Introduction to GIMP


Course dates:

20th May 2009 - 21st May 2009
26th Oct 2009 - 27th Oct 2009

Price:

£395


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Extend your creative skill base with the Open Source advocates image manipulation application training course equivalent to Adobe Photoshop. The GNU software Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) introduction trains your skills based in the simplest to the more complex image manipulation tasks.

Communicate your brand effectively with cost-effective, supported and flexible software. Unravel the art of special effects, photo retouching technqiues and file handling to begin. Expandable and extensible, learn how to download, install, use and enhance using GIMP with application plug-ins to create an application tailor made to your business needs.

Recommended for:

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

You will learn how to:

Download and install image editor 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, special effects, blend images together, create a logo, work with masks, use the drawing tools, add text and creatively use filters to enhance images and export to various file formats.

Course outline:

Day 1

Lesson

Description

1

Introducing the course and basic concepts

The interface

Main Windows

The Main Toolbox

Image Window

Dialogs and Docking

Undoing and Things That Cannot be Undone

2

Cropping and resizing images

Change the Size of an Image

Make JPEGs Smaller

Crop An Image

Find Info About Your Image

Change the Mode

Flip 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

Feathering

Making a Selection Partially Transparent

Creating a logo

4

Creating selections

Creating and Using Selections

Moving a Selection

Creating a Free Selection

Using the Quickmask, combining images

5

Drawing and painting

Paths

Brushes

Adding New Brushes

The GIH Dialog Box

Creating a Brush with Variable Size

Gradients

Patterns

Palettes

 

 

Day 2

Lesson

Description

1

Drawing Simple Objects

Drawing a Straight Line

Creating a Basic Shape

Combining Images

Creating an animated gif

2

Introduction to Layers

Layer Modes

Creating New Layers

Layer order

Masking

3

Working with text

Text and Fonts

Text

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

Saving Your Results

5

Customise GIMP

Using Grids and Guides

Rendering a Grid

Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions

6

Dialogs and Docking

Removing Tabs

Customize the Splash-Screen

Scripting

Using Plugins

Installing New Plugins

Using Script-Fu Scripts