Phillip Whitt

Practical Glimpse

Learn to Edit and Create Digital Photos and Art with This Powerful Open Source Image Editor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Learn how to edit images and create compelling digital art with Glimpse, the newest open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop and GIMP. This book explores Glimpse's broad selection of tools and features that can create beautiful (raster) digital art; painting, drawings, and art created from photos by applying one of the many filters to create artistic effects.

You will quickly become acquainted with this powerful program and understand how to use workspace tools and layers. You will learn step-by-step how to correct exposure, digitally retouch and repair damaged photos, and handle just about any photo editing task-even colorizing grayscale images. Practice files are provided with step-by-step instructions to jump into photo editing and art creation.

Glimpse is a powerful program that is a viable alternative to Adobe Photoshop and other proprietary software. The possibilities of the art one can create are almost limitless-get started with it using this booktoday.

What You'll Learn

Navigate the Glimpse workspaceUse layers, which are essential in any professional quality image editing programWork with the varied tools that Glimpse offersEnhance, retouch, and modify digital imagesRestore and repair damaged family photos, and create composites such as replacing backgroundsCreate compelling digital artwork using the drawing tools and by applying artistic filters

Who This Book Is For

Anyone desiring to learn serious image editing with Glimpse. It can be used by both fledgling and professional photographers, freelance graphic designers, students, genealogists, and more. Because it's free, it can be especially advantageous to teachers, students, and small business owners on a budget.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apress / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4842-6326-6
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781484263266
• ISBN-10: 148426326X
• Artikelnr.: 59894337

Autorenporträt

Phillip Whitt is an author, photo retouch professional and graphic designer. He is the author of several Apress books and video tutorials pertaining to image editing using GIMP and Adobe Photoshop Elements. He has edited, retouched, and restored countless digital images since the late 1990s. He has served both clients from the general public and a number of commercial clients over the years. In addition to over 20 years of image editing and graphic design experience, he also has an Expert Rating Certification in Adobe Photoshop Skills, and VTC certifications in GIMP and Scribus.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Acquiring, Installing, and Getting to Know Glimpse.- 1. An Overview of Glimpse.- 2. Layers, Channels, Paths, and Undo History.- 3. An Overview of the Tools.- Part II. Working with Digital Photos.- 4. Correcting Exposure and Contrast.- 5. Enhancing, Correcting, and Working with Color.- 6. Modifying, Retouching, and Restoring Photos.- 7. Compositing Images.- Part III. Creating Digital Art.- 8. Drawing Basics.- 9. Creating Digital Artwork.- 10. Using Artistic Filters.