What is GIMP?
{{Infobox Software | name = GIMP | logo = The_GIMP_icon_-_v3.0.svg | screenshot = GIMP 2.8.png | caption = GIMP 2.8 | developer = [http://developer.gimp.org/ GIMP Development Team] | released = 1995 | programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] | platform = [[Cross-platform]] | language = [[Multilingual]]<ref>See [http://www.gimp.org/docs/ List of available languages of the user manual]</ref> | status = Active | genre = [[Raster graphics editor]] | license = [[GNU General Public License]] | website = [http://www.gimp.org www.gimp.org] | latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309}} | latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q8038|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | latest preview version = | latest preview date = }} [[File:Gimp gradients.png|240px|thumb|Gradients dialog in GNOME]] The '''GNU Image Manipulation Program''', or '''GIMP''', is a [[free software]] picture maker. It is often used for making [[logo]]s, making [[photograph]]s bigger or smaller, changing colours, making many pictures part of one picture, making pictures nicer to look at, and changing [[file format]]s. 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. GIMPs [[mascot]] is named Wilber. GIMP was started in [[1995]] by [[Spencer Kimball]] and [[Peter Mattis]] and is now taken care of by a group of [[volunteer]]s as part of the [[GNU Project]]. The newest version of GIMP is v.3.0 and it is available since [[March]] [[2025]]. GIMPs [[license]] is the [[GNU General Public License]], so GIMP is [[free software]]. GIMP can be used for opening and changing many types of [[file format]]s. GIMPs own file format is [[XCF (file format)|XCF]], which is the name of the building where GIMP was written