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Overview 8 © R. Craig Collins, 2005/7

Items that should be accomplished before the beginning of the current time frame:
   • Submitted Lab 4
   • From On-line book: GIMP Basics: Selection Tools
Reminder: Did you check your TC WebMail? Did you check the Quarantine folder?
Did you check the D2L Dropbox, to View feedback? Did you check D2L Grades for feedback? (You may have to scroll down)

Items to accomplish during the current course time frame:
   • Watch a video on crop, scale, and resizing canvas
   •Watch on video on Photoshop Basics to see how other programs do similar functions
   • By right clicking the following link, you can save my Newgrange, Ireland image, to practice on, if you like.
      NewgrangeNewGrange, actual image is ~300x301

GIMP Online Help: 7. The “Layers” Menu
7.1. Introduction to the “Layer” Menu
7.2. New Layer
7.3. New From Visible
7.4. Duplicate layer
7.5. Anchor layer
7.6. Merge Down
7.7. Delete Layer
7.33. Add Alpha Channel
7.34. Remove Alpha Channel
7.51. Layer to Image Size
7.52. Scale Layer
7.53. Crop to Selection

•Read\Review (These links take you to the same information that is in the pdf book.)

Items to accomplish during the current course time frame:
   •About Increasing canvas size
   •About rotating an image
   •About Cropping
   •About Scale, Resizing

Think about the order I now provide
Canvas size increase for an image to hold new information or allow rotation
   (Note, you may have to choose Layer/layer to Image Size or
    Note, you may have to choose Layer/layer to Canvas Size)
Cropping to improve an image, but consider impact of aspect ratio
Scaling an image for a better print size, or size on a monitor
This works for me.. how about for you?

•Activities
   • Open your classpic image, or any image you may have, then use the GIMP to crop; then compare file size to the original.
   • Open your new image and use the GIMP to resize the image to about 400 pixels wide; compare file size to the other versions.

   •Lab 5 (link to beginning of lab)
   •Begin creating and testing Lab 5 (link to graphic construction requirements)
     (You will later transfer this information into a D2L dropbox)
   •Answer questions concerning topics covered in Lab 5
     (You will later transfer this information into a D2L quiz)

     • Optional: Open/save an Acrobat pdf document to help with documentation and questions
       (get Adobe Acrobat Reader free, here)
     • Optional: Right click/save a Word doc document to help with documentation and questions
     • Optional: Right click/save a Rich Text rtf document to help with documentation and questions
   •Complete Lab 5 and verify your image matches the web page version
   (You will later transfer this information into a D2L dropbox)

•Submit by 11:59 am, Friday, of the current week (see due dates)
   • Lab 5 as directed

   • MUD 8 (My Understanding, Details) Respond
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you feel very comfortable with? Why?
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you not feel comfortable with?
   • Participation Discussion 8 Respond in the class D2L Discussion forum to the following:
      Should you crop or resize first?
 • Using D2L Discussions    • Using D2L dropbox       • Using D2L Quizzes      • Logon

              •You may click on Discussions, Dropbox, or Quizzes below, for more info
D2L navigation D2L Dropbox notes D2L Quizzes Notes D2L Discussion Notes
     
 • to Checklist
For the next time frame:
   •Reread as needed From On-line book: GIMP: Layers
•Each test has a review; you may wish to write out pertinent information from the readings and activities
•After completing this overview, you may wish to start on the next Overview material, and preview Lab 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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