Light 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!

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In this tutorial learn how to create a gold plated / Idol effect from any picture. This tutorial can also be used to create the Gold Finger effect from the famous James Bond movie.

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GIMP tutorial on how to create a 3D effect in GIMP. In this tutorial you will learn how to create this text effect in a step by step manner.

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This tutorial was created using the GIMP, but it’s equally applicable to your favourite editing software as long as it has the same tools. Photoshop, and other editing software should work equally well.

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We will learn how to digitally sketch/draw your scenes, give them subtle color shifts, add fake lighting, and apply filter effects to further emulate how 3D does its job in a step by step process. We will start off from scratch and move on to create a realistic 3D scene with just some 2D tools.

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