Small group training 12: GIMP

Duration

6 hours

Summary

Don't be put off by the name or the price (free!) -- GIMP is a powerful bitmapped graphics tool in the tradition of Photoshop. It allows users to extensively manipulate digital photos and other images, and will run in most versions of Linux; a Windows version is also available. Anyone working with graphics owes it to themselves to investigate GIMP and all that it can do. At the conclusion of this course students will be able to import graphics into GIMP, create, edit and combine graphics, add text, apply special effects and carry out batch operations on many images at once.

Prerequisites

Students should have access to a PC on which GIMP can be installed. Basic keyboard and mouse skills, and some knowledge of office productivity software, are also required.

Materials

A fifteen-page A4 guide to GIMP will be supplied.

Topics covered

  • GIMP basics -- finding and installing GIMP and using the GIMP interface.
  • Importing and exporting -- dealing with documents in other formats.
  • Physical manipulation -- modifying the size, shape, angle and resolution of digital images.
  • Colour manipulation -- working with the colour and brightness of images.
  • Selection -- choosing portions of an image to work with.
  • Drawing tools -- creating simple shapes and lines.
  • Text -- adding text to images.
  • Layers -- building up a complex image through multiple layers.
  • Filters and special effects -- enhancing images through mathematical filters and manipulations.

Customisation

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