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Creating Old Rusted Paper
Posted by kasrak on Jan 14, 2007 into Special EffectsA tutorial that teaches you how to create real-looking old, crumpled paper.
How to Create Fire
Posted by kasrak on Jan 8, 2007 into Special EffectsWanna give your logos some warm touch for the winter months? These two tutorials show two methods of creating hot flames in the GIMP.
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Brushed Metal
Posted by kasrak on Jan 8, 2007 into Special EffectsEver wondered how 'brushed metals' are made? Stop wondering. Here's a 3-step micro-tutorial helping you.
Replacing a Foreground
Posted by kasrak on Jan 7, 2007 into Special EffectsIn this tutorial we'll explore a different method for isolating/selecting the subject, cutting it and pasting it into a different image, thus replacing the foreground of the new image.
Replacing a Background
Posted by kasrak on Jan 7, 2007 into Special EffectsLearn how to replace a background in a photograph with a completely different one.
Simulating Shallow Depth of Field
Posted by kasrak on Jan 7, 2007 into Special EffectsShooting with consumer digicams and their associated small imaging sensors makes it difficult to achieve a shallow depth of field. Sometimes you really want shallow depth of field to isolate a subject against a blurred background.
Texturing Images
Posted by kasrak on Jan 7, 2007 into Special EffectsHere is a short tutorial on giving your photos a matte (or any other) texture.
Simulating Fog
Posted by kasrak on Jan 7, 2007 into Special EffectsLearn how to create fog or clouds to add to your own photographs.
Sampling Toned Images
Posted by kasrak on Jan 7, 2007 into Special EffectsWondering how difficult it is to do your own sepia, platinum, silver, cyanotype, duotones, tritones, quadtones or <insert your favorite> toning in the digital darkroom? Here's how!
Convert Photos into Gold
Posted by kasrak on Jan 6, 2007 into Special EffectsUsing some GIMP tricks, you can turn anything in your photo into a piece of gold.
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