[Gimp-user] Blending 2 images into 1

2013-08-05 Thread pfaoro
My hobby, if it can be called that, is creating comic images of individuals by
combining two unrelated images into one.  EXAMPLE:  Placing the head of my
brother-in-law on the body of Quasimodo (the Hunchback of Notre Dame).

I'm totally new with GIMP and I've figured out a good bit, such as using the
magnetic lasso to copy-paste a selection from one image into another,  but I
can't figure out how to match skin tones and resolutions so the result appears
to be a single image.  At best, I can get close but not at all close enough.

Can somebody point me in the right direction, at least to identify the tools I
should be using?

I'm by no means a techie, so please be gentle with me :-)

Thanks!

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[Gimp-user] Blending 2 images into 1

2013-08-05 Thread pfaoro
My sincere thanks to all of you!  I think I've got a handle on it now. :-)


>This might be helpful in getting a handle on curves and blending
>(skin)
>tones:
>http://blog.patdavid.net/2012/07/getting-around-in-gimp-more-color.html
>
>If you need an intro, there's also this:
>http://blog.patdavid.net/2012/06/getting-around-in-gimp-color-curves.html
>
>
>On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Madeleine Fisher
>wrote:

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Re: [Gimp-user] Blending 2 images into 1

2013-08-05 Thread Madeleine Fisher
I think one of the first things to check out is the Colors menu on the top
file bar. There are lots of options:

Color Balance (changes c, m, y in midtones, highlights, and shadows)
Hue-Saturation (you can shift around the colors in a selection)
Colorize (Makes everything different shades of a single color--can create a
sepia effect, for example)
Brightness-Contrast
Threshold (makes everything either black or white)
Levels
Curves

The last two options are REALLY useful for fine-tuned changes, but they can
be kind of difficult to understand. Just play around with them and you'll
get the hang of it.

Good luck!


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:20 PM, pfaoro  wrote:

> My hobby, if it can be called that, is creating comic images of
> individuals by
> combining two unrelated images into one.  EXAMPLE:  Placing the head of my
> brother-in-law on the body of Quasimodo (the Hunchback of Notre Dame).
>
> I'm totally new with GIMP and I've figured out a good bit, such as using
> the
> magnetic lasso to copy-paste a selection from one image into another,  but
> I
> can't figure out how to match skin tones and resolutions so the result
> appears
> to be a single image.  At best, I can get close but not at all close
> enough.
>
> Can somebody point me in the right direction, at least to identify the
> tools I
> should be using?
>
> I'm by no means a techie, so please be gentle with me :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
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Re: [Gimp-user] Blending 2 images into 1

2013-08-05 Thread Pat David
This might be helpful in getting a handle on curves and blending (skin)
tones:
http://blog.patdavid.net/2012/07/getting-around-in-gimp-more-color.html

If you need an intro, there's also this:
http://blog.patdavid.net/2012/06/getting-around-in-gimp-color-curves.html


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Madeleine Fisher wrote:

> I think one of the first things to check out is the Colors menu on the top
> file bar. There are lots of options:
>
> Color Balance (changes c, m, y in midtones, highlights, and shadows)
> Hue-Saturation (you can shift around the colors in a selection)
> Colorize (Makes everything different shades of a single color--can create a
> sepia effect, for example)
> Brightness-Contrast
> Threshold (makes everything either black or white)
> Levels
> Curves
>
> The last two options are REALLY useful for fine-tuned changes, but they can
> be kind of difficult to understand. Just play around with them and you'll
> get the hang of it.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:20 PM, pfaoro  wrote:
>
> > My hobby, if it can be called that, is creating comic images of
> > individuals by
> > combining two unrelated images into one.  EXAMPLE:  Placing the head of
> my
> > brother-in-law on the body of Quasimodo (the Hunchback of Notre Dame).
> >
> > I'm totally new with GIMP and I've figured out a good bit, such as using
> > the
> > magnetic lasso to copy-paste a selection from one image into another,
>  but
> > I
> > can't figure out how to match skin tones and resolutions so the result
> > appears
> > to be a single image.  At best, I can get close but not at all close
> > enough.
> >
> > Can somebody point me in the right direction, at least to identify the
> > tools I
> > should be using?
> >
> > I'm by no means a techie, so please be gentle with me :-)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > pfaoro (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)
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