| 1: | Downloading the Gimp and GTK+ |
| 2: | Installing GTK+ |
| 3: | Installing the Gimp |
| 4: | Setting up the Gimp |
Image Cropping, Resizing and Saving in JPEG Format
| 1: | Getting Started |
| 2: | Opening Files and Setting Magnification |
| 3: | Cropping |
| 4: | Resizing |
| 5: | Saving as JPEG |
| 1: | Adding Text |
| 2: | Layers |
| 3: | Making a New Layer |
| 4: | Layer Stacking Order |
| 5: | Layer Opacity |
| 6: | Saving Images with Layers |
| 1: | Rectangular Selection |
| 2: | Elliptical Selection |
| 3: | Lasso Selection and Inversion |
| 4: | Selection and the Paintbrush |
| 5: | Selection by Color |
Filters
This section of the tutorial will briefly introduce you to filters.
The Gimp includes a large number of filters that allow you to transform the images that you're working on in different ways. These filters are located in the image window, under the "Filters" menu.
Let's say, for example, that we want to sharpen the background picture in this image. The first thing to do is to make sure that that layer is selected in the layers pane. Then we'll go back to the image window, go to the "Filters" menu, then the "Enhance" submenu, and choose "Sharpen."
When we choose "Sharpen," a popup appears that has a small preview window and a slider that we can use to set the level of sharpness we want to have applied to my picture. We can adjust the slider until the image in the preview window looks the way we want it, and then click "OK" to have the effect applied to the image.
The Gimp includes a very large number of filters that allow you to do many different things with images, so it's really worth taking the time to explore them on your own.
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