Initiation GIMP & Inkscape
20 June 2024
General context
Following software will be used:
- GIMP 2.10 (http://www.gimp.org/)
- Inkscape 1.0 (https://inkscape.org/)
- This course is free for VIB participants.
- Registration fee for non-VIB academics is 100 euro.
- This course is not open for industry.
- Note that upon no show without valid justification you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year. Click here for more information.
Trainers
Christof De Bo
Program
Introduction
During this introduction you learn the basics about images and figures; what is the difference between bitmap and vector, what is resolution, what is pixel density. The most popular image file types are explained and when/how to use compression. VIB (like many others) has a guideline document about scientific image manipulations and ethical concepts.
GIMP (prepare images for publication)
- Open image files
- Image Properties
- Using selections
- Cropping
- Transforming
- Using Layers
- Contrast & brightness
- Saving/Exporting/compressing images
- Video tutorials on YouTube
- Exercises
Inkscape (annotate plots and images, create figures, diagrams, schemes, ...)
- Open/Import image files
- Drawing/Editing lines
- Path propeties (nodes, segments)
- Arrows
- Fill/stroke properties
- Undo/redo
- Aligning and distributing objects
- Z-order
- Text and text options
- Live path effects
- Saving/Exporting drawings
- Video tutorials on YouTube (infographics)
- Exercises
Practical info
20 June 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Technologiepark 75
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
20 June 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take bus 49, 50 or 70 to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.
20 June 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
There is only one entrance to Technologiepark. At the entrance, please take a ticket and have it validated at the reception desk of the FSVM building. Parking will only be allowed in regular parking spots (for instance in front of the building) and in the new parking tower. Parking alongside the roads or in other places where there is no regular parking is prohibited and after initial warnings, fines will be issued (€ 50).
20 June 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
L4