GIMP is a free open source image editing program. It has a comprehensive set of tools comparable to those available in commercial software such as Adobe Photoshop. GIMP can help you with simple and advanced image editing tasks. This document will look at the GIMP features that are of most use to those wanting to edit images for use in teaching and research.
Read full advice document...This paper looks at practical concerns and techniques used in the shooting of video. The intention is to give the beginner tips and tools as well as to highlight some common pitfalls the beginner may encounter.
Read full advice document...Following our recent guide to free online image editors, we have updated our Introduction to GIMP Image Editing Software.
Read blog entry...Steve Hull, one of JISC Digital Media's Technical Support Officers for moving images, gave a talk at this year's DIVERSE conference in Aberystwyth on the 25th of June.
Read blog entry...Designing Sound gives us a new reference text on the physical and psychological nature of sound itself, and the modelling of audio environments, instruments and effects for the entertainment industry, music and research. It also includes tutorials and guidance on almost every aspect of the open-source sound design software Puredata, on which its author, Andy Farnell is a recognised authority.
Read blog entry...As an accompanying piece to my installation next week of Steve Reich's Pendulum Music, I've been asked to provide an ambient sound bed, which will play between the 'performances' of the Pendulum Music which take place over the course of a week.
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