GIMP Simple & Complex2020/07/29 · IMG 3799] (imported)-l .0 (RG8 color 8-bit gamma integer, GIMP...
Transcript of GIMP Simple & Complex2020/07/29 · IMG 3799] (imported)-l .0 (RG8 color 8-bit gamma integer, GIMP...
Alan German
Ottawa PC Users’ Group
GIMP – Simple & Complex
https://www.gimp.org
Simple Edit - Image Cropping
Rectangle Select
Options available
For the selected tool
Not So Simple
Advanced
Image Editing
Task – Use a version of this virus graphic
for a road-safety newsletter by
making it into a “traffic sign”
Original image captured
from the CDC’s web site
Circle and line drawn
individually and grouped
as a single image
(PowerPoint)
Blank sign captured
From clker.com
(free clip art)
Cut and paste the virus
image into the sign
But, I don’t want the
white background!
Mark individual points
around the contour?
1. Open your image
2. Select the area you want to make transparent
using an appropriate selection tool
1. Open your image
2. Select the area you want to make transparent
using an appropriate selection tool
Magic wand/Fuzzy select
Click in the region you want selected.
3. Select Layer – Transparency –
Add Alpha Channel
4. Select Edit – Clear (make selection transparent)
5. Save the file – Use Export As…
Original image captured
from the CDC’s web site
Version created in GIMP
(with transparent background)
Cut and paste images
onto blank sign
Voilà!
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