Category5 Technology TV - Naming Space Fish and Creating Magazine Covers

Naming Space Fish and Creating Magazine Covers

S04E47
August 16, 2011

Robbie Ferguson and Hillary Rumball demonstrate how to create a magazine cover using the free GNU Image Manipulation Program. The new Category5 Space Fish needs a name and you could win up to 300 viewer points.

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Topics Covered:

Robbie Ferguson and Hillary Rumball present live from the Category5 studios in Barrie, Ontario.
Catching up with Hillary Rumball.
Introducing the Category5 Space Fish.
Contest Announcement: Name Space Fish to win up to 300 Category5 Viewer Points.
How the modern Internet (and Google) have changed radio contests where trivia is involved.
Greetings to viewers joining us from around the world.
Congratulations to all viewers who have received the Category5 Honor Medal.
Viewer Images: Congratulations to invincibleMutant and Peter Lewis who both receive 100 Category5 Viewer Points for their submissions.
Viewer Question: I've changed my site from HTML to PHP with CSS. I want to have different templates for a couple of the pages within the site. Do I just change the CSS file?
Using a PHP string to change the included CSS file with a simple command in your PHP.
Viewer Comment: Android Buffet Live is a new version of our broadcast which is done live.
Robbie's rider requires that he drinks Perrier.
Top Stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom.
Category5 TV is now using a Behringer Xenyx 1002B mixing console. (See the picture Robbie posted on TwitPic.)
Viewer Question: Is that beer in the picture?
Feature: Creating your own custom magazine cover.
Obtaining the free GNU Image Manipulation Program for Linux, Windows or Mac OS X.
Robbie and Hillary pose for their magazine cover.
The dimensions of our magazine cover.
Cropping our image in the GIMP.
Changing the image resolution in the GIMP.
Finding the appropriate resolution for our magazine cover so we get the best possible quality at 8.5" x 11".
Using the Image Canvas Size tool to crop the image to the perfect dimensions.
Scaling and adding your logo to your magazine cover.
Re-positioning your logo for your magazine cover.
Zooming in on your image using the GIMP.
Using the lasso tool to create a marquee around the heads of your subjects.
Adding a layer mask to your logo so it appears behind the heads of your subjects.
Using the Color Picker tool to perfectly match colors to your logo.
Adding text to your magazine cover.
Increasing your font size in the GIMP.
Re-ordering your layers in the GIMP.
Nudging your layer using the keyboard in GNU Image Manipulation Program.
Linking multiple layers so when you move one of them, it moves the entire group.
Adding a darkened vignette to your magazine cover to give it a professional-looking edge.