{"id":3269,"date":"2013-10-02T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2014-04-05T19:40:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T00:40:45","slug":"gifs-gimp-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/10\/02\/gifs-gimp-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifs, Gimp and Me (3M-DS106 Repost)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted 10\/2\/13 on an internal 3M blog by \u201cJS\u201d a 3M-DS106 Salon member<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"3M_JS\"\u00a0I decided to go with the less creative title \u201cGifs, Gimp and Me\u201d instead of what I originally thought of, which was \u201cI ain\u2019t no Gimp!\u201d Which struck me as funny and worked on several levels but was a little unprofessional.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am not a Gimp-ophile. Not by a long shot. I have learned several things, though, and I was able to create my own gifs! Thanks to the internet and what sounds like a preteen girl and a teenage boy. See videos below.<\/p>\n

I downloaded Gimp and checked it out to see what I could intuit from it. The answer: NOTHING. I literally could not understand what any of the buttons meant besides the basic: line, fill, lasso. Very humbling. I felt very stupid.<\/p>\n

So I Googled: \u201cHow to make a gif using Gimp\u201d and got the Gimp website\u2019s tutorial, a girl who explained how to make a gif of Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen) shooting an arrow over and over and the boy who drew a stick figure walking. The Gimp website was less than helpful. I could not understand what they meant by \u201cGaussian blur\u201d or \u201calpha to selection\u201d. The girl and boy were much better. I learned about layers and timing and playback. (Which is located under Filters -> Animation -> Playback, by the way. Who knew? Talk about a steep learning curve).<\/p>\n