Gimp Installation and First Steps Public Class

About the Class

Gimp is a popular Open Source image processing software. It''s features can be compared to commercial programs like Photoshop® or Corel Photopaint®.

Gimp is free software so you can download and use it without cost.

Using Gimp is a bit different from other programs you may know, but if you get the hang on it, it will be easy to use it. Gimp can be used to edit your photos or create images and graphics from scratch. In this class we will just edit an existing photo (you will get an example photo during the class) and learn how to use the smudge tool from the gimp toolbox.

This class will show you how to download and install Gimp on your computer (it runs on Windows, Macintosh or Linux) and how to start and use it.

This will be a 1 hour workshop.
First 30 Minutes: Download and installation
Second Half: Starting the software and doing your first steps in using it.

Prerequisites:

be prepared that this is a WORKSHOP, so you need to be able to download software with your browser and install the software either on Windows, Macintosh or Linux.

Mac Users: Please install the development pack from your Mac Disk that comes with your operating system since Gimp needs X11 installed to run on Mac-OS.

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Keywords: open source technologies, software applications, image processing, it & computers: image processing, free open source software, gimp