Hey im a big GIMP user as well. So here are some sites. www.gimp.org [Help Docs] http://docs.gimp.org/en/ [Books] http://www.gimp.org/books/ And for ur problem what u have to do is to hold the ctrl key. Then click the area u want cloned; can be from another picture. Then just paint away. Its just like Photoshop. You'll find alot of things in GIMP like PhotoShop but some things are different, so I personally use them in combination.