GIMP: Chapter 5

Name:

Jessica Stephens

Student Number:

X00147734

GIMP: Chapter 5: Selection

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.       Why are the GIMP Selection tools important?  Allow editing/movement of one section of image

2.       What is meant by the “marching ants”?  The marching ants are the outline of the selected area

3.       Describe the following terms found in the SELECT menu: ·         All Selects entire image ·         None Deselects image ·         Invert Selects the area currently not selected ·         Float Cuts out selected area and copies it into a new floating layer. ·         By Color selects all pixels close to selected color. ·         From Path Converts current path into a selection. ·         Feather makes edges of selection fuzzy ·         Sharpen makes edges sharper ·         Shrink and Grow makes selection larger or smaller ·         Border replaces selection with old selection border ·         Rounded Rectangle rounds edges of rectangular selection ·         To Path converts selection to path

4.       Why would you want to SELECT BY COLOR? Separate foreground from simple background

5.       What is a BEZIER PATH? Defines control, or anchor, points.

6.       What is the purpose of the INTELLIGENT SCISSORS? Follows boundaries of selection

7.       What is the purpose of the QUICK MASK?                 selection visually superimposed on the image instead of the usual “marching ants” view

8.       What is the purpose of LAYER MASKS? Defines how much and which part of a layer will be visible

9.       What is the purpose of SIOX? Foreground select tool

10.   When is using SIOX most effective?

NOTE: For an excellent  review of GIMP Selection tools, check out: http://www.quackit.com/web_graphics/gimp/tutorial/gimp_selection_tools.cfm Scroll down the page to see an excellent chart of the Selections tools.

PART 2: GIMP PROJECTS:

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 5. 4.       Download and save these images: Montara plant (first image), Saturn, Audubon warbler (bird with tree branches),  Mauna Kea (telescope building, image after bird images), dark pink flowers,  and dog 5.       Using the appropriate images, practice the SELECTION tools indicated on pages 164-212. IMPORTANT NOTE: For many Selection tools, you must press ENTER after using the tool in order to actually select the object. 6.       For each image, once you have completed the selection using the indicated tool, copy the selection (CTRL-C) then create a new image (CTRL-N) and paste the selection into the new image (CTRL-V).   7.       Save the new images you created from each selection. NOTE: For the Layer Mask image, save the combined image of the ostrich-giraffe. 8.       Insert all the new images here: