DIGITAL IMAGES, IMAGE EDITING AND
IMAGE MANIPULATION
CURRICULUM

1. Fundamentals of Digital Images

• Pixels

• Pixel Coordinates

• Resolution

• DPI and DPCM

• Logical and Physical Image Size

2. Color Theory and Color Spaces

• Monochrome Images

• Grayscale Images

• Color Depth

• RGB

• RGBA

• CMYK

3. Image Compression and File Formats

• Lossy Compression

• Lossless Compression

• BMP

• JPEG

• PNG

• GIF

• TIFF

• Other Image Containers

4. Overview of Image Viewing and Editing Software

• Paint

• IrfanView

• GIMP

• Photoshop

• Illustrator

• Free and Open-Source Alternatives

5. Paint Basics

• Drawing

• Saving

• Basic Editing

6. IrfanView I

• Opening Files

• Saving Files

• Format Conversion

• Viewing Image Information

7. IrfanView II

• Rotation

• Mirroring

• Fine Rotation

• Cropping

• Resizing

8. IrfanView III

• Inversion

• Color Depth Modification

• Color Correction

• Brightness

• Contrast

• Gamma

• Saturation

9. IrfanView IV

• Histograms

• Automatic Adjustments

• Color Channels

• Effects

10. IrfanView V

• Batch Processing

• Mass Conversion

11. Introduction to GIMP

• Installation

• User Interface

• Layers

• Principles of Image Manipulation

12. Guided Image Editing Project 1

13. Guided Image Editing Project 2

14. Guided Image Editing Project 3

15. Guided Image Editing Project 4