Acknowledgments

First, I want to thank my agent, Carole Jelen McClendon, at Waterside Productions, who has the unerring knack for finding the right book for me at the right time. I also want to thank Laura Norman and Rick Kughen, who have both spent a great deal of their time and patience in making sure I was well informed and supported in getting this book off the launching pad. Kudos to the rest of the fine folks at Que for making me a part of the team in the writing of this book.

I particularly want to thank the technical editor, Jay Townsend, who comes to this project from a Photoshop background and was kind enough to contribute his talents to the world of GIMP. Kevin Howard spent innumeable hours as development editor, and I appreciate his efforts. My thanks wouldn’t be complete without acknowledging Mandie Frank and all her fine work to make sure this book became a reality.

As always, I want to thank my wife, Lin, for allowing me the time I otherwise would have spent with her and doing things in our home so that I could write Using GIMP. Thanks also to my sons, Michael and David, and to my daughter, Jamie, for understanding that “the old man” can still learn a few new tricks.

Finally, I want to express appreciation to Jim Gasaway and all the people I work with at Keynetics, Inc. This is where I garnered the majority of experience working with GIMP in the corporate environment, where open source really is the foundation of great work.