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How to make a Cosmic Wallpaper
Posted by scottphotographics on Aug 29, 2010 into Tips & TricksThis tutorial will hopefully help inspire you to create your own custom wallpapers and produce a great results in the GIMP.
Making a Starry Filter Effect
Posted by scottphotographics on Aug 20, 2010 into Tips & TricksPhotographers use Star Filters sometimes to really make the highlights stand out, but if you do not have one you can use GIMP to reproduce the effect.
How to make a Globe/Planet photo manipulation
Posted by scottphotographics on Jul 31, 2010 into Tips & TricksThis photo manipulation is called a stereographic projection, which takes a standard photograph and stretches it around in a circle creating a Globe or Planet like image!
Making Skies dramatic
Posted by scottphotographics on Jul 20, 2010 into Tips & TricksAn easy way to make ordinary white cloud on blue skies into dramatic significant parts of your photographs. This is a very simple trick to do in GIMP and the results are great!
Making Photographs Black & White in GIMP
Posted by scottphotographics on Jul 7, 2010 into Tips & TricksBlack and White images have been neglected ever since the introduction of colour into film photography, due to the fact that colour is 'best' and what we see (colour) is the true beauty of a scene/object. As this is the case now, whenever black and white images are created it is perceived as a kind of artistic aesthetic that the photographer has wanted to achieve and considering colour is the norm now, this photograph is viewed in a different light and more of an artists creation rather than the representative. So, I hope to get you more creative in experimenting …
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Turning a Photograph into a Polka Dot Image
Posted by scottphotographics on Jul 1, 2010 into Tips & TricksThis a very quick simple tutorial and a bit of fun! I have made a range of different size (50px, 75px, 100px, 150px) patterns so you can easily apply the effect in seconds. I suggest you try some masking of layers as well to experiment with the design.
How to make a Hockney style Photograph in GIMP
Posted by scottphotographics on Jun 19, 2010 into Tips & TricksDavid Hockney is known for his unusual panoramas that are made up of differently scaled and angled photos. To produce the 'Hockney' effect it is best done with multiple photographs that can be arranged later, but you can have a single photograph that you'd like to make into a multiple imaged panorama - with the use of GIMP!
How to make a photograph Lomographic in GIMP
Posted by scottphotographics on Jun 13, 2010 into Tips & TricksLomography is most commonly recognised in old film photographs and is used aesthetically in photographs. I will show a quick process to achieve this 'Lomo' effect in GIMP!
Making Light Leaks on Photographs
Posted by scottphotographics on Jun 10, 2010 into ArticleLight Leaks are a product of film in the camera being exposed due to a hole/gap in the cameras body letting in light. It is sometimes used aesthetically in photographs creating a sense of vividness or soft blurs of colour - usually red. In this tutorial I'll show you how to create these light leaks in the GIMP!
Making Light Leaks on Photographs
Posted by scottphotographics on Jun 10, 2010 into Tips & TricksLight Leaks are a product of film in the camera being exposed due to a hole/gap in the cameras body letting in light. It is sometimes used aesthetically in photographs creating a sense of vividness or soft blurs of colour - usually red. In this tutorial I'll show you how to create these light leaks in the GIMP!
How to make a Water-Colour Ubuntu Wallpaper
Posted by scottphotographics on May 21, 2010 into FunIn this tutorial I'll guide you through making a cool and fresh Water-Colour Wallpaper in GIMP. At the end you can add your favourite operating system logo and set your new wallpaper as your background :) !
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See-Through Text to Image Video Tutorial
Posted by scottphotographics on May 16, 2010 into Tips & TricksI've made a video tutorial for my See-through Text to Image effect in Gimp tutorial, and I thought a Video would be helpful!
How to colour gradient match photos
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 25, 2010 into Tips & TricksA really simple concept and easy to achieve, however the results are great - Colour Gradient Match Photos. This technique can be useful for creating a mood in a photograph taken from another image. This is more of a quick tip intended to help achieve certain effects and drive development.
How to make see-through text to image in GIMP
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 23, 2010 into Tips & TricksA really simple little trick to adding normal text to an image and making it look interesting! This technique can be used for nearly any photograph, however it is a lot easier to see the text with less detailed and contrasty photographs.
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How to make an 'Obama' HOPE Poster
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 17, 2010 into Special EffectsThere are a few tutorials for this in Photoshop and Illustrator, but I haven't found any for the GIMP, so I attempted it myself! It is a fairly simple method and easily done with great results!
How to make an 'Obama' HOPE Poster
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 17, 2010 into Special EffectsThere are a few tutorials for this in Photoshop and Illustrator, but I haven't found any for the GIMP, so I attempted it myself! It is a fairly simple method and easily done with great results!
Digital Blending - Dynamic Range
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 16, 2010 into RetouchingWhen wanting to combine two or more photographs for a higher dynamic range (HDR) or correcting an overexposed photograph, I mostly use programs like Photomatix, however it is sometimes too difficult or frustrating fiddling with the settings for minutes getting nowhere. So, there is an easier way and in certain cases much better than an HDR especially if you want to avoid those really surreal photographs - Digital Blending is the way to go, you can be much more selective with your increases/decreases in dynamic range and get more realistic results.
Using Gradients to Saturate Photos
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 14, 2010 into Tips & TricksIn this very simple tutorial I'll show you how to achieve a very similar Neural Density Filter (N.D Filter) effect to your photographs by using gradients in GIMP. This method is no substitute for the real filter that you put on your lens, but if you'd like to enhance a very flat/bland shot that you've already taken, then this is a good start.
Animated FavIcon
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 11, 2010 into AnimationIn this tutorial, I'll give to a step-by-step guide on how to really stand out from your competitor sites by making an animated GIF FavIcon.
How to make a photo grungy
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 10, 2010 into Special EffectsThis is a very simple method to making photographs grungy, but its also a good technique to have handy in your mind for any post-processing you might do in the future!
Layer Mask Retouching
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 9, 2010 into RetouchingIn this tutorial I'l show you how to retouch your images with layer masks. This can be very handy when you've taken a few photos.
Softening Effect
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 9, 2010 into RetouchingIn this very simple tutorial I'll show you how to soften an image in GIMP. This effect is very similar to the effect you might achieve when using a Softening Filter.
How to make a simple watermark in GIMP
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 9, 2010 into Tips & TricksThis is a really simple tutorial and well worth the small effort required, because you'll have something to put on your photographs/artworks without making it look too ugly while making sure you get enough credit in case your work is copied or used.
Zoom Blur Effect
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 9, 2010 into Special EffectsIf you don't have a zoom lens or you'd like to manipulate a certain image in this style then this tutorial for GIMP should help you achieve a similar effect!
White Balance Post - Processing
Posted by scottphotographics on Apr 9, 2010 into RetouchingThis tutorial is all about lifting colours and putting life back into those flat looking photographs. By adjusting the White Balance you can change the Kelvin of your photograph, this can create a warm or cool effect.
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