On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:22:25 +0000, rich wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:23:49 -0700, Ankita wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> I need to get some posters up for a community initiative at work, I
>> need to get them done ASAP
>> Can someone please volunteer to help me get started with it. I want to
>> learn, so the next time I can do it myself Any help will be
>> appreciated. Thanks.
>
> As with anything there is a learning curve but here are some links to
> start with. I don't think ASAP and 'learning Gimp' are always
> compatible.
>
> Get the first 2 episodes from MeetTheGimp No. 2 on setting up the Gimp
> interface is well worthwile.
> http://meetthegimp.org/getting-the-old-shows/
>
> Lots of useful, short 'how-tos'
> http://herselfswebtools.com/archives#gimp
>
> Aimed more at specific tasks rather than a general issues but worth
> noting http://gimp-tutorials.net/
> http://gimpology.com/
Thinking about it, for a poster you might be better off using Inkscape.
Edit your images using Gimp, but for layout and text use Inkscape.
see:
http://www.inkscape.org/
No images on this one, but a reasonable example of a poster
http://www.inkscape.org/
The inkscape installation also has some good examples of what can be
achieved.
--
rich
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