United States GIMP 2.6 Tutorials
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Course Description
This VTC course provides an overview of the leading free and open-source image editing suite, GIMP. GIMP is a very powerful tool available across many major operating systems and sometimes included with the operating system itself. Learning to use this software can be intimidating, but with this video series, you will evolve from newbie to experienced user very quickly. James Street paves the way for you to learn all about: the GIMP Interface, Selections, Painting, Layers, Filters, and much more! To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.
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Introduction
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| Introduction | (02:38) | T | |
| Overview of Topics | (03:15) | T | |
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About GIMP
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| Nature of GIMP | (05:35) | T | |
| Ways to Use GIMP | (03:26) | T | |
| Why Use GIMP | (04:24) | T | |
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Setting Up GIMP
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| System Requirements | (07:22) | T | |
| System Setup | (06:30) | T | |
| Installing GIMP | (06:17) | T | |
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Interface Overview
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| Overview | (05:50) | T | |
| Main Window pt. 1 | (03:34) | T | |
| Main Window pt. 2 | (04:33) | T | |
| Toolbox & Tool Options | (07:22) | T | |
| Layers/Channels pt. 1 | (05:04) | T | |
| Layers/Channels pt. 2 | (04:12) | T | |
| Preferences pt. 1 | (05:21) | T | |
| Preferences pt. 2 | (05:12) | T | |
| Preferences pt. 3 | (04:55) | T | |
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Working with Documents
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| Opening Existing Documents | (07:04) | T | |
| Rasters & Vectors | (06:22) | T | |
| Color Models | (07:11) | T | |
| Color Modes | (06:05) | T | |
| Navigation | (08:46) | T | |
| Resize & Rotate | (04:02) | T | |
| Cropping pt. 1 | (04:19) | T | |
| Cropping pt. 2 | (04:39) | T | |
| Saving & Closing | (05:49) | T | |
| Creating New Documents | (06:41) | T | |
| File Formats | (04:00) | T | |
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Selections & Layers
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| Basics of Selections pt. 1 | (04:36) | T | |
| Basics of Selections pt. 2 | (04:55) | T | |
| Basics of Selections pt. 3 | (04:31) | T | |
| Basics of Selections pt. 4 | (03:41) | T | |
| Rectangle Select Tool Options | (07:07) | T | |
| Ellipse Select Tool | (05:42) | T | |
| Free Select Tool | (04:08) | T | |
| Fuzzy Select Tool | (03:34) | T | |
| Path Tool for Selections | (06:13) | T | |
| Select By Color Tool | (05:43) | T | |
| Scissors Select Tool | (06:35) | T | |
| Quick Mask | (05:27) | T | |
| Foreground Select Tool | (06:22) | T | |
| Layer Basics pt. 1 | (06:48) | T | |
| Layer Basics pt. 2 | (02:01) | T | |
| Simple Composites pt. 1 | (03:40) | T | |
| Simple Composites pt. 2 | (05:31) | T | |
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Transformation Tools
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| Setup pt. 1 | (05:31) | T | |
| Setup pt. 2 | (05:47) | T | |
| Rotating | (07:46) | T | |
| Scaling | (02:15) | T | |
| Shearing | (04:00) | T | |
| Perspective | (04:31) | T | |
| Flipping & Align Tool | (06:34) | T | |
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Painting & Drawing Tools
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| Shapes & Colors pt. 1 | (08:58) | T | |
| Shapes & Colors pt. 2 | (04:22) | T | |
| Shapes & Colors pt. 3 | (05:02) | T | |
| Color Picker pt. 1 | (05:00) | T | |
| Color Picker pt. 2 | (03:47) | T | |
| Bucket Fill | (07:28) | T | |
| Patterns | (07:46) | T | |
| Blend Tool pt. 1 | (04:07) | T | |
| Blend Tool pt. 2 | (06:52) | T | |
