The following resources are very useful for users of GIMP. They contain much more information about GIMP than this chapter. If you want to use GIMP for more advanced tasks, you should not miss these resources.
http://www.gimp.org is the official home page of The GIMP. News about GIMP and related software are regularly posted on the frontpage.
gimp-help
has to be
installed. This documentation is also available online in HTML and PDF
formats at http://docs.gimp.org. Translations into
many languages are available.
A collection of many interesting GIMP tutorials is maintained at http://gimp.org/tutorials/. It contains basic tutorials for complete beginners as well as tutorials for advanced or expert users.
Various interesting information about GIMP can be found on the Wilber's Wiki at http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/.
Printed books about GIMP are published regularly. You will find selection of the best ones with short annotations at http://gimp.org/books/.
GIMP functionality can be extended with scripts and plug-ins. Many such scripts and plug-ins are distributed in GIMP package, but other can be downloaded from the Internet. At http://registry.gimp.org/, you will find a database of GIMP scripts and plug-ins.
You can also use mailing lists or IRC channels to ask questions about GIMP. Please always try to find answers in the documentation mentioned above or in mailing list archives before asking your question. The time of experienced users present on GIMP lists and channels is limited. Be polite and patient. It may take some time before your question is answered.
There are a number of mailing lists about GIMP. You will find them at http://gimp.org/mail_lists.html. GIMP User list is the most appropriate place to ask user questions. If you do not want to subscribe to the list but want to read its archives, visit http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-user/.
There is a whole IRC network dedicated to GIMP and GNOME desktop environment—GIMPNet. You can connect to GIMPNet with your favourite IRC client by pointing it at irc.gimp.org server. The #gimp-users channel is the right place to ask question about using GIMP. If you want to listen to developer's discussion, join the #gimp channel.