GIMP is a paint program which can be used on the JavaStations.

Each time you want to run GIMP, you must type the
commands:

 PATH=$PATH:/home/mikes/198/gimp/bin
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/mikes/198/gimp/lib

If you just include these two lines at the bottom of your
.profile file, then you won't need to type them each time.

Then, you start GIMP by typing

 gimp

The first time you run GIMP, you should see a configuration
dialog.  This will setup various directories and files for GIMP to use.

TRANSPARENCY

One thing you might want to do with GIMP is edit a GIF image
to gif it a transparent background.  To do this, open the existing
image.  Right click on the image and use the Image menu to set image
mode to RGB.  Next, choose the Image menu, then Alpha,
then Add Alpha Channel.  This makes it possible to store info about
transparency in the image.
Next, use the magic wand selection tool to select the background of
the image (This tool is left-most in the second row of the set of
tools - just click it in the background of the image).
Next, choose Clear from the Edit menu to turn the background transparent
(you should see a gray checkboard pattern showing through).
Then, we you are ready
to save the image, you right-click in the image window and in the
menu which comes up choose, Image, then Indexed.  Then, if you
right-click again and choose File, then Save As, GIF will be one of
the format options.

If you want to draw a new image in GIMP, start out with the fill set
to background and then, when you are done drawing, follow the above
instructions to create a transparent background.

There's an HTML User's Manual for GIMP available on the GIMP
website, www.gimp.org