GIMP: Chapter 6

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Courtney Cloud

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GIMP: Chapter 6: Erasing and Touching Up

PART 1: READ Chapter 2 in the GIMP book, then:

1. Answer all questions below, briefly but completely.
2. Change the color of the answer to BLUE.
3. Copy this information and paste in a new post in your DIGITAL GRAPHICS blog.

1.      What is the purpose of the DODGE tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool) Makes darker images lighter

2.      What is the purpose of the BURN tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool) Keeps areas from becoming too light

3.      Why is the DODGE/BURN tool considered a drawing tool? They use brushes

4.      What is the purpose of the SMUDGE tool? Basic image correction. Picks up color that it is over and drags it along. Can be used to remove objects from a photo.

5.      Briefly explain you get the CLONE to work: Copies a source color and texture and places them where you click

6.      What is the purpose of the HEAL tool? Combines texture from the source layer with the color and lighting of the destination layer

7.      What is the purpose of the PERSPECTIVE CLONE tool? Cloning combined with perspective. It is used when there is a different perspective on a photo.

8.      Briefly explain the two purposes of the CONVOLVE tool: It can be used for sharpening pieces of a photo. It can also be used for blurring parts of the photo.

9.      What is the purpose of the GAUSSIAN BLUR filter? (NOTE: This is a FILTER, not a TOOL). It blurs the background

10.  Which tool would be the appropriate tool to get rid of wrinkles on someone’s face? Clone.

PART 2: GIMP PROJECTS:

1.      Go to the web site for this book: http://gimpbook.com 2.      Click on the PHOTOS FROM THE BOOK link, and scroll down to see the images for Chapter 6. 3.      Download and save all the Chapter 6 images. 4.      Use the appropriate images to touch up the photos as indicated on pages 215 through248. 5.      Insert these corrected images here (no need to insert all the corrected images, just those indicated below):

a.      Tree with power tower gone and new puffy cloud (instructions on pages 219-222):

b.      Canyon with cars gone (pages 223-231):

c.       Meer cat blurred (pages 242-243):

d.      Perspective tower with new windows on the bottom (pages 237-240):

e.      Butterfly with blurred background (pages 45-248):