| Creating Gradients pt. 1 | (04:24) | T | |
| Creating Gradients pt. 2 | (06:02) | T | |
| Paths pt. 1 | (04:42) | T | |
| Paths pt. 2 | (06:38) | T | |
| Creating a Color Palette | (06:01) | T | |
| Pencil Basics | (05:24) | T | |
| Pencil Illustration | (04:47) | T | |
| Eraser | (03:33) | T | |
| Ink | (08:59) | T | |
| Coloring pt. 1 | (04:30) | T | |
| Coloring pt. 2 | (03:59) | T | |
| Parametric Brushes | (06:13) | T | |
| Image Brushes | (06:40) | T | |
| Animated Brushes | (06:17) | T | |
| Paintbrush Tool pt. 1 | (04:11) | T | |
| Paintbrush Tool pt. 2 | (04:35) | T | |
| Airbrush/Smudge/Blur/Dodge pt. 1 | (05:39) | T | |
| Airbrush/Smudge/Blur/Dodge pt. 2 | (04:45) | T | |
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Text
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| Adding & Editing Text | (05:27) | T | |
| More Text Tool Options | (06:15) | T | |
| Importing Text | (05:56) | T | |
| Text on a Path | (04:41) | T | |
| Creating a Logo | (07:31) | T | |
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Layer Masks & Blending Modes
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| Layer Masks pt. 1 | (07:47) | T | |
| Layer Masks pt. 2 | (07:38) | T | |
| Layer Blending Modes pt. 1 | (05:44) | T | |
| Layer Blending Modes pt. 2 | (05:57) | T | |
| Paint Blending Modes | (06:15) | T | |
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Touching Up Photographs
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| Introduction | (02:16) | T | |
| Removing Unwanted Elements | (06:27) | T | |
| Adjusting Contrast pt. 1 | (07:37) | T | |
| Adjusting Contrast pt. 2 | (04:32) | T | |
| Restoring a Photograph pt. 1 | (07:10) | T | |
| Restoring a Photograph pt. 2 | (04:09) | T | |
| Perspective Cloning | (06:36) | T | |
| Adjusting Colors pt. 1 | (04:19) | T | |
| Adjusting Colors pt. 2 | (05:35) | T | |
| Red Eye Removal | (06:09) | T | |
| Green Eye Removal | (08:10) | T | |
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Fun with Filters
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| Introduction | (05:12) | T | |
| Pixelize & Gaussian Blur | (07:44) | T | |
| Sharpen & Unsharp Mask | (05:48) | T | |
| iWarp | (05:38) | T | |
| Drop Shadow | (04:03) | T | |
| Slur | (04:12) | T | |
| Laplace | (02:57) | T | |
| Erode | (03:13) | T | |
| Filmstrip | (05:05) | T | |
| GIMPressionist pt. 1 | (03:03) | T | |
| GIMPressionist pt. 2 | (05:38) | T | |
| Old Photo | (03:46) | T | |
| Seamless Backgrounds | (05:38) | T | |
| Jigsaw | (02:25) | T | |
| Wave | (08:06) | T | |
| Review | (03:33) | T | |
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Creating a Web Banner
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| Website Header Background | (04:58) | T | |
| Web Stripes | (05:14) | T | |
| Adding Text & Wilbur | (03:44) | T | |
| Logo with Reflections | (06:44) | T | |
| Image Map | (08:02) | T | |
| Animation pt. 1 | (08:09) | T | |
| Animation pt. 2 | (06:11) | T | |
| Saving for Web pt. 1 | (05:06) | T | |
| Saving for Web pt. 2 | (03:26) | T | |
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Plug-ins
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| GIMP Registry | (06:55) | T | |
| Content Aware Scaling | (06:13) | T | |
| PSPI | (03:44) | T | |
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Wrap Up
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| Review | (07:28) | T | |
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Credits
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| About the Author | (03:09) | T | |
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| Course: | GIMP 2.6 |
| Author: | James Street |
| SKU: | 34004 |
| ISBN: | 1-935320-50-5 |
| Release Date: | 2009-06-23 |
| Duration: | 12 hrs / 130 tutorials |
| Work Files: |
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| Captions: | Available on CD and Online University |
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