	B-Language
:	O
Derivative	O
that	O
aimed	O
to	O
replicate	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
in	O
some	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
GIMPshop	B-Language
was	O
halted	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
disavowed	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
Scott	O
Moschella	O
,	O
after	O
an	O
unrelated	O
party	O
registered	O
"	O
GIMPshop	B-Language
"	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
Internet	O
domain	O
name	O
and	O
passed	O
off	O
the	O
website	O
as	O
belonging	O
to	O
Moschella	O
while	O
accepting	O
donations	O
and	O
making	O
revenue	O
from	O
advertising	O
but	O
passing	O
on	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
income	O
to	O
Moschella	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GimPhoto	B-Language
:	O
GimPhoto	B-Language
follows	O
the	O
Photoshop-UI	O
tradition	O
of	O
GIMPshop	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GimPhoto	B-Language
stands	O
at	O
version	O
24.1	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
based	O
on	O
GIMP	O
v2.4.3	O
)	O
and	O
version	O
26.1	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
based	O
on	O
GIMP	O
v2.6.8	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installers	O
are	O
included	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
7	O
,	O
8.1	O
,	O
and	O
10	O
;	O
macOS	B-Application
10.6	O
+	O
;	O
Ubuntu	O
14	O
and	O
Fedora	O
;	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
one	O
developer	O
is	O
at	O
work	O
in	O
this	O
project	O
,	O
so	O
fast	O
updates	O
and	O
new	O
versions	O
based	O
on	O
Gimp	O
2.8.x	O
or	O
2.9.x	O
are	O
not	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McGimp	O
:	O
An	O
independent	O
port	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
that	O
is	O
aim	O
to	O
run	O
GIMP	O
directly	O
on	O
this	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
integrated	O
multiple	O
plug-ins	O
intended	O
to	O
optimize	O
photos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seashore	B-Language
:	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
image	B-Application
editing	I-Application
application	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP-ML	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
machine	O
learning-based	O
image	B-Application
enhancement	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIMP-ML	O
with	O
python	B-Language
3	O
is	O
next	O
target	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
G'MIC	B-Language
,	O
which	O
adds	O
image	O
filters	O
and	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
