Desktop design applications, An Introduction to

Alternatives Workshops series. Watch videos to get introductions to various applications. Then have conversations about them.

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Last Update 03/23/2024
Completion Time 21 minutes
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GIMP
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Gimp Lesson 1 | Course Overview & Introduction
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Gimp is an open source, professional photo and image editor similar to Adobe Photoshop. It is 100% free and can be downloaded https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ Other programs mentioned here: Darktable https://www.darktable.org/ Krita https://krita.org/ Check out these other videos for step by step instructions on how to Download and Install: Install on Windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqaDOyNQy4o Install on Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hINOseZJeyI Find more great free software at http://tjfree.com/

10 Hidden Features in GIMP To Improve Your Workflow
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GIMP is a photo editing powerhouse that allows you to manipulate your images in virtually any way possible, and for a free piece of software, the amount of features it has to offer is really quite impressive. In this post I'll be going over 10 of the more obscure features that you may not know about, and once you do know about them, it'll surely improve your workflow. The video breakdown is as follows... 00:00 Intro 00:42 Creating layers from selections 01:07 Exporting paths to SVG format 01:49 Creating rounded rectangles 02:32 Transforming paths 03:28 Toggling menu visibility 04:09 Converting selections to paths 04:40 Creating dotted strokes 05:13 Compressing file sizes 06:05 Flowing text along a path 06:36 Editing and exporting animated GIFs Want to learn more about how GIMP works? Check out The GIMP Series - a comprehensive collection of over 60 videos where I go over all of the major tools, features and functions in GIMP and explain what they are and demonstrate how they work. Learn more here: https://logosbynick.com/gimp/ Credit to Davies Media Design for inspiring this video. Check out his video if you want to find 5 more hidden treasures within GIMP: https://youtu.be/GSsqrRXF578 Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

Blender
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Interface Overview - Blender 2.80 Fundamentals
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Blender is Free and Open Source Software Download: https://blender.org/download Support core Blender development - https://fund.blender.org -- This tutorial is part of the Blender Fundamentals series, produced by Dillon Gu. Find more free tutorials on: https://blender.org/tutorials Follow Blender on social media: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/blender_org * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YourOwn3DSof...