GIMP - Bloomingdale School District 13



GIMP

GIMP is a program which can be downloaded for free from . GIMP is used for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. The program’s name GIMP is actually an acronym for ‘GNU Image Manipulation Program’.

The GIMP program is similar to Adobe’s Photoshop program in many ways. GIMP can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, or even an image format converter. Quite honestly, the possibilities are endless which is why I say that anything you can do with Photoshop, you can do with GIMP but for free. Moreover, since GIMP can be downloaded anywhere for free, it is a great resource to teach your students because your students use what they learn at school at home once they download the program.

Using GIMP

1. To ‘Open’ GIMP from you computer, please click on ‘Start’ then ‘All Programs’ then ‘Utilities’ and then finally select ‘GIMP 2’. Please note that it takes a few seconds to load so don’t be shocked if you or your students complain that it is not coming up right away. Please be patient!

2. Now that GIMP is open, you should see a floating toolbox labeled as ‘Toolbox’ similar to the grey one you see here to the right of this page. Below you will also find ‘GIMP Tools Explanation’ which you should refer to a resource since it has each tool from the ‘Toolbox’ listed and labeled. If your ‘Toolbar’ is not showing, click on the word ‘Window at the top of your screen and select the ‘Toolbox’ option.

Saving (Exporting) an image from the Internet with GIMP

1. Once you have GIMP opened, you will be able to put your image from the internet into GIMP. To do this, have the image you want open on your screen. Next press the ‘PrtScrn’ button on your keyboard, which stands for ‘Print Screen’, i.e. the computer itself is taking a photo of your computer screen. Once you press this button on your keyboard, it will appear is if nothing has happened but it has internally within the computer and you do not see it.

2. Next go to your blank GIMP screen, click on the word ‘Edit’ at the top of the screen and select ‘Paste’; now the photo of your image on your screen should appear in your GIMP window.

3. Now use the ‘Crop Tool’ which looks like an exacto knife. Draw a box around the part of the ‘Print Screen’ image you want to save. Once you have a box around the image, the background of what you no longer want will turn grey. Press the ‘Enter’ button on your keyboard, or click on the middle of you image, and all of the grey background will disappear.

4. Now it is time to save you image by exporting it. Click on the word ‘File’ at the top of your screen and then select ‘Export’ and a popup window saying ‘Export Image’ will appear. Please save/export your file as your First name followed by your Last name and a word that describes what you made with ‘.jpg’ after it; for example mine would be DeyanaMattCartoonCharatcer.jpg Once you have typed your file name, select your ‘H’ drive as the location to save the file on the left hand side of your screen; remember your ‘H’ drive is the one that has numbers on it plus the letter ‘H’! Once selected, please press the ‘Export’ button.

5. A new ‘Export File as JPEG’ pop up window will appear; please move the sliding bar next to the word ‘Quality’ up to 100. Then click ‘Export’. You will know the file is being saved when you see the green bar moving across the popup window. Once saved, your workable area in Gimp will now have your file name at the top.

6. Now it is time to share the file you created to the classroom Google Doc Folder. Log into your Google Drive and find the Art Classroom Folder for your grade and class period.

7. Next click on the red ‘Up Arrow’ box next to the red ‘Create’ box at the top left hand side of your Google Drive screen. Then select ‘File’ and a popup window saying ‘Open’ will appear. Find your image that you saved on your H: Drive and select it. Once selected, press ‘Open’ button at the bottom left hand side of the pop up window and your file should begin uploading to the Google Doc Art Classroom folder. You will know it has been uploaded once you see it within the Google Doc Art Classroom folder.

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