2008/9/11 Eli Billauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello all, > > > I'm sure that most of you are aware of the existence of GIMP (The GNU > Image Manipulation Program) which is the free software's answer to > Photoshop (and for once, not an attempt to clone it). > > > I have to admit, that for a long time I had difficulties getting > something useful done with this piece of software. But since I've used > it quite a lot recently, I'm starting to feel at home using GIMP. And > only now it's getting really convenient to use. For me, that is. > > > It's all down to what happens when you paste something (you get a new > layer! Help! Help!) or how to draw a simple rectangle. Or get some text > written down. All those simple things, which are done so differently in > GIMP (for good reasons, once you understand them). > > > So I wondered: Is there any significant interest (emphasize on > significant) in a series of GIMP workshops, in which yours truly goes > through the basics, which we all need to get something useful done? No > slides, just an agenda of things to be clarified and demonstrated. And > some of you in the audience with laptops trying things out (read: going > through your mail ;). > > > The intention is to leave the complicated effects out, and focus on how > to import 20 images in a second, paint the whole screen with one color > in much less, and a lot of playing with layers. Etcetera. > > > And for a change, no Linux knowledge is necessary. As a matter of fact, > I would demonstrate the whole thing on GIMP under Windows XP (just to > prove that point). > > > So what do you say? > > > Eli >
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