[gimp-help-2] Update quickie tutorials to latest version of GIMP.
- From: Roman Joost <romanofski src gnome org>
- To: svn-commits-list gnome org
- Subject: [gimp-help-2] Update quickie tutorials to latest version of GIMP.
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:56:34 +0000 (UTC)
commit ea5b3474641cad551d782acea3f0d7c652750474
Author: Andrew Pitonyak <andrew pitonyak org>
Date: Mon Jul 13 22:38:08 2009 -0400
Update quickie tutorials to latest version of GIMP.
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diff --git a/src/tutorial/quickies.xml b/src/tutorial/quickies.xml
index ef035eb..0519b08 100644
--- a/src/tutorial/quickies.xml
+++ b/src/tutorial/quickies.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
</indexterm>
<para>
This tutorial is based on text and images Copyright © 2004 Carol Spears.
- The original tutorial can be found in the internet
+ The original tutorial can be found in the Internet
<xref linkend="bibliography-online-tutorial02"/>.
</para>
<sect2>
@@ -33,27 +33,30 @@
<phrase>Intention</phrase>
</title>
<para>
- So, you have GIMP installed on your computer, you need to make a quick
+ So, <acronym>GIMP</acronym> is installed on your computer, you need to
+ make a quick
change to an image for some project, but don't want to learn about
- computer graphics right now in order to get the image changed. Totally
- understandable. GIMP is a powerful image manipulator with many
+ computer graphics just to change an image; totally understandable.
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> is a powerful image manipulator with many
options and tools. However, it is quick and somewhat intuitive (after a
time) for the small jobs as well. Hopefully, these quickies will help
- you with your quick problem and help you to stay friends with The GIMP
- and ready for its more complex tools and methods later, when you have
+ you with your quick problem and help you to stay friends with The
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym>;
+ and ready for the more complex tools and methods later, when you have
the time and inspiration.
</para>
<para>
- A couple of words about the images used here. The came from APOD
+ A couple of words about the images used here. The images came from APOD
<xref linkend="bibliography-online-apod01"/>,
Astronomy Picture of the Day. The screenshots were taken on my desktop
which is sporting this APOD
<xref linkend="bibliography-online-apod02"/> image.
</para>
<para>
- All you should need to know to start here is how to find your image and
- open it.
- (<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the toolbox menu).
+ All you need to know to start this tutorial, is how to find and open
+ your image.
+ (<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the Image window).
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale">
@@ -68,8 +71,8 @@
<secondary>scale</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>
- Problem: you have a huge image and you want to put it nicely for viewing
- on a web page. The GIMP is a quick solution. Our example image is this
+ Problem: you have a huge image and you want to resize the is so
+ that it will display nicely on a web page. The example image is this
beauty m51_hallas_big.jpg from APOD
<xref linkend="bibliography-online-apod03"/>.
</para>
@@ -84,17 +87,18 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- The first thing that you might notice is that The GIMP opens the image
- at a logical size for viewing. So, if your image is really big (like the
- sample image) it will display it zoomed out until it fits nicely. You
- can tell if GIMP has done this by the percentage number in the title
- bar. Just because it looks right in this <quote>View</quote> doesn't
- mean anything.
+ The first thing that you might notice, is that
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> opens the image at a logical size for
+ viewing. If your image is really big like the sample image,
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> will set the zoom so that
+ it will display nicely on the screen. The zoom level is shown in the
+ status area at the bottom of the Image window.
</para>
<para>
- The other thing to look at in the title-bar is the mode. If it says RGB
- in the title bar, you are fine. If it says Indexed or grayscale there,
- you should read the <xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-change-mode"/>.
+ The other thing to look at in the title-bar is the mode.
+ If the mode shows as RGB in the title bar, you are fine.
+ If the mode says Indexed or grayscale,
+ read the <xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-change-mode"/>.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
@@ -106,12 +110,14 @@
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <para><guimenu>Image</guimenu>
- entry in the menu and the sub menu from the screenshot should reveal
- itself. Click on <guimenuitem>Scale Image...</guimenuitem>.
