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.