Gimp Questions With C & C.

[MGriff240]

So I finally got Gimp to download correctly on my MacBook, so I've been playing around with it. I just want to know what the basic "touch-up" controls that everyone uses are. I've been using the color-balance, brightness-contrast, and curves options. Anything I'm missing?

Here's a few pics that I edited using it.

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3. (Yes, I know that's slightly out of focus. )

 

[Proteus617]

Viewing the histogram while playing with the levels tool is a good way to figure out what's going on. Start investigating layers and masks.

 

[Tulsa]

Sharpness.

Also I like the first one, but did you Post Process the blurred background? It looks fake.

 

[KmH]

It's very handy if you can learn to use the selection tools to do local edits, rather than relying on editing globally.

 

[Sirashley]

If you click on the link in my sig, the second blog post has a quick Gimp video tutorial that I did which covers the very basics, and ironically, is editing a photo of a bird in a tree... Really all you are missing is running an Unsharpen mask...

Almost forgot, the C&C, I really like the composition of the first one, I think it works well, its a good shot.. In the second one, if you used auto focus, it looks like it grabbed the feeder because the bird is out of focus... The third one, well, I kinda like the effect, but the composition is lacking in my opinion. I'm no pro, so take it for what its worth... Which isn't very much... :lmao:

 

[myvinyl333]

If you click on the link in my sig, the second blog post has a quick Gimp video tutorial that I did which covers the very basics, and ironically, is editing a photo of a bird in a tree... Really all you are missing is running an Unsharpen mask...

Almost forgot, the C&C, I really like the composition of the first one, I think it works well, its a good shot.. In the second one, if you used auto focus, it looks like it grabbed the feeder because the bird is out of focus... The third one, well, I kinda like the effect, but the composition is lacking in my opinion. I'm no pro, so take it for what its worth... Which isn't very much... :lmao:

Thanks for your post, I am trying my hand @ Gimp as well...this helps:thumbup:jorge