As far as I know, the concepts you list more to do with compositing, not so much with making your images look their best.<br><br>For the latter I would start with cropping (which is mostly about a few concepts of design rather than technical skills), then adjusting color and value range (curves/levels and color cast correction), then sharpening and other sorts of filters to improve overall image quality.<br>
<br>After that (getting an introduction to layers in the process) to cover selections and paths which give you the means to apply some of the above techniques to specific portions of the image. <br><br>Although I sort of know how to do the second portion of stuff, it is very tedious for me and I could probably use some help / hints.<br>
<br>----------<br><br>For the approach, I want to hint that going back and forth learning a little and practicing a little with guidance on examples might be the better way. Because in recent intro to Blender workshop at Noisebridge I got a great sense of what the software could and should do for me but when I tried it myself I got lost and frustrated at that point and dropped it. Sometimes interaction with the teacher helps in a small group but sometimes it is not enough, maybe depending on how much you know to start with and if you are used to a different style of approach (such as experience with the Photoshop way not like the Gimp way). In the Blender case I knew nothing to start with if that makes any difference, but in some other circumstances it has been more of the other sort of confusion (in Science / Computing) which has sometimes interfered with learning from others -- where I think there has to be more back and forth sharing/ cooperation rather than teacher/ student orientation)<br>
<br>Brian<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Just Duncan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justduncan@gmail.com">justduncan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I guess I fall in the variation of the latter, being I'm not sure I fully grasp the concepts behind photo editing... specifically layers, boundaries, filters, paths & alpha (though I think I sort of got the latter down). I've read the help pages, but people learn things differently.<br>
<br>For example, say I've never snow skied and wanted to learn how. Some people might read about it on the internet first, some might want to watch others first, some might want to learn by someone auditorily telling them how to do it first, and others might just get on some skies and do it first. Each of these ways has it's own pluses and minuses and people vary in their preferences. Ultimately, getting in and just doing it is required, but learning the basic concepts first can be much more efficient.<br>
<br>In other words, let's not confuse the desire to learn with not having had the opportunity to learn, have someone knowledgeable nearby when they were "figuring it out", etc.. I think a short class on the underlying concepts would be most excellent! :-)<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Corey McGuire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com" target="_blank">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
I'd be willing to help. I use GIMP exclusively, but I'm not a graphics geek by any stretch. I use inkscape as much or less for graphic work than I do for laser/plasma cutting.<br><br>GIMP is easy. I think people who don't like it fall in to two categories, people who don't want to learn something new or people who don't want to learn the concepts behind photo editing. OSS tools are built for people who are unencumbered by limits to their desire to learn.<div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Kelly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hurtstotouchfire@gmail.com" target="_blank">hurtstotouchfire@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
I use gimp exclusively. I'd be up for doing some tutorial. Can we make<br>
a wiki page where people can request things? I know Gimp but I don't<br>
know know how to teach a software class...<br>
<br>
We could just have a mutual worktime workshop.<br>
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-Kelly<br>
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PS. I know some inkscape as well.<br>
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On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 00:26, Michael C. Toren <<a href="mailto:mct@toren.net" target="_blank">mct@toren.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 12:53:28AM +0200, Felipe Sanches wrote:<br>
>> Oh! And I forgot to mention but... I have been twice to Noisebridge in<br>
>> the past and I may go to San Francisco again in the end of October for<br>
>> the Google Summer of Code mentors summit. Then I may host a class on<br>
>> Inkscape for you guys, if you are still interested.<br>
><br>
> Hi Felipe, nice to meet you. Yes!, I'd love for you to give a talk<br>
> about Inkscape the next time you're in town. If you need any help<br>
> organizing this, or making it happen, please let me know.<br>
><br>
>> I can also talk about my pinball machine project if there's anybody<br>
>> interested in hearing about it.<br>
><br>
> That could be fun, too. :-)<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> -mct<br>
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