GIMP: Chapter 6-Erasing and Touching Up

Good Evening Everyone,

Name:

Michele Keller

Student Number:

10

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)—Lets you choose between three modes:  Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights.  Default is Midtones.

2.       What is the purpose of the BURN tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool)—Burning is the opposite of the Dodge tool.  It makes light areas darker.  It is difficult to use.

3.       Why is the DODGE/BURN tool considered a drawing tool?  Because it uses a brush and lets you drag around the image.  You can use it to make shadows along one side of an object you’ve drawn, for a more three-dimensional look.

4.       What is the purpose of the SMUDGE tool?  The purpose of the Smudge tool is just that, it smudges the image or a part of an image and blends it all together.

5.       Briefly explain you get the CLONE to work:  The Clone tool is a very neat tool.  It lets you duplicate a small area over and over, to paint an object out of a picture.

6.       What is the purpose of the HEAL tool? It is similar to the Clone tool, but with a difference—it combines the texture from the source layer with the color and lighting of the destination layer.

7.       What is the purpose of the PERSPECTIVE CLONE tool? Its specialty is images with perspective—images of scenes or objects that extend away or up from the viewer.  Like looking up the Eifel Tower from the bottom center.

8.       Briefly explain the two purposes of the CONVOLVE tool:  What used to be the Convolve tool is now the Blur/Sharpen tool.  It lets you change small regions of an image just by dragging over them.

9.       What is the purpose of the GAUSSIAN BLUR filter? (NOTE: This is a FILTER, not a TOOL).  The Gaussian Blur is a filter that can blur the whole image or a selection of an image.

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

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 through 248. 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):

Before:

After:

B.      Canyon with cars gone (pages 223-231): Before: After:

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

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

Before: After:

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