GIMP Ch. 6

Name:

Lesli Ferra

Student Number:

7

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) : The purpose of the Dodge tool is to allow the user to choose between three modes: shadows, midtones, and Highlights. This will make dark areas light.

2.      What is the purpose of the BURN tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool): This tool does the opposite of the dodge tool, it makes light areas darker.

3.      Why is the DODGE/BURN tool considered a drawing tool?: The dodge/burn tool is considered a drawing tool because is uses a brush.

4.      What is the purpose of the SMUDGE tool?: The smudge tool picks up color and then distributes that color to other parts of the image.

5.      Briefly explain you get the CLONE to work: The clone tool 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?: The heal tool is similar to the Clone tool, but this tool combines the texture from the source with a color and lighting of the destination layer.

7.      What is the purpose of the PERSPECTIVE CLONE tool?: The perspective clone tool is like the clone tool except that whatever you clone will be modified appropriately based on the perspective you’ve set.

8.      Briefly explain the two purposes of the CONVOLVE tool: This is 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? A 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 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):