Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Intro to GIMP........Color Me, Palm Tree, Your Choice Image

You will need to take a photo of yourself, you may include your friends if you wish, using photo booth.


We need to first make sure GIMP is installed on your computer. The last version installed should be 2.10


Color Me, Palm Tree,  Your Choice

This week the class will venture into the world of "GIMP".

GIMP an acronym for (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.

To introduce the software you will be doing a few projects.

 Color Me

In this project, you will take a photo of yourself using a "photo booth" Import the photo into Gimp.
  • Colors - Threshold - adjust the image using the black triangle in the dialogue box. Select done to save changes.
  • Tool Box - using the "pencil" with the size of 'one'. Make lines where needed.
  • Tool Box - Select the "Paint Bucket"  A dialogue box will appear. Select a color and pour the paint. 


Modified


original
Your Choice - Threshold Color Me 2

Using an image of your choice - Input into GIMP and be creative using either some of the tools from the past two days or exploring something new.

 Palm Tree

 In this first project, you will be given a photo of a palm tree and modify the image with several different effects.
  • Colors - Hue Saturation (remember to click OK before the next step)
  • Tool Box - smudge tool 
  • Effects- Light and Shadow - 
  • Gradient and or Super Nova Effects - Artistic - Van Gogh 

When ready to save the modified image select "Export". Make sure your image is saved as a JPG or PNG.

Original

Modified


Ocean Scene

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