GIMP Ch. 3

Name:

Lesli Fera

Student Number:

7

 

GIMP: Chapter 3: Layers

PART 1: READ Chapter 3, pages 67-69, and 95-102 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 a layer? A separate image

2.     Why is transparency important when using layers? Allows you to put part of an image on the current layer, and still be able to see the layer on the bottom.

3.      Why would you use layers when creating images? Layers are used when creating images because with them one can edit and revise the image over, and over again.

LAYERS DIALOG BOX: The following refers to information on pages 95-102 in the book. Open GIMP and look at the LAYERS DIALOG BOX while you read these pages. NOTE: If the LAYERS box is not open, open it by WINDOWSàRECENTLY CLOSED DOCKSàLAYERS, CHANELS, PATHS. The LAYERS box is the tab with what looks like several sheets of white paper (see Figure 3-31 on page 96).

Describe the purpose of each of the following LAYERS properties in the LAYERS dialog box.

1.     Opacity: Allows for imaging between totally transparent or opaque.

2.     Keep Transparent: Won’t be able to draw on anywhere on the that layer

3.     Visibility Eye: Allows to view or not view a layer, although it is still there

4.     Chain Link: When several icons display; they are linked together.

5.     Layer Mask: Another way of showing transparency

6.     Raise and Lower Buttons: Moves the current layer up or down the stack of layers.

7.     Duplicate: Creates a new layer with an exact copy of the current layer.

8.     Delete: deletes the active layer.

Describe the purpose of each of the following LAYERS context menu (menu appears when you right-click on a layer)

1.     Layer Boundary Size: the size of each layer; they can differ

2.     Layer to Image Size: This make the layer as large as the current layer.

3.     Add Alpha Channel (be sure to describe what ALPHA means): Alpha means transparency. This makes the image capable of using transparency.

4.     Alpha to Selection: Selects every in the current layer that is not transparent.

5.     Merge or Flatten: ways of combining multiple layers into one.

 

PART 2: GIMP PROJECTS: Be sure to save these images in your GIMP folder before inserting them in this document.

1.     Go to the web site for this book: http://gimpbook.com 2.     Look through the menus on the left to see the supplemental information provided for you about the book. 3.     Click on the PHOTOS FROM THE BOOK link, and scroll down to see the images for Chapter 3. 4.     Click on the Goblin Valley image, then right-click and select SAVE IMAGE AS. Save the image in your GIMP folder. 5.     Click on the Mars from the Hubble image, then right-click and select SAVE IMAGE AS. Save the image in your GIMP folder. 6.     Click on the yellow airplane image (the fifth image in the image list), then right-click and select SAVE IMAGE AS. Save the image in your GIMP folder. 7.     Create a new image by following the instructions on pages 69 (from “Using Layers to Add Text”) through 95. Through this exercise, you will learn to add text to an image, change text colors, add a drop shadow to text, link layers together, and add images to other images. 8.     After you have completed the image displayed on page 94, add the yellow airplane to the image in an appropriate place. 9.     When the image is complete, save as JPG file and insert here: