I would read through
https://www.darktable.org/tag/tutorial/ its a pretty
powerful tool.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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@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@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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>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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