Jessica Stephens: Digital Graphics: GIMP: CH 6

Name:

Jessica Stephens

Student Number:

X00147734

GIMP: Chapter 6: Erasing and Touching Up

PART 1: READ Chapter 2 in the GIMP book, then:

1. What is the purpose of the DODGE tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool)

To lighten areas of an image that is too dark.

2. What is the purpose of the BURN tool (part of the DODGE/BURN tool)

To darken areas of an image that is too bright.

3. Why is the DODGE/BURN tool considered a drawing tool?

Because it is a brush and allows you to move your mouse freely.

4. What is the purpose of the SMUDGE tool?

To blur the edges together.

5. Briefly explain you get the CLONE to work:

Ctrl+Click and then click

6. What is the purpose of the HEAL tool?

To take the background of a section and change the section of another to match it.

7. What is the purpose of the PERSPECTIVE CLONE tool?

Clones a section of the image and keeps the angle/perspective

8. Briefly explain the two purposes of the CONVOLVE tool:

Sharpening

Blurring

9. What is the purpose of the GAUSSIAN BLUR filter? (NOTE: This is a FILTER, not a TOOL).

To make the background of an image blurred

10. Which tool would be the appropriate tool to get rid of wrinkles on someone’s face?

Clone or smudge

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):

Jessica Stephens: Digital Graphics