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Samayra and Shirom visited a fair organised in a 
village and wanted to write and send an article in a 
newspaper consisting of a writeup and a collage. They 
were very happy as Samayra was fond of photography 
and Shirom was good at writing articles. Samayra took 
pictures throughout the day and in the evening they 
both sat down to check those pictures. When they saw 
Fig 3.1 : Village mela
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Samayra and Shirom visited a fair organised in a 
village and wanted to write and send an article in a 
newspaper consisting of a writeup and a collage. They 
were very happy as Samayra was fond of photography 
and Shirom was good at writing articles. Samayra took 
pictures throughout the day and in the evening they 
both sat down to check those pictures. When they saw 
Fig 3.1 : Village mela
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the pictures they were not happy as the pictures were a 
little dull and not focussed properly.
Shirom: Samayra, don't get upset I am familiar with a 
graphics editor software  which will help us in modifying 
and enhancing these images. 
Samayra: Shirom, do you know editing can also be done 
with a smartphone.
Shirom: Yes Samayra, you are absolutely correct, but 
I know a Free and Open Source Graphics Editing Tool 
which can help us to enhance images we have.
Check Yourself
What needs to be checked for selecting a picture for an 
article?
(a)  Clarity of picture
(b)  Information in the picture
(c)  Size of the picture
(d)  Any other ______
Shirom: Samayra, now tell me what modifications you 
want in these images. I will demonstrate how we can use 
various features of the graphics editor for modifications 
in these images.
Shirom: Let's first open the image we want to modify. 
(Refer Fig. 3.2).
Fig 3.2: Opening an image
Canvas is the area 
where you insert and 
modify an image. A 
canvas can have
many layers. A layer 
comprises one
image. The New
option of File menu 
also opens a new 
canvas where we can 
mention the size of the 
image. The size of an 
image is measured in 
pixels. A pixel is the
smallest illuminated 
area on a screen.
GIMP is a multimedia 
tool suitable for a
variety of image
manipulation tasks,
such as photo editing, 
collage creation and 
free from drawing. 
GIMP stores an image 
in  .xcf format.
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Samayra and Shirom visited a fair organised in a 
village and wanted to write and send an article in a 
newspaper consisting of a writeup and a collage. They 
were very happy as Samayra was fond of photography 
and Shirom was good at writing articles. Samayra took 
pictures throughout the day and in the evening they 
both sat down to check those pictures. When they saw 
Fig 3.1 : Village mela
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the pictures they were not happy as the pictures were a 
little dull and not focussed properly.
Shirom: Samayra, don't get upset I am familiar with a 
graphics editor software  which will help us in modifying 
and enhancing these images. 
Samayra: Shirom, do you know editing can also be done 
with a smartphone.
Shirom: Yes Samayra, you are absolutely correct, but 
I know a Free and Open Source Graphics Editing Tool 
which can help us to enhance images we have.
Check Yourself
What needs to be checked for selecting a picture for an 
article?
(a)  Clarity of picture
(b)  Information in the picture
(c)  Size of the picture
(d)  Any other ______
Shirom: Samayra, now tell me what modifications you 
want in these images. I will demonstrate how we can use 
various features of the graphics editor for modifications 
in these images.
Shirom: Let's first open the image we want to modify. 
(Refer Fig. 3.2).
Fig 3.2: Opening an image
Canvas is the area 
where you insert and 
modify an image. A 
canvas can have
many layers. A layer 
comprises one
image. The New
option of File menu 
also opens a new 
canvas where we can 
mention the size of the 
image. The size of an 
image is measured in 
pixels. A pixel is the
smallest illuminated 
area on a screen.
GIMP is a multimedia 
tool suitable for a
variety of image
manipulation tasks,
such as photo editing, 
collage creation and 
free from drawing. 
GIMP stores an image 
in  .xcf format.
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Samayra: Shirom, see this image. It contains some 
unwanted areas which I don't want. Refer Fig. 3.3.
Shirom: Don't worry Samayra let me tell you how you 
can remove the unwanted area of the picture. This is 
known as cropping as shown in Fig. 3.4.
Fig. 3.3: Image showing unwanted area
Fig. 3.4: Cropping an image
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Samayra and Shirom visited a fair organised in a 
village and wanted to write and send an article in a 
newspaper consisting of a writeup and a collage. They 
were very happy as Samayra was fond of photography 
and Shirom was good at writing articles. Samayra took 
pictures throughout the day and in the evening they 
both sat down to check those pictures. When they saw 
Fig 3.1 : Village mela
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2
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Communication
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the pictures they were not happy as the pictures were a 
little dull and not focussed properly.
Shirom: Samayra, don't get upset I am familiar with a 
graphics editor software  which will help us in modifying 
and enhancing these images. 
Samayra: Shirom, do you know editing can also be done 
with a smartphone.
Shirom: Yes Samayra, you are absolutely correct, but 
I know a Free and Open Source Graphics Editing Tool 
which can help us to enhance images we have.
Check Yourself
What needs to be checked for selecting a picture for an 
article?
(a)  Clarity of picture
(b)  Information in the picture
(c)  Size of the picture
(d)  Any other ______
Shirom: Samayra, now tell me what modifications you 
want in these images. I will demonstrate how we can use 
various features of the graphics editor for modifications 
in these images.
Shirom: Let's first open the image we want to modify. 
