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| − | [[Image:Oso_speaks.gif|left|frame | + | [[Image:Oso_speaks.gif|left|frame|Oso Says "Take the Gimp Class!]]April, 2005 was the first time [[User:Mnr|MNR]] offers a class on the Gimp at Free Geek, but it's far from the first time he's taught the subject. The Gimp is the image editing software distributed on [[FreekBox]]es - and used by all kinds of people to make cool pictures. This is an introductory-level class, and should be accessable to anyone who has mastered the material taught in the [[FreekBox Adoption Class]]. |
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Revision as of 08:58, 30 September 2005
About the class
Oso Says "Take the Gimp Class!
April, 2005 was the first time MNR offers a class on the Gimp at Free Geek, but it's far from the first time he's taught the subject. The Gimp is the image editing software distributed on FreekBoxes - and used by all kinds of people to make cool pictures. This is an introductory-level class, and should be accessable to anyone who has mastered the material taught in the FreekBox Adoption Class.
Related Links
From the project's web site, gimp.org:
Class 1: Starting and Selections
- Finding and starting the Gimp
- Navigating the Gimp
- Opening files, Saving Files
- Offline storage!
- Palettes: Tools & Layers, (but not Channels or Paths)
- Making selections
- Dealing with Floating Selections
Class 2: Color select and Magic wand
- Brief review
- Resizing images, resizing selections
- Color Select Tool vs select by color
- Magic Wand
Class 3: Edges, tools, fills, paths
- Edge Select
- Move, Rotate, shear, perspective & flip
- Fill, Gradient, pattern paint
- Quick mask & save to path
- path to selection
- Manipulating Selections
- Filters
Class 4: animations
Today's image (warning, 4 megabytes) contains XCF files for use with GIMP
- Animations