[Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images

2012-01-25 Thread NoviceGimper
Thanks Seth - Candice >I've done this for pictures of my family - my daughter loves coloring us. > It works best on pictures without a lot of noise to them, but my "recipe" >assuming a flattened (1 layer) image is: >1) Blur->Selective Gaussian Blur - use parameters to get rid of details but >kee

[Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images

2012-01-25 Thread NoviceGimper
Thanks Chris! >On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NoviceGimper wrote: >> deally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book picture >> or a stamp. >Try: >Filters->Edge Detect->Edge... >Use defaults, click OK >Image->Mode->Grayscale >Colors->Invert >Possibly adjust Levels/Curves

Re: [Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images

2012-01-23 Thread Seth Burgess
I've done this for pictures of my family - my daughter loves coloring us. It works best on pictures without a lot of noise to them, but my "recipe" assuming a flattened (1 layer) image is: 1) Blur->Selective Gaussian Blur - use parameters to get rid of details but keep main subject sharp 2) Color

Re: [Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images

2012-01-23 Thread Chris Mohler
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NoviceGimper wrote: > deally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book picture or > a stamp. Try: Filters->Edge Detect->Edge... Use defaults, click OK Image->Mode->Grayscale Colors->Invert Possibly adjust Levels/Curves afterward. HTH, Chris _

[Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images

2012-01-23 Thread NoviceGimper
Hi there again I want to make colouring book pictures for my students from photographs of themselves (want to see kids get excited about something - give them a picture of themselves to colour in). Right now I am using the cartoon filter, desaturating the image and then painstakingly selecting