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Introduction to GIMP

Price:

£395
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Course duration:

2 days

Course dates:

Wednesday 6th October 2010
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Creatively manipulate, edit and retouch images using the open source image editor, Gimp.

It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

It is commonly used to create graphics and logos, resise and crop photos, alter colors, stitch multiple images together, remove unwanted image elements, and to convert between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in GIF format. Gimp often used as a replacement for Adobe Photoshop.

Recommended for:


Anyone who would like to start creatively editing imagesfor the web and print using the open source application Gimp.



You will learn how to:


Download and install Gimp, resize and crop images, change the colours in a image, combine different images together, remove and change a background of a image, work with layers, blend images together, create a web logo, work with masks, use the drawing tools, add text and creatively use filters to enhance images and export to various file formats.



Other people who have done this course say:


"I really enjoyed this course and found it extremely helpful and relevant to my job" Rachel

"Good pace of learning. Comprehensive" Eric



Course outline:


 

 

Day 1
Lesson Description
1 Introducing the course and basic concepts The interface and main Windows, The Main Toolbox, Image Window, Dialogs and Docking andUndoing and Things That Cannot be Undone
2 Cropping and resizing images Change the Size of an Image, Making JPEGs Smaller and Cropping an Image, Finding Info About Your Image, Changing the Mode and Fliping An Image
3 Preparing your Images for the Web Images with an Optimal Size/Quality Ratio, Reducing the File Size, Saving Images with Transparency, Painting with GIMP and Feathering, Making a Selection Partially Transparent and Creating a Logo
4 Creating selections Creating and Using Selections, Moving a Selection, Creating a Free Selection and Using the Quickmask to Combining Images
5 Drawing and painting Paths and brushes and adding new Brushes, The GIH Dialog Box, Creating a Brush with Variable Size andGradients, patterns and palettes
Day 2
Lesson Description
1 Drawing Simple Objects Drawing a Straight Line, Creating a Basic Shape, Combining Images and Creating an Animated GIF
2 Introduction to Layers Layer Modes, Creating New Layers, Layer order and Masking
3 Working with text Text and Fonts
4 Working with Photographs Enhancing Photographs, Working with Digital Camera Photos, Improving Composition, Improving Colours, Adjusting Sharpness, Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image, Stitching Images Together and Saving Your Results
5 Customise GIMP Using Grids and Guides, Rendering a Grid, Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions
6 Dialogs and Docking Removing Tabs and customising the Splash-Screen, Scripting and using Plugins, Installing New Plugins and Using Script-Fu Scripts


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