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How to achieve Japanese-painting like effect with Gimp?
In a recent blog post Trey Ratcliff shares the following picture:
About the processing he says:
To achieve it [...], you can duplicate the layer then do some extreme sharpening and a black and ...
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How to edit the exposure/contrast of two different areas of a photo with a smooth transition between the two parts?
I'm a complete newbee in photography and in photography editing, but I made a a photo I really like with my phone, and I would like to improve it numerically.
Here is the photo.
I know how to use ...
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how to cut a silver object against darker background?
I got a few photos of a cassette. The cassette is made of steel. It’s against various backgrounds.
I was playing with it a little in Gimp but have not come up with a good and fast solution how to ...
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Editing/GIMP: find midpoint of a distance, split into n parts [closed]
How do I find the middle (or n/th division) of an object in GIMP?
Like, I have an object / a line of arbitrary length / two guides, placed in arbitrary place of the image. I want to place an ...
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Converting RAW images to lossless jpeg using GIMP?
I have a Raw image which I want to get printed.
I need to upload this to a website which expects to be in jpeg format.
I use GIMP for photo editing and used UFRaw to view RAW images.
GIMP cannot ...
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Is Adobe Photoshop worth the money?
I am starting to invest a little more money into my photography business. I've gone from a hobbyist to being asked to take professional shots, so I have the lights and other equipment. I'm upgrading ...
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Can the effects of a polarizer be replicated in post-processing?
According to my knowledge Polarizing filters are mainly used to make sky appear more bluish in the day sunlight which gives more dramatic effect to your pictures.
I don't have polarizing filters yet ...
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How does the Curves tool work in GIMP?
I started using GIMP recently, and came across an option called Curves under the Colors menu. What does this tool do, and how do I use it correctly?
I get some good colors if I make a graph in 'S' ...
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How can I remove the background of a photo using GIMP?
Sometimes it happens that I would like to extract a person from a photo and remove the background. How can I do it with GIMP? Every attempt that I made gave me very bad results.
Can you give me some ...
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What are the key photography-related features from Photoshop that are missing in GIMP?
I am on a tight budget and chose to use GIMP for editing since it is free.
What important photographic post-processing features am I missing from Photoshop?
