GIMP Tutorials

Shyness

cooljeba — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:20:17 +0000

This incredibly creative photo was taken by the talented Alin Petrus, and if you like this shot I highly recommend checking out his other works on his Alin’s 1x website. The shadow in this photo could be created using gimp. To do this, it would take a little effort with shooting for the edits, and an understanding of layer masks .

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Souping up a Photo

cooljeba — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:58:03 +0000

This is one of a number of PSDtuts.com tutorials i will be redoing in GIMP, this tutorial will teach you how to add that extra touch to your already great photo.

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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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Painting the Chain of Holy Glare

cooljeba — Mon, 16 May 2011 03:25:29 +0000

used the Corel Photo-Paint to paint this picture and First I determined the general composition and Production of black and white rectangle, to take the color.

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Skype logo in GIMP

cooljeba — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:49:10 +0000

In this tutorial we will learn how to create the old Skype logo using GIMP. Follow these simple steps and by using gradients we can achieve it.

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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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Solar winds graphics effect

cooljeba — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:13:30 +0000

In this tutorial we want to create a dynamic effect where dotted rays get some movement. I decided to call it “solar winds” effect but I’m not quite sure if this is correct

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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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