[Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

2008-05-02 Thread Anthony Ettinger
I have a photograph of a client that I would like to rotate so the angle is not crooked, but I end up with a "V" shape after rotation...does anyone have any creative ideas for blending something in to get a full rectangle? This is the image in question...I can't crop it down to a square because I

Re: [Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

2008-05-02 Thread Elwin Estle
You could do some heavy duty clone work on the background and on his shirt. Or, maybe just put an oval vignette around him. Another possibility might be to make him the centerpiece of a collage, perhaps put related holocaust images around him? --- Anthony Ettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[Gimp-user] EXIF redux

2008-05-02 Thread Kim Cascone
On May 2, 2008, at 11:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the 'save as' dialog (or Save a Copy), uncheck the exif checkbox. Daniel doh! I somehow missed this in the 'save a copy' dialog box :( thanks for the reply! cheers! KIM___ Gimp-user mai

Re: [Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

2008-05-02 Thread saulgoode
Quoting Anthony Ettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a photograph of a client that I would like to rotate so the > angle is not crooked, but I end up with a "V" shape after > rotation...does anyone have any creative ideas for blending something > in to get a full rectangle? > > This is the image

Re: [Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

2008-05-02 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On Friday 02 May 2008, Elwin Estle wrote: > You could do some heavy duty clone work on the background and on > his shirt. Or, maybe just put an oval vignette around him. > > Another possibility might be to make him the centerpiece of a > collage, perhaps put related holocaust images around him? >

Re: [Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

2008-05-02 Thread Burnie at Tahoe
Anthony Ettinger wrote: > I have a photograph of a client that I would like to rotate so the > angle is not crooked, but I end up with a "V" shape after > rotation...does anyone have any creative ideas for blending something > in to get a full rectangle? > > This is the image in question...I can't

Re: [Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

2008-05-02 Thread David Gowers
Anthony, Exactly what you want to do is not clear to me. Trying to 'fake' the missing bits of photo is, while possible, a very time consuming choice. I think you would be better off making it seem like the missing bits are intentional, as in this example: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/neo