GIMP: Chapter 6

Name:

Viridiana Arreguin

Student Number:

2

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 PURPLE

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 is to it brightens dark zones.

2.      What is the purpose of the BURN tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool) The purpose is to darken light zones.

3.      Why is the DODGE/BURN tool considered a drawing tool? Because it uses a brush.

4.      What is the purpose of the SMUDGE tool? To make the objects blend in by smudging it.

5.      Briefly explain you get the CLONE to work:  The clone tools is to be able to duplicate a small area over and over.

6.      What is the purpose of the HEAL tool? The purpose is to be able to combine the texture from the source layer with the color and lighting of the destination layer.

7.      What is the purpose of the PERSPECTIVE CLONE tool? It is to do the same as the other but to keep the perspective so it doesn’t destroy the image.

8.      Briefly explain the two purposes of the CONVOLVE tool: One purpose is the sharpen the edges of an object and the other purpose is to blur the object with the image.

9.      What is the purpose of the GAUSSIAN BLUR filter? (NOTE: This is a FILTER, not a TOOL). The Gaussian blur is to be able to blur out a background with a lot of different objects or shapes in it.

10.  Which tool would be the appropriate tool to get rid of wrinkles on someone’s face? The 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 through 248. 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):