Playing around with image manipulation

kts262 · 02-23-2007, 12:03 PM

So after using a mix of Microsoft Paint and some unix shell scripts to edit and resize my photos I thought I should get more with it and start using proper image manipulation tools. The version of Linux I use at work installs The Gimp, a freeware program similiar to Photoshop. Eventually I'll upgrade to Photoshop but for now The Gimp works pretty nice. I grabbed a few photos I have taken to see what I could do with them.

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I know this is child's play for most of you but to me it's new and pretty cool. Saturation, greyscaling, adding borders, etc, I know it's basic stuff but wow it does really make a big different with photos. I think I should start shooting in vibrant mode too.

Jeep839 · 02-23-2007, 12:14 PM

What kind of camera?

wow that is sick, are there any programs like this one that are free for the windows xp platform?

Also when you say shoot in vibrant mode, would that be the eqivalent if my canon sd800is shot a RAW image?

kts262 · 02-23-2007, 12:31 PM

Nikon D50.

I used The Gimp which is free. I used it on my Linux desktop @ work but there is a Windows version as well.

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

Vibrant mode is a mode that tells the camera to turn the saturation WAY up. It's different then shooting in RAW mode. Shooting in RAW mode might make image manipulation easier later on but I shoot in JPG.

The SD800 is nice, I'm looking at getting one after I get my tax refund to use as a backup camera when I go urban exploring, and also when I go out to the bars and I don't want to lug the D50 around. I used to use my old Canon S50 but after years of use and abuse it finally crapped out on me.

/ninja edit, I forgot a few of these were shot with my old S50. I'm losing it in my old age.

Ikon · 02-24-2007, 12:22 AM

nice pics...

STi LOVE · 02-24-2007, 08:20 AM

how u resize on photoshop?

fullerton · 02-24-2007, 08:33 AM

i'd say you saturated them a bit too much.

kts262 · 02-24-2007, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by fullerton

i'd say you saturated them a bit too much.

Yea I turned saturation ALL the way up which seems to be a popular thing to do in the UE world. Next time I think I'll tone it down a bit.

carl s. · 02-24-2007, 10:24 AM

if you can shoot in RAW, shoot in RAW

02-23-2007, 12:03 PM	#1
kts262 HowTo Contributor Car: 2008 DGM (BBS+Navi) Fav Mod: stock FTL? Location: College Park, MD Posts: 2,106 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (8)	Playing around with image manipulation So after using a mix of Microsoft Paint and some unix shell scripts to edit and resize my photos I thought I should get more with it and start using proper image manipulation tools. The version of Linux I use at work installs The Gimp, a freeware program similiar to Photoshop. Eventually I'll upgrade to Photoshop but for now The Gimp works pretty nice. I grabbed a few photos I have taken to see what I could do with them. Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: After: I know this is child's play for most of you but to me it's new and pretty cool. Saturation, greyscaling, adding borders, etc, I know it's basic stuff but wow it does really make a big different with photos. I think I should start shooting in vibrant mode too. This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

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kts262 HowTo Contributor Car: 2008 DGM (BBS+Navi) Fav Mod: stock FTL? Location: College Park, MD Posts: 2,106 Join Date: Jan 2005 Trader Rating: (8)	Nikon D50. I used The Gimp which is free. I used it on my Linux desktop @ work but there is a Windows version as well. http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ Vibrant mode is a mode that tells the camera to turn the saturation WAY up. It's different then shooting in RAW mode. Shooting in RAW mode might make image manipulation easier later on but I shoot in JPG. The SD800 is nice, I'm looking at getting one after I get my tax refund to use as a backup camera when I go urban exploring, and also when I go out to the bars and I don't want to lug the D50 around. I used to use my old Canon S50 but after years of use and abuse it finally crapped out on me. /ninja edit, I forgot a few of these were shot with my old S50. I'm losing it in my old age.

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Ikon Welcome to The Board Car: 06 WRB STI Fav Mod: Advan RS Location: Starbucks, WA Posts: 5,628 Join Date: Mar 2006 Trader Rating: (10)	nice pics...

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STi LOVE Banned Location: NJ Posts: 132 Join Date: Feb 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	how u resize on photoshop?

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fullerton abracious Car: AW GDF-D Fav Mod: Track time Location: Near a 100oct pump Posts: 16,330 Join Date: Oct 2005 Trader Rating: (10)	i'd say you saturated them a bit too much.