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Figure 2.4: GIMP Performance Tuning
The User Performance Tuning screen
Finally . . . So now you have GIMP installed and configured, and are ready to go. Just a couple of suggestions before you start,
though: First, when you run GIMP, by default it shows a "tip" each time it starts up. These tips tell you things that are
very useful but not easy to learn by experimenting, so they are worth paying attention to. If you find it too distracting to
look at them each time you start, you can disable them; but please go through them when you have the chance: for your
convenience, you can read them at any time using the menu command Help → Tips. Second, if at some point you are
trying to do something, and GIMP seems to have suddenly stopped functioning, the section Getting Unstuck may help you
out. Happy Gimping!