Chapter 1
Getting started

nip2 is a user interface for the VIPS image processing library. It is designed to be fast, even when working with very large images, and to be easy to extend.

This guide is split into quite a few chapters:

• If you want to use nip2 to assemble infrared mosaics, you should read Chapter 3. The middle section in the tutorial (see §2.2) does IR mosaics very quickly.
• If you want to use nip2 for general image processing, work through Chapter 2.
• If you have specific questions about some part of nip2’s user-interface, look at Chapter 4.
• If you’re really hardcore, take a look at Chapter 6, which covers programming.
• If you want to know more about VIPS, the image processing package underlying nip2, try the VIPS Manual.

If nip2 has installed correctly you should see something like Figure 1.1 when it starts up.