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Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Image and animation OER (view source)
Revision as of 11:56, 28 February 2017
, 11:56, 28 February 2017→Cropping an image
Often, you want some part of a larger image to re-use in a different resource. GIMP allows you to select parts of an image - in different shapes or even using a freehand selection to select parts of an image. This is different from a screenshot where you can only grab an area that is in the shape of a rectangle. You can select parts of an image from Select <u>Tools → Selection Tools → Free Select</u>
Often, you want some part of a larger image to re-use in a different resource. GIMP allows you to select parts of an image - in different shapes or even using a freehand selection to select parts of an image. This is different from a screenshot where you can only grab an area that is in the shape of a rectangle. You can select parts of an image from Select <u>Tools → Selection Tools → Free Select</u>
[[File:COL_-_Crop_to_selection_of_an_image,_using_GIMP.png|thumb|450x450px|Entering text on an image using GIMP|none]]
[[File:COL_-_Crop_to_selection_of_an_image,_using_GIMP.png|thumb|450x450px|Entering text on an image using GIMP|left]]
You can move your cursor on the image to outline the area you want to crop, this is free hand, not necessarily in the form of a rectangle. Then crop the image to your selection through Image → Crop to Selection. We have cropped the image to free select only the teacher and the student (see the dotted line).
You can move your cursor on the image to outline the area you want to crop, this is free hand, not necessarily in the form of a rectangle. Then crop the image to your selection through Image → Crop to Selection. We have cropped the image to free select only the teacher and the student (see the dotted line).
You may want to add a caption to an image and make that caption a part of the image itself. You can do this using GIMP
You may want to add a caption to an image and make that caption a part of the image itself. You can do this using GIMP
[[File:Entering_text_on_an_image_using_GIMP.png|thumb|450x450px|Entering text on an image using GIMP|none]]
[[File:Entering_text_on_an_image_using_GIMP.png|thumb|450x450px|Entering text on an image using GIMP|left]]
Select <u>Tools → Text.</u> A text tool box appears.
Select <u>Tools → Text.</u> A text tool box appears.
