Can you do ice too? That is what I'm really interested in. <div>On 10/7/06, Thomas Hruska <<a href="mailto:thruska@cubiclesoft.com">thruska@cubiclesoft.com </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Clay Dowling wrote: > Charles Ulrich wrote: >> Well enough to give the group a brief tutorial on it next week? I can probably >> cover Inkscape if we can get one or two other volunteers, and we'll have a >> topic next week. If not, we can always sit around and chat as per normal >> which everyone seems to enjoy well enough anyway. >> >> Please let me know if you're interested. Thanks! > > I can probably give a brief tutorial on photo editing with The Gimp.  Of > course I'll need a projector and a system that can connect to that > projector, as well as having The Gimp installed on that system. > > Clay If Clay covers the basics and we have time, I can show off some of the more intermediate/advanced techniques I know on how to create new images from scratch.  I'll do a classic "set some text on fire" effect in GIMP using the default tools (i.e. no special plugins).  On top of being a developer, I'm also a handy-dandy graphics artist and my fire effects are usually pretty impressive.  Everyone will be able to follow along on their own computers to create something similar to this: <a href="http://www.cubiclesoft.com/Unrelated/Fire.png">http://www.cubiclesoft.com/Unrelated/Fire.png </a> That is a fairly simple fire effect that can be done by even non-artists (i.e. those who can only draw stick figures).  Just a taste of what can be done with GIMP (or Photoshop or any decent image editor for that matter): <a href="http://www.cubiclesoft.com/Unrelated/Fire_Advanced.png">http://www.cubiclesoft.com/Unrelated/Fire_Advanced.png</a> Both images were done in GIMP.  However, the latter one took about 1 1/2 hours to complete...and I generally know what I'm doing, so we won't do that one.  The technique I will show you (the first one) works best with text.  The latter technique works with just about anything but is hard to master, requires an eye for art, and takes a LOT of patience to get right. When I get done, everyone present will have a good chance of being able to do something more than stick figures. (Of course, I'm assuming I get time to present.  Charles - think there's a spot to squeeze me in?) -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 Safe C++ Design Principles (First Edition) Learn how to write memory leak-free, secure, stable, portable, and user-friendly software. Learn more and view a sample chapter: <a href="http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/">http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/</a> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>