126
edits
Changes
m
[[Category:How-To]]==Using GIMP==
====Using GIMP====Some people don't have PhotoShop not because they're too lazy to download it, but because their computer runs on a free operating system, or because they don't want to bother with PhotoShop because the free OIT software won't work post-graduation. For them, there's GIMP, and with GIMP, you can make a fully-operational WSO picture, almost.
added to WSO category
[[Category:How-To]] [[Category:Computers]] [[Category:WSO]]
The WSO title bar has space for a funny picture, and anyone can upload a photo to go in the rotation.
[[Image:Example_WSO_title_bar.jpg]]
Here's how to do itare instructions with different image manipulation programs. ==Using PhotoShop==
1. '''Choose a good picture.''' It should depict a Williams student making a funny face. Cruise around your own computer, [http://wso.williams.edu/PhotoShare PhotoShare] and [http://williams.facebook.com Facebook] to find some good ones. You can save a photo on the Internet to your hard disk by right-clicking and selecting "Save image as..." (or something like that).
16. Now you're ready to upload your creation. Visit http://wso.williams.edu/front/upload and fill out the forms, and cross your fingers.
1. Find your picture as above and open it in GIMP.
6. Select the paintbrush tool and make it as big as possible. Eliminate large regions of the background by painting it white (color should still be white from the paint bucket above), and then make the brush smaller to get the last bits out of small areas in your photo.
6a. Now is a good time to change the color of the picture. Go to Tools -> Color Tools and use Curves or Brightness/Contrast to make your picture light and bright. (Levels won't work as well because of the large amount of white space.) Now is probably also a good time to save your picture. Save it in GIMP file format so as not to compress it (.xlf xcf file extension, I think).
7. Double-click on the upper square again and put 363237 where it says ffffff (ffffff is white; 363237 is Evan's special color for the background of WSO).