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Some timing issues pushed this video back and back again in time – and now it’s Christmas! Have nice Holidays!
In this video I try to change history and put myself in an old image of the first electronic computer, the ENIAC.
The original image is an US ARMY Photo under Public Domain, downloaded from Wikimedia.
As this is intended to be the base for a class project, I don’t go into the depth of GIMP but try to cover a lot of ground on a beginners level. And of course I make some mistakes…..
Links and Notes:
Episode 163 – Curves
Episode 094 – Curves
Episode 083 – Grit and Grain
Episode 073 – Layers
Our Wiki also covers Layers and Curves.
The nice image of the Rolleiflex has been made bay Rid Sevilla from Hawaii Camera Style
The image in this post has been altered a bit more with the GIMP filter “Old Photo” under /Filters/Decor/Old Photo.
The TOC
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:04 Opening an image from the Web
00:03:02 Loading an image from disk and some mistakes to avoid when making your image
00:03:55 Getting an image into another one
00:04:30 Measure Tool
00:05:00 Scaling to the proper size
00:05:25 Copy and Paste between images
00:06:10 RGB- and Grayscale Mode
00:06:30 Save the image in XCF format!
00:07:54 Isolate the person from the background with a layer mask, the Free Hand Selection and a brush
00:10:10 Free Hand Selection
00:11:30 Undo
00:12:15 Tedious paint work
00:17:30 “Optimizing” the mask with the curves tool and a blur
00:19:30 Finding the right position and scaling a layer
00:22:15 Adding the Curves Tool to the Toolbox
00:23:20 The Curves Tool
00:26:30 Adding grit and grain by extracting the grain from the image
00:30:00 Bucket fill tool
00:31:08 Try stuff with a layer copy
00:33:06 Adding light and shadows
00:38:15 Summary
00:40:20 Move a stack of layers, keeping them aligned
00:41:10 Saving and exporting the image
00:42:02 EOF
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