1. ITEC 400 Assignment 14-1 Public Domain/Open Source Software Evaluation By Arif Irgi

2.  GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program.  GIMP capable of Photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.  It is free!

3.  Spencer Kimball & Peter Mattis were started GIMP in 1995.  Now, GNU Project supports GIMP with volunteers.

4.  The latest version of GIMP, v.2.4.2  Was released in November 2007.

5.  Easy to Use  Great Tools for Professionals  Customizable Interface  Photo Enhancement  Barrel Distortion  Digital Retouching  Hardware Support  File Formats

6.  GIMP runs under ◦ Linux (i386, PPC) ◦ Microsoft (XP, Vista) ◦ Mac OS X ◦ Sun OpenSolaris ◦ Free BSD  Memory (RAM) is the key to run GIMP!

9. References; (2007). GIMP. Retrieved December 1, 2007, from GNU Image Manipulation Program Web site: http://www.gimp.org/ (2007). GIMP. Retrieved December 1, 2007, from Wikipedia Web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP