=== Creating and editing image resources using an Image editor (''GIMP'') ===
=== Creating and editing image resources using an Image editor (''GIMP'') ===
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GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is an image editing software. GIMP is used for raster image editing, it treats the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics image] as a grid of pixels, or a set of bitmaps. It is not a vector image editor (Inkscape is an vector image editor). A vector editor edits [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics vector images]- which are stored as geometric information. GIMP is very powerful with many sophisticated features. We will learn a few commonly used functions in image editing:
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GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is an image editing software. GIMP is used for raster image editing, it treats the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics image] as a grid of pixels,
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[[File:COL_-_Opening_an_image_file_using_GIMP.png|thumb|450x450px|File opened in GIMP|none]] or a set of bitmaps. It is not a vector image editor (Inkscape is an vector image editor). A vector editor edits [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics vector images]- which are stored as geometric information. GIMP is very powerful with many sophisticated features. We will learn a few commonly used functions in image editing:
# Cropping an image
# Cropping an image
# Adding text to an image
# Adding text to an image
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Open the image you want to edit. You can see the menu bar providing different options for editing the image.
Open the image you want to edit. You can see the menu bar providing different options for editing the image.
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[[File:COL_-_Opening_an_image_file_using_GIMP.png|thumb|450x450px|File opened in GIMP|none]]<br>Short videos on GIMP are available on <nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/?search_foss=GIMP&search_language=English</nowiki> . Each video is less than 10 minutes and focuses on select features of the application.
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Short videos on GIMP are available on <nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/?search_foss=GIMP&search_language=English</nowiki> . Each video is less than 10 minutes and focuses on select features of the application.