Training

In Leeds

£ 395 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Duration

    2 Days

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

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Location

Start date

Leeds (West Yorkshire)
Old Broadcasting House, 148 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9EN

Start date

On request

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Course programme

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, resize 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.

Course outline:

Day 1

Lesson 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

Lesson 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

Lesson 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

Lesson 4 Creating selections

  • Creating and Using Selections
  • Moving a Selection
  • Creating a Free Selection
  • Using the Quickmask, combining images

Lesson 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 1 Drawing Simple Objects

  • Drawing a Straight Line
  • Creating a Basic Shape
  • Combining Images
  • Creating an animated gif

Lesson 2 Introduction to Layers

  • Layer Modes
  • Creating New Layers
  • Layer order
  • Masking

Lesson 3 Working with text

  • Text and Fonts
  • Text

Lesson 4 Working with Photographs

  • Enhancing Photographs
  • Working with Digital Camera Photos
  • Improving CompositionI
  • mproving Colours
  • Adjusting Sharpness
  • Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image
  • Stitching images together
  • Saving Your Results

Lesson 5 Customise GIMP

  • Using Grids and Guides
  • Rendering a Grid
  • Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions

Lesson 6 Dialogs and Docking

  • Removing Tabs
  • Customize the Splash-Screen
  • Scripting
  • Using Plugins
  • Installing New Plugins
  • Using Script-Fu Scripts

Introduction to GIMP

£ 395 + VAT