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GIMP 2.8/2.10 Intermediate: Free Graphic Design Software

Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.8/2.10: Free GIMP Book/eBook covers: Self-publishing, memes and photo touchup
Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (86 ratings)
12,171 students
Created by Brian Jackson
Last updated 11/2018
English
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What you'll learn

  • Expand our knowledge of the GIMP to produce superior images.
  • Take you book cover creation knowledge to the next level.
  • Learn how to use the GIMP to produce a variety of web graphics.

Requirements

  • A PC or Mac on which to run the GIMP
  • A basic understanding of the GIMP

Description

Go Beyond the Basics

In this course we go beyond the basics of producing a simple book cover using the GIMP as introduced in my course "GIMP for Beginners: Design Free Book Covers: Self-publishing". The intermediate course material provided here should propel you're GIMP graphics to the next level.

Learn Tips and Techniques for Advanced Text Handling

Learn my favorite techniques when it comes to formatting text for presentation on the web. Whether its a book cover, album cover, web graphic, or logo, I'll show you the techniques required to make your images shine.

Who this course is for:

  • Those who have successfully completed my "Using the GIMP to Produce Professional Quality Book Covers".

Course content

11 sections • 72 lectures • 6h 54m total length

  • Preview03:18
  • Preview08:23
  • Preview04:42

  • Introduction to GIMP Setup
    02:15
  • GIMP Installation
    03:15
  • Windows 10 Configuration
    03:26
  • Make GIMP 2.10 Look Like GIMP 2.8
    03:35
  • GIMP Window Layout and Theme Configuration
    04:59
  • GIMP Window Layout Reconstruction
    07:36
  • GIMP Setup Section Workshop
    02:38
  • GIMP Setup Section Project
    00:16
  • Conclusion to GIMP Setup
    00:52

  • Introduction to Text and Text Effects
    03:22
  • Simple Text Configuration
    12:05
  • Outlining and Drop Shadows to Make Text Pop
    05:55
  • Shadowed Text, Shadowed Boxes and Ghost Writing
    07:18
  • Text to Image Effects
    04:25
  • Preview: Text Layer Mask Effect
    07:13
  • Text and Text Effects Section Workshop
    12:30
  • Text and Text Effects Section Project
    00:14
  • Conclusion to Text and Text Effects
    00:58

  • Introduction to Layers
    02:15
  • Simple Layers
    16:49
  • Layer Groups
    04:17
  • Layer Opacity and Colorizing a Layer
    04:47
  • Layers Section Workshop
    08:16
  • Layers Section Project
    00:11
  • Conclusion to Layers
    01:24

  • Introduction to Selection
    03:25
  • Text Selection
    04:28
  • Simple and Color Selection
    11:03
  • Adding and Subtracting to and from Selections
    07:03
  • Zooming and Lassoing an Image
    10:03
  • Selection Section Workshop
    09:39
  • Selection Section Project
    00:11
  • Conclusion to Selection
    00:54

  • Introduction to Image Manipulation
    02:04
  • Resizing Images
    05:32
  • Clone Tool
    06:00
  • Conclusion to Image Manipulation
    00:53

  • Introduction to Colored Boxes
    01:39
  • Colored Box Designs
    11:34
  • Colored Boxes to Make Text Pop
    08:22
  • Simple Gradients and Opacity
    06:17
  • Drop Shadows and Outlines
    07:52
  • Conclusion to Colored Boxes
    00:58

  • Introduction to Layer Masks
    01:42
  • Blending Images Using Layer Masks
    13:00
  • Layer Masks and Text
    13:22
  • Layer Masks Section Workshop
    16:49
  • Conclusion to Layer Masks
    00:40

  • Introduction to Paths
    01:06
  • Outlining Text
    01:37
  • Circular Text
    07:04
  • Text Along a Path
    04:50
  • Conclusion to Paths
    00:46

  • Outlining and Drop Shadows to Make Text Pop
    05:31
  • Blending Image Layers Using Layer Masks and Opacity
    04:53
  • Using Smeared Red Backgrounds to Highlight Text
    08:00
  • Zooming in and Lassoing an Image
    06:35
  • Adding, Subtracting, Inverting, and Undoing Color Selections
    02:08
  • Constructing and Deconstructing Logos
    03:02
  • Using the Clone Tool to Fix Images
    02:32
  • Applying Filters
    02:51
  • A Colored Butterfly Amongst a Black and White Garden
    04:47

Instructor

Brian Jackson
Author, Publisher and Educator
Brian Jackson
  • 4.3 Instructor Rating
  • 7,656 Reviews
  • 143,364 Students
  • 47 Courses

I was born in the middle of the last century in Los Angeles, California.  After moving for a time to the Silicon Valley, I graduated from Humboldt State University amid the redwoods of Northern California.

Two weeks after graduation I was working as a computer systems programmer for Lockheed Missiles and Space (LMSC) back in the Silicon Valley.  Two months after that and I was married as I have been happy ever since (for 40 years).

After 14 years at Lockheed, I moved from working on IBM mainframes to using PCs running the Unix operating system and encountered a thing called the Internet.  Cisco Systems seemed to be the right place to work, so I joined the company as their 650th employee.  Eleven years later Cisco had grown to over 20,000 employees.

I retired at the age of 48 and instantly became bored!

Throughout my professional career, I'd always enjoyed both writing and providing technical training.  So, I attended creative writing classes at my local junior college and began to write.

I managed to write and self-publish a handful of books, but things didn't take off until my wife, Melanie Jackson, an established author with a New York company, left traditional publishing to join me in self-publishing.

In 10 years, from 2010 to now, Melanie and I have made half-a-million dollars self-publishing well over 100 books.  I also managed to record a pair of audiobooks for Amazon and Audible sale.

By 2014, our rapid rise to Kindle fame had already dwindled.  I decided to pursue my second passion of giving training presentations.

Since 2014 I've published over 48 online video training courses for training sites such as Udemy and Skillshare. My goal is to provide low-cost high-quality screencast-based educational material focusing on my areas of expertise; namely, self-publishing and book cover design using the GIMP.  I continue to expand my video training catalog while focusing some energy on resurrecting our flagging book sales using various marketing techniques.  Finally, I spend a portion of my time maintaining both my website and my wife’s website, which was developed using WordPress.

I currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada, with my lovely wife and Butterscotch the cat.

I'll see you in the classroom,

---Brian

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