Initiation GIMP & Inkscape, Leuven, autumn 2019
05 December 2019
General context
Following software will be used:
- GIMP 2.10 (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/)
- Inkscape 0.92 (https://inkscape.org/en/download/)
A laptop will be provided to each participant.
- This course is free for VIB participants
- Registration fee for non-VIB academics is 50 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.
- This course is also organized in Ghent, 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
Park Inn by Radisson Leuven
Martelarenlaan 36
3010 Leuven
Belgium
Park Inn by Radisson Leuven
The hotel is located 300m from Leuven Central Station. The hotel connects to Leuven Central Station by a pedestrian bridge.
Park Inn by Radisson Leuven
Park Inn hotel has no own parking. It is possible to park underground in P1-Parking Station Leuven, Martelarenlaan 4, 3010 Leuven.
Park Inn by Radisson Leuven
+32 16 61 66 02
sales.leuven@parkinn.com