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35 of 365 is an improved photo #GIMP

Original
Original
Revised
Revised

So I had a snapshot that I thought captured my smile nicely, but had some other issues worth fixing. I opened the original in the GIMP, Removed some wayward beard with the smudge tool, tightened focus with the sharpen tool in a few places, removed background noise with the blur tool, brightened and added depth to the photo using the brightness/contrast feature, made the image grayscale using desaturate, and added a color overtone with the colorize feature. I think more than anything, I just wanted to make up for yesterday’s monster.

tags: colorize, blur, sharpen, focus, portrait, lemasney, 365, dailypost2011, gimp, gnu, gpl, open source, cc-sa, creative commons, sharing

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34 of 365 is a… what the hell is that? #GIMP

 

Mixed facial orifice self portrait
Mixed facial orifice self portrait

 

Yes, when you use the clone tool to put your eye where your mouth was, and your mouth where your eyes were, you would call it a mixed facial orifice self-portrait. Wouldn’t you? This is a reminder that I am always looking for suggestions of photos and ideas in need of execution. When I don’t have them, I do freaky stuff like this. Apologies!

tags: freak, photo, photo-manipulation, gimp, gnu, gpl, open source, daily, lemasney, postaday2011, creative commons, cc-sa

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33 of 365 is Tim’s Dog Maisy #GIMP

Maisy original
Maisy original
Maisy manipulated
Maisy manipulated

My very good friend Tim McGee asked me to bring balance to a photo of his dog, Maisy. I said I’d be happy to. Today, here’s a screencast of what I did to improve the photo in a few ways. Thanks for the opportunity, Tim!

[vodpod id=Video.5492014&w=425&h=350&fv=loc%3D%252F%26amp%3Bautoplay%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bvid%3D12414474%26amp%3Blocale%3Den_US%26amp%3Bhasticket%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bid%3D12414474%26amp%3Bv3%3D1]

Hint: In order to see anything at all, click the full screen function button.

tags: tutorial, screencast, gimp, gnu, gpl, open source, creative commons, cc-sa, sharing, 365, lemasney, postaday2011, howto

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32 of 365 is a massive panda #GIMP

 

Massive panda
Massive panda

 

So this is for Shaun Holland, who sometimes says Sad Panda to comment on a sad situation or person with just a touch of schadenfreude. Shaun makes me laugh all day long. This panda is not sad though, he’s just massive.

tags: panda, sad panda, GIMP, GNU, GPL, open source, creative commons, CC-SA, sharing, 365, lemasney, postaday2011

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31 of 365 is a painterly portrait of Sam Pinola #GIMP

 

Sam Pinola
Sam Pinola

 

Using the technique I’ve focused on lately, and using a photo from my very good friend Sam, here is a portrait of him.

tags: portrait, paint, Sam, snow, GIMP, GNU, GPL, open source, creative commons, cc-sa, daily, 365, lemasney, postaday2011, sharing

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30 of 365 is a painterly self portrait in profile #GIMP

 

Self portrait in profile
Self portrait in profile

 

Obviously I’ve fallen in love with the painterly technique that Angel Bee suggested a while back. In this one, I tried to apply a sepia look and feel to this particular image, and painted into the image with various brushes.

tags: self-portrait, brushes, painterly, gimp, gnu, gpl, open source, creative commons, cc-sa, sharing, lemasney, 365, postaday2011, daily