Gimp N IT.. Gimp Filters...

Hi all,
I mention Gimp alot here as its a great free alternative to Photoshop. Most decent photo editting software comes with your basic tools to sharpen an image, clean it up, post process it so its a polished photo. The software interface and tool names change but they all do basically the same thing...manipulate the data in your image. Thats whats cool about digital imaging. Many softwares out there also digital image filters that you can apply. Consider them prepackage porcessing tools. They often run a script that does this or that. Photoshop has these filters, Gimp does as well. Gimp is open source software which basically means that the code is available for anyone to play with. It can lead to some interesting developments. Its why I like Open Source.


I thought I would take some time to run thru an example of Gimps Filters. I have a picture here...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2882/3...f0ddfd9e_b.jpgIMGP8493 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Its your average picture..Nothing special. Just something I snapped from the window while driving around this summer.

The filters I show here are mostly using the defaults to save time. You can easily intensify or weaken the effects. Some of the effects are subtle, so much so that you will have to look carefully, others are a bit, well.. excessive.
ali

Analogize

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3747/3...968b3db0_b.jpganalogize by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Aquarel
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/613/32...ba40f5f7_b.jpgaquarel by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Border
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3865/3...324cc1ed_b.jpgborder by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Brightness/Contrast
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/754/32...75dd2445_b.jpgbrightness_contrast by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Black&white
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/766/32...d384c8ef_b.jpgb&W by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


canvas
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3755/3...78b07244_b.jpgcanvas by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Cartoon

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3771/3...82f9c252_b.jpgcartoon by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

che_guevara color can be changed.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/770/33...b73603b4_b.jpgche_guevara by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Clothify

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3885/3...d5f6b022_b.jpgclothify by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Curve Bend

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3846/3...255e900e_b.jpgcurvebend by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Curves

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/741/32...e1185c04_b.jpgcurves by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



DEsaturate
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2814/3...8c5d0231_b.jpgdesaturate by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Diane Holga2b (similates a kind of camera)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/755/33...43a447ec_b.jpgdiana_holga2b by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Difference Glaussian

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3778/3...722da999_b.jpgdifferenceod Glaussians by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Edge Detect

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2944/3...1f195b26_b.jpgedge_detect by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Emboss
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3809/3...8a9da5de_b.jpgemboss by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Film Grain

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3878/3...fd999020_b.jpgfilm grain by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Fuzzy Border

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3922/3...49a6553f_b.jpgfuzzy_border by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



gimplensfun_nikond800_f8_200 Gimp Filter to simulate a camera and lens... many choices...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/628/33...dcfe7a45_b.jpggimplensfun_nikond800_f8_200 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



gimplensfun_sony_f11_200Gimp Filter to simulate a camera and lens... many choices...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/638/33...a3a66636_b.jpggimplensfun_sony_f11_200 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Iwarp Extreme setting

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3863/3...bf4e4887_b.jpgiwarp_exptreme by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Iwarp Grow

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3801/3...08e6118c_b.jpgiwarp_grow by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Iwarp Shrink
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/697/33...f2afff59_b.jpgiwarp_shrink by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Lens Flare...


https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/694/32...efffb032_b.jpglens_Flare1 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Lomo Script filter to simulate a kind of camera photography...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/750/33...e8db9419_b.jpglomo_script by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


Movie 300 simulates the look of the movie "300"

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3669/3...ec00bb66_b.jpgmovie_300 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



National Geographic ( yes even a filter for that!)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3871/3...34aa4a8e_b.jpgnationaal_geographic by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Neon
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2943/3...8b6cee2b_b.jpgneon by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Oilify
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/634/32...f1bc385a_b.jpgoilify by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Old Photo Sepia
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2912/3...e3e80fb5_b.jpgoldphoto_sepia by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



PhotoChrome.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3866/3...47564857_b.jpgphotochrom_1890 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Photocopy

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3833/3...6458a4cc_b.jpgphotocopy by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


RainyLandscape

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3792/3...77b6dacd_b.jpgrainylandscape by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Transform_crop

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3772/3...dda0a6db_b.jpgtransform_crop by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Vintage

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2881/3...1e31f854_b.jpgvintage by Al Sabetta, on Flickr



Vintage (Fx Foundry)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/649/33...3e03372f_b.jpgvintage_FXFOUNDRY by Al Sabetta, on Flickr




Water Paint
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3690/3...b62ffeb7_b.jpgwaterpaint by Al Sabetta, on Flickr





These are really just a few examples, theres tons more you can do.


GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows
Its available as a free download here...https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

IF you do use it and like it , Please use their Donate Button. Free to use doesn't mean its free to develop.

Thanks,
al

Once you start playing around programs like Gimp you can do all kinds of neat things... (these are "Darktable" edits)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3900/3...0c333779_b.jpgIMGP5713_02 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3839/3...697581d1_b.jpgIMGP5713_01 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2942/3...1c827e2b_b.jpgIMGP5713 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


It just adds another element of fun to the hobby. The really nice thing is an okay picture if you just look at it like a picture is just that..an okay picture. But if you take some time to play around with filters and Tools, you can come up with some pretty cool stuff regardless of the original image.

al

Those are cool Al. That last set almost looks infrared. :)
Pat

Thanks Pat. I think they look almost like it also.:)

Al