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 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 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 >> *, 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 >> * in >> the *HDR Gallery >> *. >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> here is the full text if needed, ( I don't know where the page I stole it >> from is:) >> >> *HDR photography >> * has become >> very popular over the last few years and I'll show you how to make an HDR >> photo in *GIMP >> * in this >> step by step tutorial. If you're not familiar with HDR, the acronym stands >> for *High Dynamic Range >> * 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 >> * 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 >> *, 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 >> * in >> the *HDR Gallery >> *. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: