Videos tagged with frame


Meet the GIMP #106: Colours and Values

Meet the GIMP #106: Colours and Values

Posted in Graphics

It’s toning time again. Toning is done do black and white images to increase their “volume”, the perceived contrast range. We only have 256 values on the screen, so a bit of colour can be good. In #39 I had shown how to make a Duotone or Tritone out of a monochrome image. And then Paul Weller Bou showed in his Blog an easier way to do this. It’s working, but why? To answ...

Tags: Design, GIMP, Meet the GIMP, layer mode, layer mask, frame, Broadcasting, Screencasts, duotone, toning, color mode, ...



Meet the GIMP #16: Frames and Tryptichs in a new Way

Meet the GIMP #16: Frames and Tryptichs in a new Way

Posted in Graphics

In this show John Arnold from Photowalkthrough draws the winner of the triptych contest. Before that we talk about why you should also listen to his podcast and about a really nice workshop. I have to work at that time (May 5th to 7th), but otherwise I would have shelled out the money and gone there. Then I’ll show you a new way to make a frame around an image or to do a triptych. It work...

Tags: Design, GIMP, layers, Meet the GIMP, layer mask, border, challenge, frame, triptych


Meet the GIMP #13: A Triptych and a Challenge for You!

Meet the GIMP #13: A Triptych and a Challenge for You!

Posted in Graphics

Triptychs - and nearly one hour of them. In this episode I’ll show you how to combine three images to one good looking set and get some frames and borders around them. Again a layer mask is used to partially edit a picture with the curves tool. The idea to this show came from this thread at the Tips from the Top Floor forum. More about triptychs can be found at the Wikipedia here and here...

Tags: Design, GIMP, layers, Meet the GIMP, layer mask, curves tool, border, challenge, frame, triptych