Zuccarini Production Coordinators Jon Gabriel April Nielsen Production Artist Christine Foley Cover Design Jody Winkler About This Book ..............................................................xix from the Chalmers University of Technology. She has been working with graphic design and art since 1985. Computer aided design caught her interest in the late 1980s. At first, she worked with Macs and PCs she entered the UNIX arena, and in 1997, she started using Gimp for image manipulation and graphic design. She now uses Gimp on a daily basis. Most of Karin’s work focuses on publications, posters and exhibition

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 5.3.1 Open File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 5.3.2 Open Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 5.3.3 Open Recent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.3.4 File . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 14.5.3 Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 14.5.4 Open Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 5.3.1 Open File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 iii CONTENTS 5.3.2 Open Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5.3.3 Open Recent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 5.3.4 Using External Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 16.2.4 Open… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 16.2.5 Open as Layers… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

digital painting, graphic design tools and photo retouching and manipulation. GIMP vs Photoshop GIMP Photoshop -FREE. -20x smaller than Photoshop,space saving. -GIMP will open PSD files, but you need addition of plug-ins. -Cloud subscription. -Takes up more space on the computer/RAM intensive. -Easily open files between Adobe softwares (e.g Lightroom to Photoshop). -Photoshop has RGB, CMYK and other colour

name, and they will automatically be opened by GIMP as it starts. It is also possible, though, to open files from within GIMP once it is running. In most operating systems, you can set things up so that when icons for them are double-clicked. If you want to cause a certain file type to automatically open in GIMP, you should associate it with "gimp-remote" ("gimp-win-remote" under Windows) rather than successive "OK" to validate your choice. If you often change language, you can create a batch file. Open NotePad. Type the following commands (for french for instance): set lang=fr cd c:\Program Files\GIMP-2

color picking, fill, blending, pencil, paintbrush, eraser, airbrush, clone and convolve. Once you open an image, it will appear in its own window. The menus can be accessed quickly by clicking the right are available for Linux and you can download source code from this site too. In case you decide to design your own plug-in, another useful page can be found at http://www2.ai-lab.fh-furtwangen.de/~bless/the-gimp

New image Ctrl O Open image Ctrl Alt O Open image as new layer Ctrl D Duplicate image Ctrl 1 Open recent image 01 Ctrl 2 Open recent image 02 Ctrl 3 Open recent image 03 Ctrl 4 Open recent image 04 04 Ctrl 5 Open recent image 05 Ctrl 6 Open recent image 06 Ctrl 7 Open recent image 07 Ctrl 8 Open recent image 08 Ctrl 9 Open recent image 09 Ctrl 0 Open recent image 10 Ctrl S Save image Shift Shift Ctrl I Info window Shift Ctrl N Navigation window These open a new dialog window if it wasn't open yet, otherwise the corresponding dialog gets focus. Within

such as text and layers, in its own file format. If you save the image in these formats, you can open your image later and continue processing. 1. Image Processing Basics PhotoShop UFO PhotoImpact (Corel / Ulead) PNG Fireworks (Adobe / Marcomedia) It is possible to open these files with other programs. However, the image may have subtle differences if other programs Lab and YCbCr. What is GIMP?  GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program.  It is Open Source.  It is Cross Platform.  It is Bitmap Graphics Editor, not for Vector editing. GIMP

Manipulation Program • Bitmap Graphics Editor • Open Source • Cross Platform • Not for Vector editing www.gimp.org Vector vs Bitmap Getting GIMP • Open Source • Cross Platform www.gimp.org • View use for figure production Basic Layout Opening Images • To open an image for editing: – Drag file onto a new GIMP window or – File > Open or (Ctrl + O) • After opening, save a working copy of the file you don’t want • Once images are correct colours, we need to overlay them • Open Layers dialogue box (if not already open) – Windows > Dockable Dialogues > Layers – (Ctrl+L) Pseudo-colour Overlays

this lecture • Download and install GIMP: www.gimp.org • Open GIMP 2 XCT Image Segmentation In-Class Activity: Segmentation Using GIMP Open the required toolboxes • Windows tab –> New Toolboxes • Windows