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Image Editing with GIMP

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Introduction

GIMP is an image editing application similar to Adobe PhotoShop. The biggest difference between GIMP and Photoshop is the price. Photoshop can cost around $700. However, GIMP is open source software and therefore FREE of charge. You can visit http://www.gimp.org to download this free program on your computer.

To introduce you to GIMP and all its wonderful image editing goodness, you will create an image collage of photos that you download from the Internet. When completed, you will also create a webpage (wiki) that cites and posts all original images you collected as well as the finished image collage.

Lesson plan courtesy:

http://www.kidsnetsoft.com/html/gimp.html

Lesson

Students will learn about some of the basic tools in Gimp, a free image editing program, by experimenting with some of the tools in order to create a collage about a particular topic.

Author: Chris Clementi

Grade Level/Subject Area: Grades 6-8/Computer Applications

Duration of Assignment: Four 45 minute classes

Description: Students will save images or use their own images to create a collage with 8 or more images. See attached lesson.

Nets:

o Basic operations and concepts

o Social, ethical, and human issues

o Technology productivity tools

Objectives: Students will be able to use various tools and features in GIMP to create an aesthetically pleasing collage about a theme of their choice.

Materials: Students will need images, access to the Internet and Gimp.

Prerequisite: Students should know how to download images from the Internet, know how to save and retrieve images from folders and have an intermediate understanding of image editing programs.

Procedures: Students will learn about the user interface of GIMP. They will learn how to use various tools and features in GIMP in order to create a collage. They will learn a few steps each day and practice those modeled demonstrations.

Closure: Students will have already become familiar with Adobe Photoshop, an image editing program that costs around $700. Many students become interested in this program, but can’t afford such an expensive piece of software. Gimp is free, which should interest a great percentage of the students to learn the application and download it for free at home.

Assessment: Students will be able to follow the guidelines to create an aesthetically pleasing collage. Their final product will determine if they have mastered the tools being taught. See rubric below.