- When ever you click an option from the menu that has ... behind it,
- expect another dialog. This time, you should get the
- <guilabel>Scale Image Dialog</guilabel>.
+ <para>
+ Use
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Image</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Scale Image</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ to open the Scale Image dialog. You can right click on the image to open
+ the menu, or use the menu along the top of the Image window.
+ Notice that the Scale Image menu item contains three dots,
+ which is a hint that a dialog will be opened.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
@@ -125,9 +131,10 @@
</figure>
<para>
If you have a desired width, put it in the dialog at the top where it
- says <guilabel>New Width</guilabel>. If you don't have such a number in
- mind, you can steal the width of GIMP's default image size, which is
- 256 pixels. This is demonstrated in the figure above.
+ says <guilabel>Width</guilabel>. If you don't have such a number in
+ mind, you can steal the width of <acronym>GIMP</acronym>'s default image
+ size, which is 256 pixels.
+ This is shown in the figure above.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
@@ -141,15 +148,17 @@
</figure>
<para>
Perhaps you want your image to look more like a 4x6 inch photo on most
- image rendering web browsers. Simply switch the units to
- <quote>inches</quote> and put 4 inches in the height box (opting for
+ image rendering web browsers. Switch the units to
+ <quote>inches</quote> and enter 4 inches in the height box (opting for
smaller than 4x6 rather than bigger). You can see this dialog above.
</para>
<para>
- Let GIMP choose the other dimension length for you. Meaning, it will
- take more image knowledge to change both width and height and have it
- look correct. So only change one and let GIMP change the rest. To change
- the other length see <xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-crop"/>.
+ Let <acronym>GIMP</acronym> choose the other dimension length for you.
+ Meaning, it requires
+ more image knowledge to change both width and height and have it
+ look correct. So change only one item and let <acronym>GIMP</acronym>
+ change the rest. To change
+ the other dimension, see <xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-crop"/>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gimp-tutorial-quickie-jpeg">
@@ -174,35 +183,49 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- You can make your jpegs smaller without changing the pixel width of the
- image. Actually you can change the weight of the image a lot. I used
- an(other) image from APOD <xref linkend="bibliography-online-apod04"/>.
- The original image is huge (3000 pixels wide) so I also made a smaller
- (pixel width) image available. To prepare this image for the web, you
- should first reduce the image to a better width and height for web
- viewing as described in the
- <xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale"/>.
- Right click on the properly scaled image and follow the menus
- <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- at the image window. The Save Dialog will pop up.
- </para>
- <para>
- I generally type the filename I want into the text box, but the
- Extension drop menu can tell you the available file formats (depending
- on the libraries you have installed and the conditions of the image you
- are trying to save). If The GIMP complains right now, or if
- <quote>JPEG</quote> is grayed out in the Extensions menu you should just
+ You can make your jpegs smaller (use less space on disk) without
+ changing the image dimensions. The image for this example is also
+ take from APOD <xref linkend="bibliography-online-apod04"/>.
+ The original image is huge (3000 pixels wide) so first I reduced
+ the width and height for better use on the web (see
+ <xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale"/>).
+ Use
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the
+ Save Image dialog.
+ </para>
+ <figure>
+ <title>
+ <phrase>Save Image Dialog</phrase>
+ </title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata
+fileref="images/tutorials/quickie-save-image-dialog-file-type.png"
+format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <para>
+ I usually type the full filename with extension into Name text box,
+ and <acronym>GIMP</acronym> determines the file type from the
+ file extension; for example, .jpg. Use the file extension list,
+ circled in the figure above, to see the types supported by
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym>. The supported extensions change depending
+ on your installed libraries.
+ If <acronym>GIMP</acronym> complains, or if
+ <quote>JPEG</quote> is grayed out in the Extensions menu,
cancel out of everything and step through the
<xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-change-mode"/>.
</para>
<para>
- In the JPEG Save Dialog, you can opt for The GIMP defaults which reduce
- the size quite a bit, without hurting the visual quality in a way that I
- can detect. This would be the safest and quickest thing to do.
