Gimp Courses

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Why Gimp?

overall GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is the longtime open-source photo editing alternative to Adobe’s category-leading Photoshop. It includes many powerful Photoshop-like capabilities, including layers, plug-ins, painting, text, filters, selection, and masking.

When is GIMP Offered?

Learn Gimp anytime, anywhere!

Overall learn Gimp anytime and anywhere. All in all GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. It is not designed to be used for drawing, though some artists and creators have used it in this way..

Who should learn Gimp?

Overall GIMP training is suitable for both novices and advanced users. Photographers and graphic designers will find this tutorial beneficial. Photo editing, painting, logo creation, and other sophisticated photography and editing activities are featured in this GIMP tutorial.

Part-Time

Fast forward your career in the graphic design industry with a part-time course at School of IT. Part-time courses allow working professionals to transition into a new skill set while working. In turn at School of IT we are agile and customize a course to the individual. Flexibility.

Full Time

Ready to start a career in Graphic Design? Learn to be the best graphic designer as a full time student at School of IT. Thus beginning your career in design.

High School

Prepare for the future by learning graphic design while you’re still in high school. Thus no matter where you are, we give you the basics to pursue your dreams.

Corporate

Up skill yourself or your company by learning gimp while you’re working. In turn we give you the tools to move up in your company through our creative design course.

Introduction to Gimp Course Objectives

 Course Outline

Fire up the GIMP

  • Known Platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows)
  • Language
  • Command Line Arguments

Using Gimp

  • Who’s Wilber?
  • Basic Concepts
  • Main Windows
  • The Main Toolbox
  • Image Window
  • Dialogs and Docking
  • Undoing and Things That Cannot be Undone
  • Change the Size of an Image (Scale)
  • Make JPEGs Smaller
  • Crop An Image
  • Find Info About Your Image
  • Change the Mode
  • Flip An Image
  • How to Draw Straight Lines
  • Common Causes of GIMP Non-Responsiveness
  • Preparing your Images for the Web
  • Images with an Optimal Size/Quality Ratio
  • Reducing the File Size Even More
  • Saving Images with Transparency

Painting with GIMP

  • Feathering
  • Making a Selection Partially Transparent
  • Creating and Using Selections
  • Moving a Selection
  • Creating a Free Selection
  • Using the Quickmask
  • Paths
  • Brushes
  • Adding New Brushes
  • The GIH Dialog Box
  • Creating a Brush with Variable Size
  • Gradients
  • Patterns
  • Palettes
  • Drawing Simple Objects
  • Drawing a Straight Line
  • Creating a Basic Shape

Combining Images

  • Introduction to Layers
  • Layer Modes
  • Creating New Layers
  • Text and Fonts
  • Text

Enhancing Photographs

  • Working with Digital Camera Photos
  • Improving Composition
  • Improving Colours
  • Adjusting Sharpness
  • Removing Unwanted Objects from an Image
  • Saving Your Results

Pimp my GIMP

  • Grids and Guides
  • Rendering a Grid
  • How to Set Your Tile Cache
  • Creating Shortcuts to Menu Functions
  • Dialogs and Docking
  • Removing Tabs
  • Customize Splash-Screen

Scripting

  • Using Plugins
  • Installing New Plugins
  • Using Script-Fu Scripts

Career Prospects

Job Opportunities

The career prospects for GIMP graduates are excellent and high in demand.

  • Graphic Design Specialist
  • Copywriter
  • Graphic Designer
  • Social media expert
  • Layout specialist
  • Advertising

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