1.  GIMP An Academic Technology Support Instructional Presentation Overview of Toolbox, Crop Tool & Scale

2. Gimp Overview  GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program  Uses include:  Retouching  image composition  image authoring  It works on many operating systems, in many languages  Free Download  http://www.gimp.org/

3.  Choose File on the Menu  Choose Open  Choose the file you want to edit

4.  Become familiar with the Toolbox

5.  Rectangle Select Tools Ellipse Select Free Select Fuzzy Select: select continuous region based on color Select by Color: Point and click to select color Scissors Select: select shapes with intelligent edge-fitting Foreground Select

6. Paths Tool Color Picker Tool Zoom Tool Measure Tool: measure distance and angles Move Tool Alignment Tool Crop Tool: remove parts of an image

7. Rotate Tool Scale Tool Sheer Tool Perspective Tool Flip Tool Cage Transform Tool Text Tool

8. Bucket Tool Blend Tool Pencil Tool Paintbrush Tool Eraser Tool Airbrush Tool Ink Tool

9. Clone Tool Healing Tool Perspective Clone Tool Blur/Sharpen Tool Smudge Tool Dodge/Burn Tool

10. Crop Tool  After you open your file, select the crop tool Crop Tool: remove parts of an image  Select the area you want to keep and double click

11. Scale Image  Select Image on the Menu  Select Scale Image

12.  Click the pull-down menu beside width and height  Change to inches  Type in the the size you require  Change the resolution to the ppi required for your project  When finished, click Scale

13. Save Your Image  Click File on the Menu  Choose Save As

14. Save Your Image  Type in the name of your image  Choose where you want to save your image  You can change the file type to Jpeg or PDF  Click save

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