Those information are not correct >Hey. Try these first, if you like. They are >smaller and less complicated than the current >Gimp releases, and can get your feet wet with >the layout and commands... They are no smaller no less complicated on the contrary Gimphoto include a lot of additional plugins so even more complexity ... even if a good organization of menu help to minimize that complexity As for Gimpshop is a deprecated poor hack based on a obsolete, almost archaic version of Gimp and will only add a lot of bugs to Gimp (and a really buggy single windows layout ) Here a good guide to start with Gimp http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/beginning-with-gimp-starting-tutorial-for-new-users-t34772.html And Meetthegimp offer also good introductory video tutorial
