EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY

THIRD QUARTER – MODULE 7B - Week 7

The module mainly focuses on: Lesson 10 – Imaging and Design for Basic Image Manipulation |
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After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. understand the basic image manipulation;

2. differentiate the other functions and tools in basic image manipulation; and
3. create an edited image applying the basic image manipulation tools in image editor.

BASIC IMAGE MANIPULATION

An image editor is a software application that allows the photo to be edited and enhanced. It can be an
online application (www.canva.com), offline software (Adobe Creative Suite) and open source (GIMP
software and SketchUp – formerly Google SketchUp). The image file format that can be used are JPEG or
JPG, TIFF, GIF and PNG.

This lesson provides information about the image editing applications using GNU Image Manipulation
Program (GIMP), a free image software editing tool.

Components of GIMP
It is a basic part of GIMP that contains the window that has tool box, work area and layers window.
(see Figure 3.1)

GIMP Manipulation Techniques

1. Opening of Image Files.
Click the File > Open (you can press ctrl + O) > choose in the directory where you saved the image you want
to edit, then click open button. (see Figure 3.2)

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Figure 3.2. Opening of Images Files

2. Select Tools
Select tools can be seen in the toolbox. It allows you to select a portion of image you want to edit like crop
tool, rectangular tool, ellipse tool and free tool. (see Figure 3.4)

Figure 3.3 The first icon is the rectangular tool, second is ellipse tool and last picture is free tool.

3. Paintbrush tool
Select the paintbrush tool then click and hold the left mouse button while drawing. You can choose different
colors in the foreground color in the select tool. (see Figure 3.5)

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4. Text tool
Select text tool. It allows you to create, edit and display the text. (see Figure 3.6)

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Other tools: Description of each icon in order from left to right. (see Figure 3.7)
Rectangle Select Tool: Select a rectangular region.
Ellipse Select Tool: Select the elliptical region.
Free Select Tool: Select a hand drawn region with free and polygonal segments.
Fuzzy Select Tool: Select a contiguous region based on color.
Select by Color Tools: Select regions with similar colors Shift + O.
Scissor Select Tools: Select tools using intelligent edge-fitting.
Foreground Select Tools: Select a region containing foreground objects.
Paths Tools: Create and edit paths.
Color Picker: Select Color from image pixels.
Zoom Tools: Adjust the zoom level.
Measure: Measure distance and angle.
Move: Move layers, selections, and other objects.
Alignment: Align or arrange layers and other objects.
Crop: Remove edge areas from image or layers.
Unified Transform: Transform the layer, selection or path Shift + T.
Rotate Tool: Rotate the layer selection or path Shift + R.
Scale Tool: Scale the layer selection or path Shift + S.
Shear Tool: Shear the layer selection or path Shift + H.
Handle Transform Tool: Deform the layer, selection or path with handles Shift + L.
Perspective Tool: Change perspective of the layer, selection or path Shift + P.
Flip Tool: Reverse the layer, selection or path horizontally or vertically Shift + F.
Warp Transform: Deform with different tools.
Text Tool: Create or edit layers
Bucket Fill Tool: Fill selected area with a color or pattern Shift + B.
Gradient Tool: Fill selected area with a color gradient.
Pencil Tool: Hard edge painting using a brush.
Paintbrush Tool: Paint smooth stroke using a brush.
Erase tool: Erase the background or transparency using a brush Shift + E.
Airbrush Tool: Paint using a brush with a variable pressure.
Ink Tool: Calligraphy-style painting.
Clone Tool: Selectively copy from an image or pattern, using a brush.
Healing Tool: Heal image irregularities.
Perspective Clone Tool: Clone from and image source after applying a perspective transformation.
Blur/Sharpen Tool: Selective blurring or unblurring using a brush Shift + U.
Smudge Tool: Smudge selectively using a brush.
Dodge/Burn Tool: Selectively lighten or darken using a brush Shift + D
Note: For additional learning resources, you can use the following links:
https://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.10.html
https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

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