一个免费的、分布式的图片润饰、图象制作和处理软件，内含几乎所有图象处理所需的功能，号称Linux下的PhotoShop。GIMP在Linux系统推出时就风靡了许多绘图爱好者的喜爱，它的接口相当轻巧，但其功能却不输于专业的绘图软件;它提供了各种的影像处理工具、滤镜，还有许多的组件模块，对于要制作一个又酷又炫的网页按钮或网站Logo来说是一个非常方便好用的绘图软件，因为它也提供了许多的组件模块，你只要稍加修改一下，便可制作出一个属于你的网页按钮或网站Logo。

　　更新日志:

　　added support for a registration color in the Decompose plug-in

　　the Align tool now also aligns to guides

　　allow use CSS color notation in Script-Fu

　　more work on the new selection tools

　　let Fractal Explorer work on grayscale and give it a larger preview

　　speed up Value Invert plug-in

　　added strong undo/redo functions bound to Shift-Ctrl-[ZY]

　　use radio items for the image mode menu

　　applied Tango style on the default iconset

　　added plug-in for colormap manipulation

　　allow plug-ins to register in Layers, Channels, Vectors and Colormap dialog

　　added load plug-in to open desktop links

　　removed print plug-ins and started work on a replacement using the

　　new GTK+ Print API

　　added replacements for gimp_foo_select widgets, akin to GimpFontSelectButton

　　introduced translation context to a number of colliding strings

　　bug fixes and code cleanup