wow, this turned into the most useful thread to teach me a lot about GIMP. I would'a used the program for a few years and wouldn't have known what you told us. Now to go back to first email and try it all out. Thanks Steve. Dan
On 12/28/11, Steve Kinney <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/27/2011 09:28 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > [ ...a whole bunch of stuff that I mostly left out of this reply, and:] > >> I just don't know how to look at two or more layers on my screen >> all at once, you in separate display windows. [...] I would feel >> more comfortable if I could see the thing I am cloning from _and_ >> the thing I am cloning to, all at once, in two windows on the same >> screen... > > In the Layers dialog, click and drag the layer that will be your > "source" for cloning onto the button field on your main toolbox. > Boom, a new image opens that IS that layer, only. Select your > cloning origin normally by ctrl-clicking on the new image, go to the > original image window and start painting with copied pixels. Done? > Select the temporary window and close it. > >> P.S. How does one just simply merge two images? I'd really like >> to see what my img001-inverted.jpg and img001-inverted2.jpg would >> look like if they were smashed together. (And actually, maybe the >> combination of those two is the thing that I really want to be >> cloning from.) > > Put the two images on two layers, and whichever is on top, dial back > that layer's opacity some via the slider in the Layers dialog in the > dock where it lives. If you end up looking at a finished image you > like but needs some more work, do "copy visible" (a.k.a. > ctrl+shift+c) and "paste" (a.k.a. ctrl-v), click the "new layer" > button to make the floating selection a "real" layer, and what you > saw is what you get as a single layer - without destroying the > layers you were blending together. > > Note that you can do filters and corrections on a copy of a layer, > "overdo" it a bit on purpose, then adjust the opacity of the altered > layer to "dial back" the effect on the finished image until it looks > "just right". > > You can also apply a filter that you only want to use "here and > there" on an image to a whole duplicate layer, add a black layer > mask to it, select the black mask, and start to paint on the image > with white. This amounts to "painting with" the filter you applied, > just as and where you want it to be applied. Overshot your mark? > Try painting over the excess white with black, to sharpen the > corners or make the edges go exactly where you want. "Undo" is one > black brush stroke away no matter how many steps back the "error" in > "applying the filter to the image" was made. > >> kind-of reminds me of my old days, 40 years ago, back in the >> darkroom when I used to play around with "solarizing" prints. >> What fun! > > Yup, I loves me some electric darkroom action. Not to mention the > bargain price for all that electric film! > > :o) > > Steve > > P.S. I should not do this, because you might have too much fun: > > http://registry.gimp.org/node/13469 > > Download the version for your OS, extract it from the archive, and > drop it into the plug-ins directory wherever your GIMP program files > live. Then start the GIMP, open some image or other, and go to > Filters > G'MIC... 280 filters, nice big preview pane, expect > multiple OMFG moments. > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
