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Quick & Easy FREE Image Fixes for Beginners: GIMP Spotlight

Learn to edit and manage your own web images the easy way FAST. Save time, money and sanity using GIMP and freeware
Rating: 4.8 out of 54.8 (309 ratings)
9,447 students
Created by Kristen Palana
Last updated 3/2021
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Resize, reformat, crop, rotate, touch-up, embellish, and tweak your images on your own with confidence.
  • Save time, money, and sanity by no longer having to depend on others for simple image fixes and edits.
  • Know how to make the most commonly needed and essential edits using the free image editing program, GIMP and the free online editor from Photoshop.
  • Springboard into the basics of GIMP and build a solid beginner's foundation for learning more about this and other software programs.
  • Craft professional-looking images that help boost your brand.

Requirements

  • Bring an open mind and either Photoshop's online editor or GIMP to get started.

Description

Are you ready to take charge and learn quick and easy methods for creating and editing powerful web images/ social media graphics like a professional in just over 1 hour?

Whether you are an entrepreneur, employee, content creator, teacher, author, or social media maven, over the last few years it has become CRUCIAL to know how to do a little bit of everything online. 

With this course as your guide, you'll learn how to confidentially and professionally create, edit, and manage your OWN unique images for your website, blog, eCourse, eBook, presentations, or social media pages.

Save time, money, and sanity by learning how to finally create and edit your own images without having to always pay someone else to do the most essential tasks for you.

This course was created especially for complete beginners as well as people who fight with technology who want to gain new and valuable digital imaging skills that can be used every day. You can watch and follow along with me as I show you how to make professional-looking social media and web images using the free online tools Canva and Stencil.

Included in the course are also bonus resources for finding  the best FREE copyright-free images, post-planning tips, and turning regular logos into transparent logos using free online tools.

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I'm a practicing award-winning multimedia artist and a former tenured Associate Professor of Digital Media and Program Director of Film & Digital Media at The American University of Rome (2006-2016). I'm currently an Associate Professor of Digital Media at American University of Myanmar in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). 

Since 2000 I've been teaching students all over the world using my tried and true custom approach (turning complex information into something simple, memorable, easy-to-understand in as short amount of time as possible) to ensure that you get the most important, relevant, and useful information that can be applied immediately.

New bonus lectures and resources will continue to be added and timely design advice will be provided in the discussion forum. I love to help and always respond to inquiries and discussions ASAP.


Empower yourself now by enrolling in this course and join our growing learning community! Click the "Take This Course" button in the upper right corner and let's get started building your new digital imaging skills today.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for beginners, novices, or anyone who suddenly finds themselves managing their own visual content online as a blogger, online instructor, or entrepreneur.
  • This course will help so-called non-designers/technophobes who don't have time, money, or patience for fussing around with fancy image programs and advanced techniques.
  • People who want an in-depth course about all the tools and features of GIMP should NOT take this course. This is a mini course to get the beginner or technophobe started with image editing. It's designed to get someone up and running in an hour or less.

Course content

5 sections • 21 lectures • 1h 57m total length

  • Preview00:40
  • Preview01:11

  • Adjusting Your Levels: Always do this First and Every time. (Gimp)
    02:55
  • Layers: An Important Concept to Know in Gimp, Photoshop, etc.
    01:17
  • Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation (Gimp)
    05:50
  • Scaling, Rotating, Flipping, and Transforming (Gimp)
    06:09
  • Easy Resizing, Cropping, and Formatting For Any Situation (Gimp)
    05:43
  • Removing Red Eyes and Blemishes (Gimp)
    04:29
  • Preview07:43
  • Blurring Out a Face, Logo, or Background (Gimp)
    04:57
  • Take Something Annoying Out of the Background (Gimp)
    04:31
  • Let's Make Your Image "Magazine Ready!"
    1 question

  • Extra: 5 Easy & Free Tools That Will Free Your Creative Soul
    10:24
  • Making Image Fixes on the Go Using Photoshop's Free Online Editor
    07:06
  • Extra: The Only "Evergreen" Tools You Need to Know in Any Imaging Program
    06:52

  • Finding and Adding GIMP Plugins and Custom Brushes
    00:29
  • 75+ Resources to Get Free Images, Music, and Videos For Your Projects
    00:21
  • Extra Audio MP3: Color Tips For Your Images, Website, & Presentations
    36:37
  • New (2020): Keeping Sketchbooks and Journals: Enhance Your Creative Process
    06:22
  • Image Credits for Images Used in This Course
    00:15
  • Conclusion
    01:10

  • Bonus: Freebies, Discounts, and Special Offers
    02:04

Instructor

Kristen Palana
Professor, Award-Winning Artist, & Digital Do-Gooder
Kristen Palana
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 2,734 Reviews
  • 76,220 Students
  • 22 Courses

My goal is to empower ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

I’m an American/Portuguese award-winning artist/educator helping empower ordinary people around the globe to communicate and tell their own stories through a variety of media. I create dynamic content for clients including UNFPA, UNICEF, The World Food Programme, Children International, The Aid Myanmar Society, and The American University of Myanmar.

I have 19+ years of experience teaching digital media and creating innovative programs for secondary, undergraduate, and postgraduate students as well as adults and children with no formal education in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. I’ve also been teaching tens of thousands of online students through online learning platforms since 2014.

I'm an Associate Professor of Digital Media who recently taught for universities, international schools, and NGOs in Myanmar from 2016-2019. I co-founded and directed the Film and Digital Media Program at The American University of Rome (2006-2016). I'm now living in Lilongwe, Malawi and am a Digital Media and Animation Specialist for The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Malawi).

My animated films have screened in galleries and museums worldwide and in more than 75 international film festivals where they have frequently won “Best Animated Short.”

I received my MFA from Pratt Institute in Computer  Graphics and Interactive Media and also hold a BFA in Painting from  Massachusetts College of Art and Design. 

I love taking complex topics and making them simple. 

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