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Chapter 3 Class 9 Introduction To GIMP

The document provides an overview of the open source image editing program GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). It includes multiple choice questions about GIMP's tools and features, as well as explanations of key terms like layers, image editing, and how to prepare images for the web. The document aims to teach students about the basic functionality and use of GIMP through text and examples.

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Chapter 3 Class 9 Introduction To GIMP

The document provides an overview of the open source image editing program GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). It includes multiple choice questions about GIMP's tools and features, as well as explanations of key terms like layers, image editing, and how to prepare images for the web. The document aims to teach students about the basic functionality and use of GIMP through text and examples.

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

CLASS: IX

CHAPTER – 3

Introduction to
GIMP

PRESENTED BY
Alqa Zafar
AMU ABK HIGH SCHOOL (BOYS)
Chapter-3
Introduction to GIMP
A. Multiple Choice Questions:

1. GIMP is image an _________ editing tool.


(a) Open source (b) Proprietary
(c) Shareware (d) Both (a) & (b)

2. The ________ tool allows you to select a drawing with the free-hand.
(a) Fuzzy Selection (b) Lasso
(c) Text (d) Bucket Fill

3. The Fuzzy Select (Magic Wand) tool helps you to select areas of the _______.
(a) Canvas (b) All the layers
(c) Current Layer (d) Image with different colours

4. Shift+ C is the shortcut to _______ the image.


(a) Duplicate (b) Delete
(c) Copy (d) Crop

5. To prepare the images for the web means


(a) Reducing the size of an image (b) Zipping the image
(c) Crop the image (d) All of the above

6. GIMP’s basic palette, consisting of ________ colours.


(a) Three (b) Two
(c) One (d) Many

7. _________ are transparent sheets stacked one on top of the other.


(a) Layers (b) Canvas
(c) Windows (d) None of the these

8. Scale option is used to change the _________ of an image.


(a) Colour (b) Size
(c) Area (d) All of the above

9. It is the most important part of the image window where the image is displayed.
(a) Canvas (b) Window
(c) Scale (d) Size

10. The ______ tool places text into an image.


(a) Fuzzy Selection (b) Text
(c) Eraser (d) Bucket Fill
B. State True (T) / False (F) :

a) Paint.net is most favourite of windows users. TRUE .

b) The Corel Paint Shop Photo Pro allows you to adjust and clean-up
TRUE .
your photos.

c) GIMP is open source image editing tool. TRUE .

d) Faststone image viewer has only 120 image transitional effects. FALSE .

C. Fill in the blanks :

a) The Corel Paint Shop Photo Pro allows you to use the ___ integrated photo organiser_____
with advanced enhancement tools.

b) The PhotoStudio 6 provides the feature for adding _ _animated text______ and stamping
facility on high-bit depth images.

c) ___Inkscape____ is the most powerful image editing tool.

d) ____Picasa______ is the tool not for detailed editing.

e) GIMP is presented in _ _two____ forms.

f) Layers are wonderful for creating _____collages_______.

g) Cropping removes __ _unwanted parts__ __ or everything outside __ _selected area_____.

h) GIMP 2.8 defaults to _ __multi____ window mode.

D. Answer the following questions :

Q.1 What is image editing?


Ans. Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they are digital photographs,
traditional analog photographs, or illustrations.
Q.2 List few image editing tools available.

1. GIMP
2. Fast Stone Image Viewer
3. Serif Photo Plus X4
4. Photo Impression 6.5
5. Photo Studio 6
6. Picasa
7. Paint.net
8. Photo! Editor
9. Inkscape
10. Corel Paint Shop Photo Pro X3

Q.3 Explain GNU Image Manipulation Program?

Ans. GNU Image Manipulation Program is free and powerful open source image editing tool that provides
retouching of photos, authoring of photos and composition of photos. GIMP is a multi-platform photo
manipulation tool.

Q.4 What is Photo retouching?

Ans. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as an airbrush to
modify photographs, or editing illustrations with any traditional art medium.

Q.5 Download GIMP on your PC/Laptop and paste snap shot of your work according to your
download.
1. Go to www.gimp.org

2. Then click on Download button.

3. Click “Download GIMP”.

The Download will start.

(HOME WORK: Paste snap shot)


Q.6. Write down the expansions of the following:

a) .gif : Graphics Interchange Format

b) .png : Portable Network Graphics

c) .tff : Tagged Image File Fomat

d) .jpeg : Joint Photographic Experts Group

e) .jpg : Joint Photographic Experts Group

f) .psd : Photoshop Document

g) .bmp : Bitmap

Q.7. Explain functionality of the following:-

(a)

Rectangle Select Tool: [R]


The Rectangle Selection tool is designed to select rectangular regions of the active layer.

(b)

Oval Selection Tool: [E]


The Oval Selection tool is used to select circular and elliptical regions from an image, with
high quality anti-aliasing.

(c)

Lasso Tool: [F]


The Free Selection tool or Lasso lets you select a drawing with free-hand with the pointer.
(d)

Text Tool: [T]


The Text tool places text into an image. You can write your text directly on the canvas.

Q.8 Discuss how to change the size of an Image.

Step 1: Click on Image menu

Step 2: Select Scale Image

a) Set the Resolution of image

b) Set the Interpolation Quality

Step 3: Click on Scale button.

Q.9 How we can prepare images for web?

Step 1: To prepare image for the web, you first need to reduce the image to a better width and height
for web according to the scale.

Step 2: In File menu → select Export As...

In the JPEG Save Dialog, you can opt for GIMP defaults which reduce the size quite a bit,
without hurting the visual quality of the image.

If you would like to make it smaller still, change the compression level by moving the
“Quality” slider down. You can see the quality of the image changing.

Q.10 What do you understand by Layers?


Ans. Layers are transparent sheets virtually stacked one on top of the other. You can see through
transparent areas of a layer to the layers below.
Layers are wonderful tools, especially to create collages or to delete various portions of an image.

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