+ The Save as JPEG dialog uses default values that reduce size while
+ retaining good visual quality; this is the safest and quickest
+ thing to do.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
- <phrase>Dialog for Image Saving as JPEG</phrase>
+ <phrase>Save as JEPG dialog with poor quality.</phrase>
</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
@@ -211,14 +234,15 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- If you would like to make it smaller still, make sure that the
- <quote>Preview</quote> toggle is on and then watch the image area and
- change the compression level by moving the <quote>Quality</quote>
- slider down. You can see the quality of the image changing, especially
- towards the leftmost end of the slider. Above is a screenshot of me
- doing this very thing. As you can see, very small is also very bad. I
- have a screenshot of me setting the Quality slider to a more acceptable
- level below.
+ Reduce the image Quality to to make the image even smaller.
+ Reduced quality degrades the image, so be certain to check
+ <quote>Show preview in image window</quote>. As shown in the figure
+ above, a Quality of 6 produces a very poor quality image that uses very
+ little disk space.
+ The figure below shows a more reasonable image. A quality of 42
+ produces a reasonable image using much less disk space, which will,
+ in turn, load much faster on a web page. Although the image is degraded,
+ it is acceptable for the intended purpose.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
@@ -265,7 +289,7 @@
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>
- Quality: 85 (GIMPs default); Size: 6837 Bytes
+ Quality: 85 (<acronym>GIMP</acronym>s default); Size: 6837 Bytes
</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
@@ -312,13 +336,18 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- Many reasons to need to crop an image. Making rectangles square, or
- making squares into rectangles. Cutting a lot of useless background to
- bring out the subject better. etc. To get to the crop tool, you can
- either press the
- <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="images/toolbox/stock-tool-crop-22.png"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon>
- button on the toolbox or right click on the image and follow the menu
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guisubmenu>Transform Tools</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Crop</guimenuitem><!--changed 2008-06-16--></menuchoice> in the image window. This will change
+ There are many reasons to crop an image; for example, fitting an image
+ to fill a frame, removing a portion of the background to emphasize the
+ subject, etc. There are two methods to activate the crop tool.
+ Click the
+ <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/toolbox/stock-tool-crop-22.png"/>
+ </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon>
+ button in the Toolbox, or use
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>Transform Tools</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Crop</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice> in the image window. This will change
the cursor and allow you to click and drag a rectangular shape. The
button in the toolbox is the nicest way to get to any of the tools. I
have chosen one of the huge and beautiful APOD images
@@ -334,11 +363,11 @@
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <para><!--changed 2008-06-16-->
+ <para>
I always click on the approximate upper left corner and drag to the
- lower right corner. You don't need to worry about being accurate on this
- first swipe with the crop tool.<!--, since a little dialog will pop up
- and you can make a better choice for your new borders there.-->
+ lower right corner; the approximate path is shown in red.
+ You don't need to worry about being accurate on this
+ first swipe with the crop tool.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
@@ -351,26 +380,25 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- After completing the click and drag motion, a little
- <quote>Crop and Resize Information Dialog</quote>
- (shown above also) pops up, telling you information about the borders
- that were defined in the click and drag.
- (In <acronym>GIMP</acronym> 2.4, the cropping tool has been changed.
- See <xref linkend="gimp-tool-crop"/>.)
- We will have to change all of the numbers. If you would like to make
+ After completing the click and drag motion, a rectangle with special
+ regions show the selected area. As the cursor is moved over the
+ different areas of the selected crop area, the cursor changes.
+ You can then drag the cursor to change the dimensions of the selected
+ area. As shown in the figure above, as the crop area is resized,
+ the dimensions and ratio are shown in the status bar.
+ See <xref linkend="gimp-tool-crop"/> for more information on cropping
+ in <acronym>GIMP</acronym>.
+ If you would like to make
this rectangular image square, you should find the width and height from
the Get Image Information Quickie (see
<xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-info"/>. Use the smallest of the
two lengths to determine the size of the square. In my 300 x 225 pixel
- image, the largest square I can get is 225 x 225 pixels, and I will need
- to make sure the Y origin is 0. At that point, I use the image and the
- squares to get the best part of the image for the area. The upper right
- and lower left crop squares will move the marked area. The other two
- (upper left and lower right) will change the dimensions of the marked
- area, so be careful. I have a screenshot of this, right after I fixed
- the width and height and the Y origin, but before the final positioning.
