GIMP Class

Overview

This class is going to cover the very basics if GIMP. It’s a very powerful tool for editing imagery and it’s free, and ideal for enhancing photos or basic graphics work. For a one night class, I'm going to cover the most basic tools, and the most obvious applications for first-time users, like touching up photos or creating a basic graphic or text editing.

Tools

• Selection/marquee
  • The many applications of the Shift key
• Layers
  • Opacity
• Line
• Brushes

Resolution

• Designing for internet
• Designing for print
• Scanning pencil art work

Photo Editing and Touch-Up

• Rotate Canvas
• Levels
• Transform
• Hue/Saturation

Basic Graphic Design

• Fonts
• Emboss/Drop shadow
• Color (change individual letters)

Excercise

Creating a quick logo? Layout for a business card? I'm open to suggestions based on what students would like to see.