GIMP Tutorials » Photo Manipulation

Fake Depth of Field in GIMP

cooljeba — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:59:19 +0000

In optics, particularly as it relates to film and photography, depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image. Although a lens can precisely focus at only one distance at a time, the decrease in sharpness is gradual on each side of the focused distance, so that within the DOF, the unsharpness is imperceptible under normal viewing conditions.

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Creating Planets and Planetary Rings in GIMP

cooljeba — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:32:15 +0000

This tutorial is very easy and the end result is all about what you prefer, so have fun playing around with colour and texture!

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Spicing up black and white images with Gimp

cooljeba — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:05:25 +0000

Today we try to spice up a grayscale image by coloring some parts. We use a photo of Rose McGowan (known from the TV series Charmed where she plays Paige Halliwell) as the original, color the whole image and especially point out the lips and eyes.

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Sun breaking through clouds effect

cooljeba — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:59:50 +0000

How to create the effect of the sun’s rays breaking through clouds using the Supernova filter in GIMP.

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Quick trick to create smoother skin

cooljeba — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:53:14 +0000

Here’s a quick trick that allows you to smooth skin and give it a healthy glow using Gaussian Blur and Saturation blend in GIMP.

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Creating Dark Surreal Image in Gimp

cooljeba — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:57:45 +0000

This tutorial is all about creating an dark surreal using some free stock images from Deviant Art and i want to introduce some new trick – combining two great free software, Gimp and IrfanView. The composition is quite simple, but with a little inspiration you can create something really nice.

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Wedding Photo Enhancement using The GIMP

cooljeba — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:48:17 +0000

I have been giving a lot of love to Inkscape lately, so I thought I would do a Gimp tutorial today. I recently did a photo shoot for a wedding. I will show you how to do some enhancements to the photos using the GIMP.

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Create a cool wax seal with an engraved eagle

cooljeba — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:41:15 +0000

You maybe know this: In the very past important letters have been sealed using a so called wax seal. This is a hot wax drop on the opening of the envelope – then a seal ring containing the unique emblem of the empire was pressed on the wax to harden the wax.

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To create a vintage toy-camera Black and White Photo

cooljeba — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:35:40 +0000

This image was taken on a recent trip to Bruges on a simple Kodak digital EasyShare camera… lets add that vintage photography feel.

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Making Objects Float with GIMP

cooljeba — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:30:18 +0000

Making objects or people float in mid-air isn’t as hard as it seems. With a little planning and editing, we can produce a believable effect of floating or levitation. We will create a floating knife in this tutorial. The principles you learn can also be applied to levitating a person or other objects.

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