[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Re: Know GIMP? Know Inkscape? Want to host a class?

Thu Sep 8 22:51:26 UTC 2011

Tuesday night works for me. Anytime pretty much works for me, so
whatever suits others.

Erik

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 15:36, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:
> Who can meet tuesday night to discuss authoring and teaching content? I have
> an inkscape tutorial that i need to recreate (lost it to a hard drive
> failure) that i could bang out in a couple hours with some help.
>
> On Sep 8, 2011 1:52 PM, "Erik JM Schneider" <eriktrips at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I would also be interested in a GIMP/inkscape tutorial, and I am happy
>> to lend out my teaching skills, such as they are. I have taught
>> university classes before and could team up with someone who knew
>> about GIMP (Kelly? Corey?) and/or facilitate a self-study group if we
>> wanted to go that way. I've taught at length on texts I've only read
>> that morning. :)
>>
>> I've also been using Photoshop for over a decade, although primarily
>> for digital production, so I do not know much about print production
>> beyond making a photo look decent on a bubble jet printer, but I have
>> some color theory in me and a fair amount of trial and error learnings
>> that I could try to convert into GIMP terms with others' help.
>>
>> I have managed to remain Wiki-ignorant for the most part but can take
>> a shot at putting up a NB page if others are reluctant to do so. Fools
>> rush in and all that. If nobody else has done it by tomorrow morning I
>> will try my hand at it.  So, um, if anyone would like to prevent that,
>> now is your chance.
>>
>> Erik
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:09, Elizabeth Sarah Quirk Goodman
>> <elizabethsqg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'd be interested in a GIMP tutorial.  I'd got frustrated trying to do
>> > one simple drawing-on-a-picture with GIMP some time ago and switched
>> > to Inkscape instead.  I have been thinking of taking another charge at
>> > the learning curve, and can probably think of things to request.
>> > Best,
>> > Quirk
>> > P.S. Many things that are easy in one n00b's perspective are
>> > frustrating in another's, you know (take it from a mathematician in a
>> > communicative department :)).
>> >
>> > 2011/9/7 Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>:
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Kelly <hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I use gimp exclusively. I'd be up for doing some tutorial. Can we make
>> >>> a wiki page where people can request things? I know Gimp but I don't
>> >>> know know how to teach a software class...
>> >>>
>> >>> We could just have a mutual worktime workshop.
>> >>>
>> >>> -Kelly
>> >>>
>> >>> PS. I know some inkscape as well.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 00:26, Michael C. Toren <mct at toren.net> wrote:
>> >>> > On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 12:53:28AM +0200, Felipe Sanches wrote:
>> >>> >> Oh! And I forgot to mention but... I have been twice to Noisebridge
>> >>> >> in
>> >>> >> the past and I may go to San Francisco again in the end of October
>> >>> >> for
>> >>> >> the Google Summer of Code mentors summit.  Then I may host a class
>> >>> >> on
>> >>> >> Inkscape for you guys, if you are still interested.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Hi Felipe, nice to meet you.  Yes!, I'd love for you to give a talk
>> >>> > about Inkscape the next time you're in town.  If you need any help
>> >>> > organizing this, or making it happen, please let me know.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> I can also talk about my pinball machine project if there's anybody
>> >>> >> interested in hearing about it.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > That could be fun, too. :-)
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Thanks,
>> >>> > -mct
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>> >> Albert
>> >> Einstein
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>> >> Perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when
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