GIMP – Basic Course

The course is intended for regular users who want to learn how to edit bitmap graphics in the free program GIMP.

• understand the principles of bitmap graphics
• set and change the basic parameters of the image
• perform geometric image corrections
• adjust brightness and contrast
• edit colors
• retouch images
• select parts of images
• use layers
• insert text
• save, export and print images

Basics of working in the Microsoft Windows environment.

Theoretical introduction

Introduction to the GIMP program environment

• workspace
• Tools
• panels
• application preferences

Basic image parameters

• format
• size
• resolution
• color mode

Geometric image adjustments

• crop the image
• rotation

Tonal image adjustments

• histogram
• brightness and contrast
• levels
• shadows and lights

Image color adjustments

• color balance
• hue and saturation
• color
• color
• bleach
• invert

Retouching

• cloning
• healing
• perspective cloning
• rubber
• local lightening and darkening
• local blur and sharpening
• local blur

Preparation of the image for publication

• resizing - resampling
• sharpening

Selections in the image

• selection tools
  • rectangle selection
  • selection of elliptical areas
  • free area selection
  • approximate selection
  • selection by color
  • selection of scissors
  • foreground selection
• refine the edges of the selection
• combinations, adjustments and transformations of selections
• selection editor
• Quick Mask mode

Basics of layers

• use of layers
• create a new layer
• create a layer by copying and cutting
• layer manipulation (visibility, order, duplication, deleting, merging)
• cover layers
• layer transformation

Buffer

• copy named pixels to Buffer
• insert the contents of the named Buffer

Text

• insert text
• text formatting

Saving and exporting images

• file formats
  • xcf
  • tiff
  • jpeg
  • png
  • psd
• saving and exporting files in various formats

Printing images

Next courses

GIMP – Advanced Techniques [GIMP2]

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