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 * DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES 120 **
 * GIMP - AN ALTERNATIVE TO MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS OR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP **

EXERCISE 1 GIMP BASICS. Use this image besnertruck.jpg (of an 18 wheeler I used to drive) for this activity. Rename the image **allentruck**. When you are done, save the image and put it in **Dropbox DI_01** in the Digital Technologies Course

Answer the following questions about this tutorial. Send me the answers by email. 1. Under which menu can you find "Grayscale"? 2. How do you get to "Color Tools". Be specific. 3. When adding a "layer" in this tutorial, do you make it transparent or not? Yes or No. 4. What is the name of the tool that lets you "fill" colours on a layer, for instance? Exact name of tool please. 5. Under what menu can you find "noise"? 6. What does the word "opacity" mean?

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EXERCISE 2 GIMP INTERFACE Although this tutorial is outdated, it's still pretty good.

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EXERCISE 3 GIMP - RESIZING AN IMAGE A nice little tutorial on how to resize an image using Gimp. Use this image sleepyquebec9900.jpg (this is what happens when a truck driver falls asleep, or worse) for this exercise. Rename this image as **smashedtruck.jpg** and put it in **Dropbox DI_01** media type="youtube" key="2mpk-0eUhrk" height="315" width="420"

Answer the following questions about this tutorial. Send me the answers by email. 1. What value should you use for the X and Y resolutions? 2. Make your image 320 pixels wide. Using the smashedtruck.jpg image, what is the height of the newly resized document? 3. What value does the author of the video use for compression?

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EXERCISE 4 GIMP - CROPPING AN IMAGE If you can get past the robotic voice, this is a good tutorial on cropping an image. Use this picture of my dog, Gizzi gizzi.jpg. It's a very large image, so before working with it, change the width to 320 pixels. The height should adjust automatically. If not, ensure that the sizes are "linked". Use help to find out what that means. Then crop the image so that the dog is pretty much the photo. Save as **gizzicrop.jpg** and submit to
 * DI_01**.

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EXERCISE 5 GIMP - LAYERS

Using layers is a super-important part of using Gimp, Fireworks, Photoshop, etc. Big time! Watch this tutorial. Try messing with layers when watching the video (pause, play). If it still doesn't make sense, watch the next tutorial.

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EXERCISE 6 GIMP - LAYERS (2nd Tutorial)

Find two photos (your own or from the public domain) that you can mess around with. Follow this tutorial to get you better at using layers. This should start making sense. Like any computer software, you need to take time to mess around with it. You can't get good at anything without "playing"! You can use this file --> to mess around if you like

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EXERCISE 7 GIMP - LAYERS SUBMIT A FILE IN THE DROPBOX **DI_02**   **Instructions: Create a composite image using at least three different layers. Save the file as Gimp-layers.jpg.**   **Be creative. Use images that you have found on the Internet or that belong to you. Here is an example:**  