Graphics Tasks
Sketching Images
Explanation - Draw sketches through use of a graphics tablet.
Requirements - Graphics Tablet
Applications Used - MyPaint
Workflow
Open MyPaint
- Select your desired brush
- Draw using your graphics tablet
- Export result as a png for upload into online galleries.
Painting digital pictures
Explanation - Create full-colored, complete pictures
Requirements - Graphics Tablet
Applications Used - MyPaint and/or GIMP-Painter with upload plugins (DeviantART Stash, GimpPublishr, twitpic-gimp)
Workflow
Open MyPaint or GIMP-Painter
- Select your desired brush
- Draw/sketch/paint using your graphics tablet
- Save result
- Go to step 1, or
- Use a GIMP upload plugin, or
- export result to .png or .jpg for upload to unsupported online galleries.
Painting real-media imitating pictures
Explanation - Create full-colored, complete pictures
Requirements - Graphics Tablet
Applications Used - MyPaint and/or GIMP-Painter with GIMP Paint Studio
Workflow
Open MyPaint or GIMP-Painter
- Select your desired brush
- Draw/sketch/paint using your graphics tablet
- Save result
- Go to step 1, or
- export result to .png or .jpg for upload to online galleries.
Make a Flyer
Explanation - Design a flyer to be printed and distributed
Requirements - the post-processing application must support CMYK color management and ICC profiles
Applications Used - Inkscape, sK1 (needs packaging), Scribus
Workflow Workflow #1 - Inkscape & sK1
- Design the flyer in Inkscape
- Export it as plain SVG
- Import the SVG to sK1
- Apply the ICC profiles of your printer and screen [first-time only]
- Set the exact CMYK colors in sK1
- Save or print the flyer
Workflow #2 - Scribus
- Design the flyer
- Print or save it
Resize/Trim Image
Explanation -
Requirements -
Applications Used - GIMP
Workflow
- to do
Design a Brand
Explanation - Users can design a branding campaign.
Requirements - N/A
Applications Used - Agave, Inkscape, Fontforge
Workflow
- to do
Create Images and Mockups for Websites
Explanation - Users can create graphics for a website design project.
Requirements - N/A
Applications Used - Gimp, Gcolor2, Agave, Inkscape
Workflow
- to do
Making a music publication
Explanation - Music does not only need to be written down for reading/playing, but also for educational purposes. The use of sheet music in combination with regular text and images can become a tedious task.
Requirements - N/A
Applications Used - Lilypond, Frescobaldi, Scribus, Gimp, Inkscape, Mypaint
Workflow
- Open Scribus
- Start making content (text)
- Insert 'renderframe' on your page, edit code, choose lilypond option, and write sheet music or choose external editor, which opens frescobaldi if it is installed.
- Save often
- Use Inkscape, Gimp or Mypaint to create or edit images (see related workflows)
- When finished, export the song to PDF for printing