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alfredo

(60,071 posts) Fri Aug 23, 2013, 09:59 PM Aug 2013

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It's rdking647's fault

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It's rdking647's fault (Original Post) alfredo Aug 2013 OP

Ooooo, nice NV Whino Aug 2013 #1

Thanks. rdking's image reminded me of "The Windup Girl." Inspired me. alfredo Aug 2013 #2

I have a book cover design coming up NV Whino Aug 2013 #3

I used GIMP, Beautify Lomo, FIL vintage, and converted to B&W. That's all I remember. alfredo Aug 2013 #4

Thanks. I'll have to download Gimp and give it a try. NV Whino Aug 2013 #5

Check out the plugin registry. You on Mac or PC? alfredo Aug 2013 #6

Mac NV Whino Aug 2013 #7

Well then: alfredo Aug 2013 #8

Well... NV Whino Aug 2013 #9

Great. What did you use with the GIMP? alfredo Aug 2013 #10

I went to beautify NV Whino Aug 2013 #11

That reminds me of a pinhole camera image. n/t JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #12

Yeah, we spend all that money for a good camera to make a photo that looks like it came alfredo Aug 2013 #13

LOL JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #14

One from Sharper Image would be self defeating. alfredo Aug 2013 #15

You win. JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #18

i admit it rdking647 Aug 2013 #16

You're happier for it too. Pulling at the leash makes your neck sore. alfredo Aug 2013 #17

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

1. Ooooo, nice

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 10:36 AM

Aug 2013

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

2. Thanks. rdking's image reminded me of "The Windup Girl." Inspired me.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 12:51 PM

Aug 2013

http://www.amazon.com/The-Windup-Girl-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597801585

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

3. I have a book cover design coming up

Reply to alfredo (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:19 PM

Aug 2013

And, as I understand it, the photo the woman wants me to use is soft focus. I think a treatment like this might save a bad or mediocre photo. What software/technique did you use?

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

4. I used GIMP, Beautify Lomo, FIL vintage, and converted to B&W. That's all I remember.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 09:17 PM

Aug 2013

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

5. Thanks. I'll have to download Gimp and give it a try.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 11:52 PM

Aug 2013

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

6. Check out the plugin registry. You on Mac or PC?

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 10:24 AM

Aug 2013

Mac http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/News/News.html

PC. http://www.gimp.org/

Plugin registry. http://registry.gimp.org/

Like any other editing software, there is a learning curve.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

7. Mac

Reply to alfredo (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 11:25 AM

Aug 2013

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

8. Well then:

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #7)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 04:13 PM

Aug 2013

Plugin path

/gimp/contents/resources/share/gimp/2.0/scripts

Pay attention to the date on the scripts. They need to be compatible with 2.8.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

9. Well...

Reply to alfredo (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 05:31 PM

Aug 2013

I did one of these in Gimp, but I couldn't figure out how to save it as a jpeg. It was only semi-successful. So I bought some "actions" for PhotoShop and came up with these.

None of them are what I had in mind, but I like the last one.

Okay, found it. I have to export rather than save. This is the Gimp image.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

10. Great. What did you use with the GIMP?

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #9)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 08:44 PM

Aug 2013

I forgot to tell you to access the path by right clicking the gimp icon and choose "Show Contents."

I find that it is easier to straighten an image in iTunes, then export to GIMP from there.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

11. I went to beautify

Reply to alfredo (Reply #10)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 09:27 PM

Aug 2013

Used old photo (I think), added noise (wasn't, sufficient for my taste), black and white and colorized.

I downloaded some filters, trying to get the vintage photo filter, but I don't know how to load them. I put them in the scripts folder in the applications support folder, but they don't show up anywhere.

JohnnyRingo

(18,618 posts)

12. That reminds me of a pinhole camera image. n/t

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 11:08 AM

Aug 2013

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

13. Yeah, we spend all that money for a good camera to make a photo that looks like it came

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #12)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 11:19 AM

Aug 2013

from a cardboard box.

JohnnyRingo

(18,618 posts)

14. LOL

Reply to alfredo (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 11:26 AM

Aug 2013

Yeah, but like a cardboard box from Neiman Marcus.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

15. One from Sharper Image would be self defeating.

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #14)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 12:35 PM

Aug 2013

JohnnyRingo

(18,618 posts)

18. You win.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #15)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 04:17 PM

Aug 2013

I can't top that. hahaha

rdking647

(5,113 posts)

16. i admit it

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 03:03 PM

Aug 2013

ive been married long enough to know its always my fault

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

17. You're happier for it too. Pulling at the leash makes your neck sore.

Reply to rdking647 (Reply #16)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 04:02 PM

Aug 2013

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