Графічний редактор GIMP у процесі вивчення інформатики

Abstract

Variety of professional software tools connected with graphics and design teacher poses a difficult task of choice a specific software tools developed in the absence of teaching methods appropriate technology. Currently, most schools are using and exploring mainly MS Windows operating system and application software Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw etc. But free software is almost no way inferior in its functionality and even in some aspects superior software and analogs (vector graphics Adobe Photoshop – GIMP, vector graph- ics CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator – Inkscape). In the learning process, GIMP should be used in art and design, to find ideas that cannot always be noticed while using conventional inks on paper or pencils (the program has 48 brushes, textures and effects). GIMP can be used to create and process digital graphics and photographs (crop and retouch photos, styling photo edition), creating images and logos for use in presentations and other educational projects. The software allows the manipulation of images colors, animation, compositing images using layers, remove image elements, converting between different types of image files.