Date: Sep 09/21/11 4:15 PM Subject: [GNHLUG] PySIG September 2011 - The GIMP! - 22 Sept 2011, 7:30 P.M., Manchester From: Bill Sconce PySIG Manchester, NH 22 September 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GIMP, Presented by Paul Beaudet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GIMP is a very powerful Photoshop(R)-like application for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image creation --and GIMP is free and open source software: completely free to download and use. GIMP is used by children and professionals alike, and is even used by Hollywood movie-makers. If you've been itching to retouch, modify, or enhance your digital photos, then this program is for you. Learn how to: o Make color corrections (make your digital photos look more like film photos) o Use Curves and Cloning to enhance and modify your photos. o Apply Layers and Channels (Paul will provide a detailed explanation of Layers and when and how to use them) o Sharpen, blur, remove red-eye, and much, much more. ________________________________________________________________________ PySIG -- New Hampshire Python Special Interest Group ABI Hub, Manchester, NH 22 September 2011 (4th Thursday) 7:00PM (Beginner's Q&A at 6:30PM) The monthly meeting of PySIG, the NH Python Special Interest Group, takes place on the fourth Thursday of the month, starting at 7:00 PM. A beginners' session precedes, at 6:30 PM. (Bring a Python question!) Favorite-gotcha contest; problem-solving group consultation/advice to the lovelorn (serial ports to connect to outboard devices?); more. Milk, anyone? (Volunteer, that is?) Janet's cookies - Penguin Cookies! Happy_end_of_summer'ly yrs, Bill ________________________________________________________________________ About PySIG: PySIG meetings are typically 10-20 people, around a large table equipped with a projector and Internet hookups (wired and wireless). We encourage laptops and a hands-on seminar style. The main meeting starts at 7 PM; officially we finish circa 9 PM. Everyone is welcome. ("Membership" is anyone who has an interest in the Python progamming language, whether on Microsoft systems or Linux or OS X; or cell phones, mainframes, or space stations. We have everyone from object-oriented gurus to recovering COBOL programmers.) Tell your friends! Beginners' session: The half hour before the formal meeting (i.e., starting at 6:30PM) we have a beginners' session. Any Python question is welcome -- whoever asks the first question gets the half hour! Questions are equally welcome by mail beforehand (in which case we can announce them) or at the meeting. (As are all Python questions, anytime.) Mailing list: http://www.dlslug.org/mailman/listinfo/python-talk About Python: "Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable code." "NASA uses Python...so does Rackspace, Industrial Light&Magic, AstraZeneca, Honeywell, and many others." Google: "Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves." -Peter Norvig http://www.python.org About ABI Hub: Our gracious hosts are the ABI Hub, an organization whose mission is "to nurture high growth startups and create an environment where entrepreneurs have access to the resources, connections, experience, and capital to support the journey of putting ideas into action. Our residents come from diverse backgrounds and age groups and that is what makes our environment so unique. We are literally a hub for all things 'startup.'" PySIG and GNHLUG thank the ABI Hub for their generous hospitality. http://www.abihub.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ Directions: PySIG NH meetings are held at the ABI Hub, 33 South Commercial Street, Manchester, NH. Coming in to Manchester using I-293, from the north: o Use Exit 5 ("Granite Street") from I-293. Stay to the left at the bottom of the ramp, to turn left (east). Go under I-293 and cross the bridge over the Merrimack River. Coming in to Manchester using I-293, from the south: o Use the Granite Street exit. Turn right (east). Go under I-293 and cross the bridge over the Merrimack River. After crossing the bridge: o Turn right (south) at the first light. This is South Commercial Street. o Go past one parking-lot entrance, turn right into the second one. 33 Commercial Street will be right in front of you. You may go in via either the ramp or the door and up three steps inside. o Inside. Up the stairs if via the door. Go through the glass doors - follow the diamonds on the floor. Go left at the last diamond. (Under a sign which says "<- Amoskeag Small Bus. Incubator"). o More diamonds, another sign... much glass and office space for SNHU; turn left there, 4 more diamonds and you're at the glass doors for the Incubator. An "abi" sign is above. o Through the doors, straight down the hall. The Conference Room is on the left. ________________________________________________________________________ $URL: svn://svn.in-spec-inc.com/isi/trunk/isi/opages/pysig.announcement $ (c) 2009-2011 In Spec, Inc.: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ $Id: pysig.announcement 5466 2011-09-21 20:04:01Z sconce $ $Rev: 5466 $ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce/