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Planet

Planet

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POTD 10/03/10

POTD 10/03/10

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I stand corrected

In my last post, I mentioned that I edited a picture which I posted here about a month ago. Well, I got myself wondering exactly what date it was, so I went to check. I discovered that what I posted about a month ago was a different picture of Hot Springs. Sorry for the confusion. [...]

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Fake tilt-shift miniatures

I really like The Gimp… I just wish it had a different name. In my somewhat limited experience, it appears to be able to duplicate any effect that Photoshop can do – either directly or with user-contributed plug-ins – but it has the distinct advantage of being distributed under an Open Source license, meaning it’s [...]

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New life for old pictures

I was looking around the other night at tutorials for The GIMP (my graphics editor of choice) and happened upon a tutorial at Gimpology.com called “Fake HDR Look in Gimp” posted by jneurock. To answer the question that a lot of readers (including my over-the-shoulder-reading daughter) are probably asking, HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. [...]

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