Adding Logos Within Gimp

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GIMP Logos
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Open a new document

• Begin by opening a new Gimp document
• Select File?New
• Change the image size to 900 X 900 and click OK

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Add a New Layer

• Select Layer?New Layer
• Name the layer Logo
• Make sure that the Layer Fill Type is
  Transparency
• Click OK

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Add a Logo

• Select Xtns?Logos?Frosty
• Change the text to TLC 2008
• Change the font to Broadway
• Select OK

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Place the Logo in Your Document

• Select Image?Merge Visible Layers
• Make sure Expand as necessary is selected
• Click Merge

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Place the Logo in Your Document

• Use the square selection tool to draw a selection
  box around your logo
• Right click within your selection and select
  Edit?Copy

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Place the Logo in Your Document

• Head back to your blank document and make sure
  that the Logo layer is selected
• Click Edit?Paste

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Scale the Logo

• Select the Scale tool
• Click a corner of the logo and drag to adjust the
  size of the logo
• When you are done click Scale

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Scale the Logo

• Right click on the layer named Floating
  selection
• Select Anchor layer

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Youre Done

• At this point you can close the original logo
  window (the small window that the logo first
  popped up in) and save your work
• Save the image on your H drive as Logo Practice
• The layer will act like any other layer within
  your picture
• You can paint on it, add more layers, add
  effects, etc.