How do you do this in Gimp now

[Michael Havens]

thanks.
....
WOW. That was easy to make it look just how I wanted it too. How else can I
use it?

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you are looking to do HDR i strongly suggest DarkTable heck i would
> strongly suggest it for photography workflows in general. Gim is great for
> some deeper manipulation, but for a Darkroom stype process Darktable is
> fantastic. I would put it in a close contention to lightroom.
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> These are instructions for Gimp but they do not work because (I guess) it
>> was written for an earlier version of Gimp
>>
>> If we were working in *Adobe Photoshop
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/productreviews/gr/Photoshop.htm>*, we
>> could easily increase the contrast of the image using one of several
>> different types of adjustment layers. However in GIMP we don't have the
>> luxury of such adjustment layers. However there's more than one way to skin
>> a cat and this simple technique for enhancing shadows and highlights offers
>> a degree of control using the layer opacity control that was applied in the
>> previous step.
>>
>>
>> Go to *Layer *> *New Layer* to add a new layer and then press the *D* key
>> on your keyboard to set the default foreground and background colors of
>> black and white. Now go to *Edit *>*Fill with FG Color* and then, in the *Layers
>> *palette, change the *Mode* of this new layer to *Soft Light*. You can
>> see the *Mode *control marked in the accompanying image.
>>
>> Next add another new layer, fill this with white by going to *Edit *> *Fill
>> with BG Color *and again change the *Mode *to *Soft Light*. You should
>> now see how these two layers have considerably strengthened the contrast
>> within the image. You can tweak this though by adjusting the opacity of the
>> two layers if desired and you can even duplicate one or both of the layers
>> if you want an even stronger effect.
>>
>> Now that you know how to create HDR photos in GIMP, I hope you'll *share
>> your results
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/u/sty/galleries/hdr-images/form.htm>* in
>> the *HDR Gallery
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/u/sty/galleries/hdr-images/>*.
>>
>>
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> here is the full text if needed, ( I don't know where the page I stole it
>> from is:)
>>
>> *HDR photography
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/u/sty/galleries/hdr-images/>* has become
>> very popular over the last few years and I'll show you how to make an HDR
>> photo in *GIMP
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freesoftware/fr/gimp.htm>* in this
>> step by step tutorial. If you're not familiar with HDR, the acronym stands
>> for *High Dynamic Range
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/glossary/g/hdr.htm>* and refers to
>> producing photos with a wider range of lighting than a digital camera can
>> currently capture in a single exposure.
>>
>> If you've ever taken a photo of people stood in front of a light sky,
>> you'll probably have seen this effect with the people appearing to be well
>> lit but the sky being near to a pure white.
>>
>> If the camera produced a photo with the sky appearing with its true
>> color, you would see that the people in the foreground looked too dark. The
>> idea behind HDR is to combine the two photos, or indeed many more photos,
>> to create a new photo with both the people and the sky correctly exposed.
>>
>> To make an HDR photo in GIMP, you need to download and install the
>> Exposure Blend plugin produced originally by JD Smith and further updated
>> by Alan Stewart. This is quite a straightforward plugin to use and can
>> produce a relatively good result, though it's not as rounded as a true HDR
>> app. For example, you're limited to just three bracketed exposures, but
>> this should be sufficient in most cases.
>>
>> In the next few steps, I'll run through how to install the Exposure Blend
>> plugin, combine three different exposures of the same shot into one photo
>> and then tweak the final photo to fine tune the result. In order to make an
>> HDR photo in GIMP, you'll need to have three bracketed exposures of the
>> same scene taken with your camera mounted on a tripod to ensure that
>> they'll align perfectly.
>>
>>
>> You can download a copy of the *Exposure Blend plugin
>> <http://registry.gimp.org/node/6708>* from the GIMP Plugin Registry.
>>
>> After downloading the plugin, you will need to place it in the *Scripts *folder
>> of your GIMP installation. In my case, the path to this folder is *C:* > *Program
>> Files* > *GIMP-2.0* > *share* >*gimp *> *2.0* > *scripts *and you should
>> find it to be something similar on your PC.
>>
>> If GIMP is already running, you'll need to go to *Filters *> *Script-Fu*
>> > *Refresh Scripts* before you can use the newly installed plugin, but
>> if GIMP isn't running, the plugin will automatically install when it's
>> started next.
>>
>>
>> This step is to simply let the Exposure Blend plugin do its thing using
>> the default settings.
>>
>> Go to *Filters *> *Photography *> *Exposure Blend* and the *Exposure
>> Blend* dialog will open. As we're going to use the plugin's default
>> settings, you only need to select your three images using the correct
>> select field. You just need to click on the button beside the*Normal
>> Exposure* label and then navigate to the specific file and click open.
>>
>> You will then need to select the *Short Exposure* and *Long Exposure* images
>> in the same way. Once the three images are selected, just click the *OK *button
>> and the Exposure Blend plugin will do its thing.
>>
>>
>> Once the plugin has finished running, you'll be left with a GIMP document
>> that consists of three layers, two with layer masks applied, that combine
>> to produce a complete photo that covers a wide dynamic range. In HDR
>> software, *Tone Mapping* would be applied to the image to strengthen the
>> effect. That isn't an option here, but there are a couple of steps that we
>> can take to improve the image.
>>
>> Often at this stage, the HDR photo can appear a little flat and lacking
>> in contrast.
>>
>>
>> One way to counter this is to reduce the opacity of one or two of the
>> upper layers in the *Layers *palette, to reduce the effect that they
>> have on the combined image.
>>
>> In the layers palette, you can click on a layer and then adjust the
>> *Opacity *slider and see how this affects the overall image. I reduced
>> both of the upper layers by 20%, more or less.
>>
>> The last step will increase contrast a little more.
>>
>>
>> If we were working in *Adobe Photoshop
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/productreviews/gr/Photoshop.htm>*, we
>> could easily increase the contrast of the image using one of several
>> different types of adjustment layers. However in GIMP we don't have the
>> luxury of such adjustment layers. However there's more than one way to skin
>> a cat and this simple technique for enhancing shadows and highlights offers
>> a degree of control using the layer opacity control that was applied in the
>> previous step.
>>
>>
>> Go to *Layer *> *New Layer* to add a new layer and then press the *D* key
>> on your keyboard to set the default foreground and background colors of
>> black and white. Now go to *Edit *>*Fill with FG Color* and then, in the *Layers
>> *palette, change the *Mode* of this new layer to *Soft Light*. You can
>> see the *Mode *control marked in the accompanying image.
>>
>> Next add another new layer, fill this with white by going to *Edit *> *Fill
>> with BG Color *and again change the *Mode *to *Soft Light*. You should
>> now see how these two layers have considerably strengthened the contrast
>> within the image. You can tweak this though by adjusting the opacity of the
>> two layers if desired and you can even duplicate one or both of the layers
>> if you want an even stronger effect.
>>
>> Now that you know how to create HDR photos in GIMP, I hope you'll *share
>> your results
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/u/sty/galleries/hdr-images/form.htm>* in
>> the *HDR Gallery
>> <http://graphicssoft.about.com/u/sty/galleries/hdr-images/>*.
>>
>>
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