Book Cover!

Let's practice making a composite image by cobbling together various PNG files we find on the internet. We'll start by making a simple cover for the Harper Lee classic "To Kill a Mocking Bird"

First off we need images, click below and download the items to your local disk or flashdrive.

Once you have them downloaded, open up GIMP.

6th Grade Review!

Here's a link to flashcard on our vocabulary concerning days, months, and the time.


PZAM!

Play the race game and try to get to level 4! Remember that most words have "el" or "la" attached to them in Spanish.

Here's a link to a game asking you to tell time by going from Spanish to English! Try to win by getting 20 points!

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And here's another game asking you to tell time by going from English to Spanish! Try to win by getting a million dollars!

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Challenge!

Create this gif: (click to see it)

http://i.imgur.com/YkodSWX.gif?1

By using the following elements:

 Remember the following things:

• Create a new GIMP document using the "Toilet Paper" preset
• Open each item as a new layer and resize them to your preferred scale.
• Duplicate each picture 10 - 12 times
• The first frame of your animation will appear at the BOTTOM of your layers dock.
• The last frame will be at the top.
• To combine two layers, right click on one layer and choose "merge down."
• The only element that should be moving are the sunglasses
• Use the blend tool to create the shifting background.
• To animate it, go to "Filters - Animation - Optimize for gif" to preview it. To create the animation click "filters - animation - animate"
• To export it, click "file-export" and choose "gif" in the file extension window at the bottom of the dialog box.

If you get stuck, watch this video (with your headphones on): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP1CMyBD97w

Good luck!