I do agree. Learning by doing is always the best way to learn (in my
opinion). But I need to know what the tools do and how they interact with
each other. Hence the maual and the desire to convert it to a pdf.
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
> Well, actually, Mike (/all), I think it goes a bit further than this.
>
> I don't learn by rote memorization. I could not learn to read by rote
> memorization; I had to have phonix or a rule based associative way of
> translation of symbols in order to read.
>
> I learn by context. I learn by assimilation. I can learn by reading, but
> my technical reading is done without the expectation that I will memorize
> each and every thing immediately. What I do instead is get a vague idea
> and a knowledge of where I can find what another would obtain through rote
> memorization.
>
> It's a complete way of seeing common to our caste. We have transcended
> the day of having to obtain a degree in a subject in order to master it.
> The sheer number of changing details is huge.
>
> For gimp for instance, your going to want to know how to use the tools.
> In order to do this, the best way is simply by doing, don't you agree?
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah. I don't like video tutoriatls either. I want a book! The dead tree
>> kind of book or at least a PDF or, as a last resort, a web page. Then comes
>> the video tutorial. I find tutorials explain things once then expect you to
>> know it but don't tske into consideration you might be starting the
>> tutorial from episode 300 of 500.
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I hate tutorials! I find if I click on everything to see what it does
>>> while listening to a vid tut in the background, I can speed up the video to
>>> chipmonk style and grock the $gimp fast!
>>> On 11 Oct 2012 01:40, "Brian Cluff" <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> They left the option of multiple windows in 2.8, and by default it
>>>> starts in the original multi windows mode.
>>>> If you want to put it into single window mode, which I suggest you do,
>>>> just go to Windows -> Single-Window Mode
>>>>
>>>> Brian Cluff
>>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2012 01:31 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah,,,,, I was thinking of doing the tutorials in decending order. And
>>>>> meetthegimp.org <http://meetthegimp.org> is using 2.8 now so I
>>>>> figured
>>>>> I better do the same. Funny thing though.... one of the supposed
>>>>> benefits of 2.8 is that everything is in one window. I fired it up and
>>>>> everything is as it was before (three windows). I guess it is a setting
>>>>> or something.
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
>>>>> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You might want to just skip the 2.2 and 2.4 tutorials and move to
>>>>> the tutorials for 2.6+ There are a lot less cosmetic/placement
>>>>> issues between those versions. If you are serious about learning
>>>>> it, once you get a grasp of the basics, it will be possible to
>>>>> watch
>>>>> Photoshop tutorials and do the same thing in the gimp, since the
>>>>> tools are usually there and the names are usually the same or
>>>>> similar. If not, a quick search on Google will tell you the
>>>>> equivalent GIMP name
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian Cluff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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