Lab #4 Altering images with GIMP

Insert one Image into another using Layers

Now that you have the area to be replaced highlighted, you need to retrieve the picture of Mt. St. Helens.

1.. Click on the Mt. St. Helens image to make it active.

2. To select the entire picture, choose "All" from the "Select" menu:

select all

This will put a dotted box around the picture:

selected image

Now you need to put the picture in your clipboard (meaning that it's being stored in computer memory waiting for you to indicate what you want to do with it).

5. Choose "Copy" from the "Edit" menu. This puts a copy of the picture in the clipboard:

copying the whole image into the clipboard

Now you want to paste the picture into the area you selected in the Red Square picture.

6. Click on the Red Square Picture. The sky should still be selected (i.e. it should still be outlined with a dotted line).

7. Choose "Paste Into" from the "Edit" menu:

pasting the Mt. Rainier image into the red square image

The result will look something like the picture below (the sky has been replaced with the Mt. St. Helens picture, but it isn't positioned very well):

Red Square with Mt. Rainier

Now you want to move the picture.

7. Click on the "Move" tool: Move tool

8. Click on the Mt. St. Helens portion of the picture and hold the mouse button down while you move the picture where you want it to be:

mountain moved

You're done with your picture. Next you'll learn about finding images on the web that you can use for free.

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