[Gimp-user] Lens distortion correction

2007-06-21 Thread Victor Domingos
Hi! Is there an easy way in GIMP to make corrections to those distortions that happen for instance, when we try to take a photo from a very high building (when the straigh edges get a bit rounded or inclined). I think there are some similar apps in wich we can do that by using a grid to

Re: [Gimp-user] Lens distortion correction

2007-06-21 Thread John Allsopp
Victor Domingos wrote: Hi! Is there an easy way in GIMP to make corrections to those distortions that happen for instance, when we try to take a photo from a very high building (when the straigh edges get a bit rounded or inclined). I think there are some similar apps in wich we can

Re: [Gimp-user] Lens distortion correction

2007-06-21 Thread simastrick
That won't really work for curvature caused by lens distortion, because the distortion is... curved. On 6/21/07, Rei Shinozuka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, it's called Perspective or Change the Perspective of the layer or selection. it is on the main menu screen as a trapezoid. i've used it

Re: [Gimp-user] Lens distortion correction

2007-06-21 Thread norman
Is there an easy way in GIMP to make corrections to those distortions that happen for instance, when we try to take a photo from a very high building (when the straigh edges get a bit rounded or inclined). I think there are some similar apps in wich we can do that by using a grid to

Re: [Gimp-user] Lens distortion correction

2007-06-21 Thread John Allsopp
Victor Domingos wrote: Is there an easy way in GIMP to make corrections to those distortions that happen for instance, when we try to take a photo from a very high building (when the straigh edges get a bit rounded or inclined). John Allsopp wrote: I blogged about it here

Re: [Gimp-user] Lens distortion correction

2007-06-21 Thread Doug
John Allsopp wrote: Victor Domingos wrote: Hi! Is there an easy way in GIMP to make corrections to those distortions that happen for instance, when we try to take a photo from a very high building (when the straigh edges get a bit rounded or inclined). I think there are some

Re: [Gimp-user] Wow Linux Journal not very enamoured with GIMP.

2007-06-21 Thread Brendan
On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Rachael H. wrote: Same here. I read that article and felt like they were bashing the Gimp. I did download Krista to see how it worked. I ended up uninstalling since it ran pretty slow. Seems like everything for KDE With Krita, what's exciting is how fast it

Re: [Gimp-user] Wow Linux Journal not very enamoured with GIMP.

2007-06-21 Thread Brendan
On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Eric P wrote: I really get peeved by these types of articles. GIMP is GIMP. Krita is Krita. CinePaint is CinePaint. Each is a tool. Use the right tool for the job. There are lots of hammers. Some are good for some projects. Others are good for other

Re: [Gimp-user] Lens distortion correction

2007-06-21 Thread jim feldman
I think in PS CS2 you can compensate (roughly) for actual lens distortions like barrel, pin-cushion, vignetting as well as key stoning (the last, you can do easily in GIMP) This company claims to actually have distortion profiles and lots of lenses to do specific corrections