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General Category => Techie Or Suggestions => Topic started by: Fly on September 09, 2012, 08:37:27 AM

Title: A quick photo editing tutorial.
Post by: Fly on September 09, 2012, 08:37:27 AM

First and foremost, make a copy of the image you want to alter and save it somewhere safe  :)

Download GIMP
http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable (http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable)

Load your picture. Menu-'File/Open'
eg.
(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/bollards.jpg)

Click the 'Free select tool'
(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/lasso.jpg)

Click and or draw round the object you wish to highlight using your mouse. Make sure you return to your starting point.
Hold the 'Shift key' on your keyboard to select more than one region.

Then:
Menu-'Select/Invert'
Menu-'Colors/Components/Channel Mixer' and tick the 'Monochrome' box. Click Ok

Your edited photo should now be visible.
(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/Barry_Fly/bollards2.jpg)

Use Menu-'File/Export' to save your image.

Title: Re: A quick photo editing tutorial.
Post by: Alsatian on September 09, 2012, 10:24:21 AM

Geek !  >;

Title: Re: A quick photo editing tutorial.
Post by: Pete on September 09, 2012, 10:38:19 AM

Trust you to have software called Gimp!  :))