(Refer Fig. 3.2).
Fig 3.2: Opening an image
Canvas is the area 
where you insert and 
modify an image. A 
canvas can have
many layers. A layer 
comprises one
image. The New
option of File menu 
also opens a new 
canvas where we can 
mention the size of the 
image. The size of an 
image is measured in 
pixels. A pixel is the
smallest illuminated 
area on a screen.
GIMP is a multimedia 
tool suitable for a
variety of image
manipulation tasks,
such as photo editing, 
collage creation and 
free from drawing. 
GIMP stores an image 
in  .xcf format.
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Samayra: Shirom, see this image. It contains some 
unwanted areas which I don't want. Refer Fig. 3.3.
Shirom: Don't worry Samayra let me tell you how you 
can remove the unwanted area of the picture. This is 
known as cropping as shown in Fig. 3.4.
Fig. 3.3: Image showing unwanted area
Fig. 3.4: Cropping an image
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Samayra: Yes Shirom, this is exactly what I wanted.
Moving the mouse pointer over the tool in the toolbox, 
as shown in Fig. 3.5 and letting it rest for a moment, 
usually displays a ‘tooltip’ that describes its usage. 
Short cut keys are also frequently shown in the tooltip. 
In many cases, you can hover the mouse over an item 
and press the F1 key to get help about the tool that is 
underneath the mouse.
Shirom: Samayra, let me now tell you how to create a 
copy of an image. For this we will have to create a new 
layer. Refer Fig. 3.6 to add, a new layer.
    Fig. 3.5 : Tool Box
A Toolbox is an area 
which contains tools 
to perform basic 
tasks. Tools can be 
added or removed as 
per our requirements. 
The toolbox is placed 
by default on the 
left side when you 
open GIMP interface.
One can also select the 
portion to be cropped 
by using Tools
Selection Tools     
Rectangle Select.
Select and then select 
Image  Crop to 
Selection to crop an 
image.
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Samayra and Shirom visited a fair organised in a 
village and wanted to write and send an article in a 
newspaper consisting of a writeup and a collage. They 
were very happy as Samayra was fond of photography 
and Shirom was good at writing articles. Samayra took 
pictures throughout the day and in the evening they 
both sat down to check those pictures. When they saw 
Fig 3.1 : Village mela
Chapter 
2
Chapter 
1
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Communication
Chapter
3
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the pictures they were not happy as the pictures were a 
little dull and not focussed properly.
Shirom: Samayra, don't get upset I am familiar with a 
graphics editor software  which will help us in modifying 
and enhancing these images. 
Samayra: Shirom, do you know editing can also be done 
with a smartphone.
Shirom: Yes Samayra, you are absolutely correct, but 
I know a Free and Open Source Graphics Editing Tool 
which can help us to enhance images we have.
Check Yourself
What needs to be checked for selecting a picture for an 
article?
(a)  Clarity of picture
(b)  Information in the picture
(c)  Size of the picture
(d)  Any other ______
Shirom: Samayra, now tell me what modifications you 
want in these images. I will demonstrate how we can use 
various features of the graphics editor for modifications 
in these images.
Shirom: Let's first open the image we want to modify. 
(Refer Fig. 3.2).
Fig 3.2: Opening an image
Canvas is the area 
where you insert and 
modify an image. A 
canvas can have
many layers. A layer 
comprises one
image. The New
option of File menu 
also opens a new 
canvas where we can 
mention the size of the 
image. The size of an 
image is measured in 
pixels. A pixel is the
smallest illuminated 
area on a screen.
GIMP is a multimedia 
tool suitable for a
variety of image
manipulation tasks,
such as photo editing, 
collage creation and 
free from drawing. 
GIMP stores an image 
in  .xcf format.
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Samayra: Shirom, see this image. It contains some 
unwanted areas which I don't want. Refer Fig. 3.3.
Shirom: Don't worry Samayra let me tell you how you 
can remove the unwanted area of the picture. This is 
known as cropping as shown in Fig. 3.4.
Fig. 3.3: Image showing unwanted area
Fig. 3.4: Cropping an image
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Samayra: Yes Shirom, this is exactly what I wanted.
Moving the mouse pointer over the tool in the toolbox, 
as shown in Fig. 3.5 and letting it rest for a moment, 
usually displays a ‘tooltip’ that describes its usage. 
Short cut keys are also frequently shown in the tooltip. 
In many cases, you can hover the mouse over an item 
and press the F1 key to get help about the tool that is 
underneath the mouse.
Shirom: Samayra, let me now tell you how to create a 
copy of an image. For this we will have to create a new 
layer. Refer Fig. 3.6 to add, a new layer.
    Fig. 3.5 : Tool Box
A Toolbox is an area 
which contains tools 
to perform basic 
tasks. Tools can be 
added or removed as 
per our requirements. 
The toolbox is placed 
by default on the 
left side when you 
open GIMP interface.
One can also select the 
portion to be cropped 
by using Tools
Selection Tools     
Rectangle Select.
Select and then select 
Image  Crop to 
Selection to crop an 
image.
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Paste the copied image to new layer using Edit ? Paste 
as ? New Layer.
A new layer with the image is created on top of the 
previous layer. Click on the image and using the Move 
Tool to move the image to right side of the existing image.
Fig. 3.7 : Copied image
  Fig. 3.6 : Layering an Image
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