Gimp: Erasing and Touching Up

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, hinglights.(makes areas lighter.

2.      What is the purpose of the BURN tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool) makes light areas darker.

3.      Why is the DODGE/u drag around BURN tool considered a drawing tool? Because it uses a brush and lets you drags around the image.

4.      What is the purpose of the SMUDGE tool? It away to get rid of simple problems by smudging it out which picks up the color underneath

5.      Briefly explain you get the CLONE to work: You hold down the ctrl key as you click on the area to be cloned the start to cover up the area not wanted. Continuing to clone as need.

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

7.      What is the purpose of the PERSPECTIVE CLONE tool? Makes the clone angle to show perspective once the mode is set.

8.      Briefly explain the two purposes of the CONVOLVE tool: it’s a blur/sharpen tool lets you change small regions of an image just by dragging over them. The more you go over an area the more it will blur or sharpen.

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

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):