So let me start by clearing your some doubts about gimp
1. What is Gimp ?
Gimp is a cross platform image editor available for GNU/Linux,OS X,Windows and more operating systems. It's a free software where you can change it's source code and distribute and distribute your changes to it.
Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins.
2. Is the 3rd party plug ins safe?
yesssss, the 3rd party plugins are safe even I have installed 1 plugins and it's name is resynthesiser plugin.
3. How to install Gimp?
To install gimp you need to click on the following link- and now you will directed to the website of gimp where you can install gimp setup, and it will give you two option to whether you want to install the setup file directly or via bit torrent I will suggest you to install it directly not via bit torrent .
4. How to change the interface of the gimp? If you want to change the interface of Gimp and want it like this
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If yes then go in the edit and then then prefrences and then go to interface option and click on the + icon and turn it into a - icon and if it is already a - icon then select theme and then select system and then select icon theme and then select legacy. and now to go select toolbox option and then uncheck the box which says use group tools and now you are done .In next part I will tell you create a plain image and let you known how to use some tools, Bye bye.