Ok so here I am with my first blogpost on something more than stupid musings. I was fooling around with a few images on GIMP ( open source photoediting software). Lately I have been super impressed with Digital Art. A medium with strong overlays on photography but more with more avenues for creativity since here you create an image other than click one. Usually created with photoediting softwares like GIMP and Photoshop digital art delves into the depth of conceptual photography and photomontages. I am still very raw in this so wont be able to go on and on on the topic. Simply posting the pic I created with a texture from one of my flickr pals Purple Cactus ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/purple_cactus_shots/).
The sole reason while I used GIMP is because I find i dont have CS4 yet so waiting to try it out with Photoshop too soon just to check the flexibility. So here is how i created the image
1. Opened both the pictures in GIMP ( make sure you have the same sized images)
2. Copy pasted the texture picture over the main image.
3. Changed the opacity of the overlaid image to around 50 %.
5. Changed the attribute of the image to Multiply for the right effect. There are several options and they give out interesting image results.
6. Changed the color of the image.
7. Flattened both the images
8. Converted to JPEG and added the watermark through Picnik ( online photoediting software that i use through Flickr)
Phew ! Ok I know I suck big time in photography tutorials and I should have taken screen shots to show it clearly. Will do it next time pucca :)
Its Monday already... another hectic week begins... have a great week people ! God Bless you all !
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