- The arrows show the move points. I decided that the image looked the
- best with the X Origin at 42.
+ image, the largest square I can get is 225 x 225 pixels.
+ Use the image and the
+ squares to get the best part of the image for the area.
+ Use any of the areas to move the edges and change the dimensions
+ to achieve the image that you prefer. Double click in the area
+ to crop the image.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gimp-tutorial-quickie-info">
@@ -395,20 +423,19 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- This window will tell you the pixel lengths. Right click on the image
- and follow
- <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Info Window...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- (As of <acronym>GIMP</acronym> 2.4, the <quote>Info Window</quote> has
- been superseded by
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Image</guimenu><guimenuitem>Image Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.)
- from the image window. I got another image from APOD
+ This example uses another image image from APOD
<xref linkend="bibliography-online-apod06"/>.
- It is pretty big. (Not as big as Saturn though) You can see in the
- dialog below, it is 2241 x 1548 pixels.
+ Much information is available directly from the Image Window; for
+ example, the image dimensions.Use
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Image</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Image Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ to open the Image Properties dialog, which contains even more
+ information.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
- <phrase>Dialog for Image Info</phrase>
+ <phrase>Image Properties Dialog</phrase>
</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
@@ -419,6 +446,7 @@
<para>
If you are just making a square out of a rectangle, like in the
<xref linkend="gimp-tutorial-quickie-crop"/>,
+ it is fast and easy to find the smallest dimension.
you need only to open the dialog and find the lesser length and use
that as described. Since this is very little information, and definitely
not enough to fill the space between the menu thumbnail and the dialog
@@ -441,9 +469,8 @@
dpi for many monitors). There is a problem, however, if you try to scale
this image. The ratio of width to length of the original does not match
the ratio of the photo. So, to make the scaled image the correct size
- crop 10 pixels from the height. For the sample image, it was best to
- crop 10 pixels off from the top. The final image should
- <quote>appear</quote> as a 6x4 inch photo on most monitors.
+ some pixels must be cropped from the height. The final image will
+ <quote>appear</quote> as a 6x4 inch photo on many monitors.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
@@ -456,28 +483,30 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- There will be problems whenever mixing scanned photos with digital
- photos and also with scanned negatives. Modern film developing machines
- automatically crop one half of an inch off from each image -- the rumor
- is that the photo printing machines match a certain style of camera
- view. If you are preparing an image to be printed on a machine like
+ There are problems when mixing scanned photos, digital
+ photos, and scanned negatives. Many film developing machines
+ automatically crop portions of the image so that they will match
+ the printing size, or a certain style.
+ If you are preparing an image to be printed on a machine like
this; or if you are planning on a gallery where the images are from
different sources, some intelligent cropping to fit the best size for
the medium you have chosen will be a plus. If this is confusing; please
- blame the photo printing industry and not GIMP.
+ blame the photo printing industry and not <acronym>GIMP</acronym>.
</para>
<para>
You can change the Resolution of your image as well, using the same
- methods as we used in the Scale, although, in my somewhat limited use,
- the issue is more about how many pixels. Let's say you want to get this
- image printed at the photo lab. 300 pixels for every inch is preferred.
- This original image will print easily as a 7 x 5 photo. 2241px/300ppi =
- 7.47 in. Get out your calculator for the short side. 1548/300 = _.
+ methods we used to Scale the image, although, in my somewhat limited
+ use,
+ the issue is more about how many pixels. Let's say you want to print an
+ image at a photo lab. 300 pixels for every inch is preferred.
+ An image that is 2241x1548 pixels will easily print as
+ a 7 x 5 photo. 2241px/300ppi =
+ 7.47 in. Get your calculator for the short side. 1548/300 = _.
</para>
<para>
There is another brutal fact you should come to terms with if you are
new to graphics and computers. Just because it looks good on the screen
- doesn't mean that it will print that nicely. I tried to emulate how this
+ doesn't mean that it will print nicely. I tried to emulate how this
image would appear printed at 300dpi. Sorry. There are some options, for
instance my friend printed images and then scanned them back in.
