Gimp and/or Blender tutorials for kids

Jim Kuzdrall gnhlug at intrel.com
Sun Jan 21 10:06:42 EST 2007


On Friday 19 January 2007 07:14 pm, Larry Cook wrote:
> My 13 year old daughter would like to add things like dragons to her
> digital photos.  She would also like to do some animation.  She has
> no knowledge of what's involved, and neither do I which is why I'm
> asking. Is anyone aware of tutorials for Gimp or Blender suitable for
> her age? Are there other FOSS apps I should look into?

    You might look at the last chapter of "Grokking the GIMP" by Carey 
Bunks ISBN 0-7357-0924-6.

    GIMP uses a web-oriented technique which is a series of gif images.  
Each of the sequence is put on a layer, and GIMP can play the layers 
back in sequence to show the animation.

    I have never tried it, but that is what it says.  The book is pretty 
clear.  It has two rather complete examples.  With perhaps a small bit 
of help a 13 year old will have it mastered quickly.

Jim Kuzdrall


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