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Image Straightening, Cropping, Scaling, and Perspective

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In this chapter we will show you how to add a frame or border to your image and how to crop and resize an image. We will also show you how to straighten an image and correct perspective distortion. Most importantly, we show you where to find these options in GIMP. Table 4-1 gives an overview of the tasks in the chapter. We don’t expect you to work through every exercise, choose the tasks that interest you.

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Smith, J., Joost, R. (2012). Image Straightening, Cropping, Scaling, and Perspective. In: GIMP for Absolute Beginners. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3169-1_4

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