GIMP Training - United States

GIMP Training Course Outline

Introduction to GIMP

• What is GIMP?
• Features and Capabilities
• Basic Concepts
• Main Windows
• Overview of Undoing
• Drawing Straight Lines

Getting Images Into GIMP

• Image Types
• Create New Files
• Opening Files

Getting Images Out of GIMP

• Overview of Files
• Prepare Images for the Web

Painting with GIMP

• Create and Use Selection
• Define QuickMask and Paths
• Adding New Brushes
• GIH Dialog Box
• Gradients and Patterns
• Palettes and Presets
• Drawing Simple Objects

Introduction to Text Management

• Test Area
• Managing Text Layer
• Text Toolbox
• Text Context Menu
• Embellishing Text
• Adding Fonts

Enhancing Photographs

• Improving Composition and Colours
• Adjusting Sharpness
• Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image
• Saving Results

Enriching GIMP

• Preferences Dialog
• Grids and Guides
• Rendering a Grid
• Create Shortcuts to Menu Functions
• Customise Splash Screen

Working with Scripting

• Plugins
• Using Script-Fu Scripts

Introduction to Tools and Dialogs

• Toolbox
• Selection Tools
• Paint Tools
• Transform Tools
• Define Dialogs
• Image Structure Related Dialogs
• Image Content and Management Related Dialogs

Exploring Menus

• Introduction to Menus
• File and Edit Menu
• Select and View Menu
• Image and Layer Menu
• Colours and Tools Menu
• Filters Menu

Working with Filters

• Define Filters
• Blur Filters
• Enhance and Distort Filters
• Light and Shadow Filters
• Noise Filters
• Edge-Detect Filters
• Generic and Combine Filters
• Artistic and Decor Filters
• Map, Web, and Animation Filters