Image Enhancement The Image Enhancement Course presents special methods of enhancing scanned or digital photos, as well as creating artistic images and special effects digitally. A free imaging program called GIMP will be used and a copy will be provided on CD for installation on your own computer. Subjects covered will include: Correcting excess contrast Sharpening soft, off focus images Removing wrinkles and pigments from faces Making dull photos come alive Creating images with special effects Repairing damaged photos Testing and correcting screen and printer variations Use and misuse of image files Converting images for Emailing Setting screen Gamma for best colour quality Gimp version 2.2.3 will be used (unless a later version becomes available). Being a free "Open Source", we are able to provide you with a copy without any legal liabilities. It is a very comprehensive program with similar functions to Photoshop. If you are currently using other programs such as Ulead Express, Picture Window Pro, etc, you will find you can readily adapt a number of the functions covered in this course. The programs provided on the CD will be: Gimp 2.2.3, GTK 2.4 (required by Gimp), Gimp Help User Manual Installation instructions for GIMP QuickGamma, a program to automatically set the Gamma on your screen, A4 Color Test Image to assist in calibrating the screen and printer A number of sample images upon which to practice Prerequisites: A fair level of scanning and digital photography knowledge (preferably from our courses), familiarity with files, folders and general computer skills.