Computer Graphics
Labs
The practical experience gained during the labs is focused on creating and editing 2D raster graphics. The labs are optional and the tutorials performed during the labs can be found here.
We will be using GIMP as the base program, though you are free to do your projects or the tutorials in a program of your choice (e.g. Photoshop, Pixlr, etc.).
Here are some useful sources to help you with GIMP and also some nice tutorials to play with:
- GIMP documentation
- 70 creative GIMP tutorials
- Learn the GIMP
- GIMPusers.com - news, tutorials, community
- GIMP tutorials
- Gimpology
And here are the lab tutorials:
| # | Tutorial |
|---|---|
| 1 | Starting with GIMP |
| 2 | Basics: Layers |
| 3 | Basics: Masks |
| 4 | Basics: Selection |
| 5 | Basics: Selection II |
| 6 | Basics: Paths |
| Exercise: Round Web 2.0 Button | |
| 7 | Basics: Colors |
| Exercise: Smoke figure | |
| 8 | Photo manipulation: Portrait retouching Download source photo |
| Exercise: Perfect masking using a highpass |
