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

[Just Duncan]

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.

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.

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! :-)


On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:

> 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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