Episode 001: Preparing an image for the web

Sep 13, 2020 thegimpadm

In this first episode I show how to get an image ready for the web.

In a quick tour I cover rotating, cropping, pushing the colours, downscaling and sharpening to show a bit what the GIMP can do.

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The TOC

00:22 Welcome
01:42 Open the image
02:56 Rotation
05:05 Cropping
08:06 Giving it “pop” with an overlay layer
09:35 Resizing
11:10 Sharpening using sharpen
13:10 Saving as a jpg
14:07 What’s coming up in future episodes
15:07 The End
TOC made by paynekj

If you have not configured GIMP yet, start with our guide on setting up GIMP.

Once your image is ready, you might want to explore selective sharpening techniques.