Terrible business!
@@ -508,7 +537,8 @@
As with anything else, images come in different kinds and serve
different purposes. Sometimes, a small size is important (for web sites)
and at other times, retaining a high color depth in all its glory (a
- family portrait) is what you want. GIMP can handle all of this, and
+ family portrait) is what you want. <acronym>GIMP</acronym> can handle
+ all of this, and
more, primarily by converting between three fundamental modes, as seen
in this menu. In order to switch your image to one of these modes, you
open it and follow that menu and click the mode you want.
@@ -525,9 +555,9 @@
</figure>
<para><emphasis>RGB</emphasis>
- This is the default mode, used for high quality rich color images.
- This is also the mode to do most of your image work with including
- scaling, cropping and even flipping as it gives the computer more
- information to work with. This extra information also makes RGB Mode the
+ This is also the mode for most of your image work including
+ scaling, cropping, and even flipping, as it gives the computer more
+ information to work with. The extra information also makes RGB Mode the
largest to store as a result.
</para>
<para>
@@ -569,14 +599,20 @@
</figure>
<para>
As you might expect, since the information needed to represent the
- color at each pixel is less, the file size is a lot smaller. However,
- sometimes, there will be options in the various menus that seem to have
- been "greyed" out for no apparent reason. This usually means the filter
+ color at each pixel is less, the file size is smaller. However,
+ sometimes, there are options in the various menus that are
+ "greyed" out for no apparent reason. This usually means that the filter
or option cannot be applied when your image is in its current mode.
- Changing the mode to RGB as outlined above should solve this issue. If
- that doesn't work either, perhaps the option you're trying requires your
+ Changing the mode to RGB, as outlined above, should solve this issue. If
+ RGB mode
+ doesn't work either, perhaps the option you're trying requires your
layer to have the ability to be transparent. This can be done just as
- easily via (Image)->Layer->Transparency->Add Alpha Channel.
+ easily via
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Transparency</guimenuitem>
+ <guimenuitem>Add Alpha Channel</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
@@ -598,7 +634,8 @@
</para>
<para>
There is no need to convert an image to a specific mode before saving it
- in your favourite format, as GIMP is smart enough to export.
+ in your favourite format, as <acronym>GIMP</acronym> is smart enough to
+ properly export the image.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gimp-tutorial-quickie-flip">
@@ -615,8 +652,10 @@
<para>
When you need the person in the photo looking in the other direction, or
you need the top of the image to be the bottom. Mirroring the image (sort
- of). Right click on the image and follow the menus
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guisubmenu>Transform Tools</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Flip</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or use the
+ of). Use
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>Transform Tools</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Flip</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or use the
<guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="images/toolbox/stock-tool-flip-22.png"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> button on the toolbox.
</para>
<figure>
@@ -636,10 +675,12 @@
</para>
<para><!-- Changed 2008-08-26 by ciampix -->
The tool used as is (the default) will simply flip the image at its
- vertical axis. If you double click on the button, up will pop the
- tool options diaolog window. Using this dialog or keeping pressed the
- <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key it is possible to choose horizontal flip
- instead. All possible flips are displayed in this page.
+ vertical axis. If you double click on the button,the tool options dialog
+ will open, if it is not already displayed in the dock under the toolbox.
+ Use the options dialog to switch between horizontal and vertical. You
+ can also use the
+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key to switch between horizontal and vertical.
+ All possible flips are displayed in this page.
</para>
<figure id="quickie-flip-images">
<title>
@@ -706,10 +747,11 @@
</figure>
<para>
Let's say you turned your brand new digital camera to get a vertical shot,
- now some of your images are on their sides. Right click on the image,
- and follow the menus
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Image</guimenu><guisubmenu>Transforms</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Rotate 90 degrees CW</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
- Using an APOD image. I rotated it once to demonstrate. 90 degrees CCW.
+ now some of your images are on their sides. Use
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Image</guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>Transform</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Rotate 90° clockwise</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+ Using an APOD image. I rotated it once to demonstrate 90 degrees CCW.
</para>
<figure>
<title>
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