GIMP Training - United Kingdom

GIMP Training Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to GIMP

• Overview
• Features and Capabilities
• Interoperability and Standards Support
• Shortcut Editor
• Plug-In Previews
• Real-Time Previews of Transform Operations
• GNOME Human Interface Guide Conformance
• GTK+ 2.4 Migration
• Basic Vector Support

Module 2: Running GIMP

• Command Line Arguments
• Known Platforms
• Language

Module 3: Main Windows in GIMP

• Main Toolbox
• Image Window
• Dialogs and Docking
  • Docking Bars
  • Docking Drag Handles
  • Image Menu
  • Tab Menu
• Basic GIMP Concepts

Module 4: Working with Images

• Image Types
• QuickMask
• Layers
• Selection
  • Feathering
  • Selecting Partially Transparent
• Undoing
• Grids and Guides
• Paths
  • Paths and Selections
  • Paths and Text
  • Paths and SVG files
• Brushes
• Gradients
• Patterns
• Palettes
  • Colourmap
• Text and Fonts

Module 5: Plugins

• Introduction
• Using Plugins
• Installing New Plugins
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Macintosh
• Writing Plugins

Module 6: Files

• Creating New Files
• Opening Files
• Saving Files

Module 7: Drawing Simple Objects

• Drawing a Straight Line
• Creating a Basic Shape

Module 8: Creating and Using Selections

• Moving a Selection
• Creating a Free Selection

Module 9: Dialogs and Docking

• Creating Dialogs
• Removing Tabs

Module 10: Paths

• Stroking a Path
• Transforming Paths

Module 11: Working with Digital Camera Photos

• Introduction
• Improving Composition
  • Rotating an Image
  • Cropping
• Improving Colours
  • Automated Tools
  • Exposure Problems
  • Adjusting Hue and Saturation
• Adjusting Sharpness
  • Unblurring
  • Reducing Graininess
  • Softening
• Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image
  • Despeckling
  • Garbage Removal
  • Removing Red-Eye
• Saving Results
  • Files
  • Printing Photos
  • EXIF Data

Module 12: Preparing Images for the Web

• Images with an Optimal Size/Quality Ratio
• Reducing the File Size Even More
• Saving Images with Transparency
• Adding New Brushes

Module 13: Text

• Embellishing Text
• Adding Fonts
• Font Problems

Module 14: Script-Fu

• Getting Acquainted with Scheme
• Variables and Functions
  • Declaring Variables
  • What is a Local Variable?
  • General Syntax
  • White Space
  • Assigning a New Value to a Variable
  • Functions
• First Script-Fu Script
  • Creating a Text Box Script
  • Editing and Storing Scripts
  • Bare Essentials
  • Naming Conventions
  • Registering the Function
  • Steps for Registering the Script

Module 15: Required Parameters

• Registering the Script's Parameters
• Giving Script Some Guts
  • Creating New Image
  • Adding New Layer to Image
  • Adding Text
  • Clearing the Dirty Flag
• Extending the Text Box Script
  • Handling Undo Correctly
  • Extending the Script
  • Modifying the Parameters and the Registration Function
  • Adding the New Code
• Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions
• GIH Dialog Box
• Creating a Brush with Variable Size
• Toolbox
• Selection Tools
• Brush, Transform, Colour Tools
• Colour and Indicator Area
• Dialog Introduction
• Image Structure Related Dialogs
• Image Content Related Dialogs
• Image Management Related Dialogs
• Misc Dialogs
• Introduction to the GIMP Menus
• Toolbox File Menu

Module 16: Description of the List Elements

• Defining New Units
• Plug-In Browser
• Procedure Browser
• Script-Fu submenu
• Help Menu of the Toolbox Window
• File and Edit Menu of the Image Window

Module 17: Activating the Command

• Copy and Paste Named
• Clear
• Fill with FG Colour and BG Colour
• Fill with Pattern
• Stroke Selection and Path
• Select and View
• Image Menu of the Image Window
• Layers and Tools
• Filters Menu of the Image Window
• Filter Introduction
• Blur Filters, Colour Filters, and Noise Filters
• Edge-Detect Filters
• Enhance and Generic Filters
• Glass and Light Effects Filters
• Distort and Artistic Filters
• Map and Rendering Filters
• Combine Filters