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
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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
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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
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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
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Those are cool Al. That last set almost looks infrared. :)
Pat
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Thanks Pat. I think they look almost like it also.:)
Al