[Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread paperaussie
Can any experienced Gimp users tell me how the process described in Ron Bigelow's article can be reproduced in Gimp most efficiently? http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/contrast/contrast.htm http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/contrast/contrast.htm Looks like a quite handy process to optimise so

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread Francesco Scaglioni
How about something like : duplicate layer desaturate invert slight blur adjust opacity merge HTH - The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and is intended for the attention and

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:32 PM, paperaussie wrote: > > Can any experienced Gimp users tell me how the process described in Ron > Bigelow's article can be reproduced in Gimp most efficiently? > > http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/contrast/contrast.htm > http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/contrast/

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread Olivier Lecarme
Francesco Scaglioni wrote: > How about something like : > > duplicate layer > desaturate > invert > slight blur > adjust opacity > merge Placing the top layer in divide mode is also very useful. Also try Overlay or Soft light. All this is much simpler than the method suggested by the original

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread saulgoode
Quoting paperaussie : > > Can any experienced Gimp users tell me how the process described in Ron > Bigelow's article can be reproduced in Gimp most efficiently? > > http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/contrast/contrast.htm The following link is to a short screen capture of how that might be don

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Olivier Lecarme > Placing the top layer in divide mode is also very useful. Also try > Overlay or Soft light. All this is much simpler than the method > suggested by the original site, which seems an overkill. Agreed. If I was doing this, I would not use channels a

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread Alec Burgess
Saul: You said 1. Drag your original layer over to the Channels Dialog and drop it, creating a new channel. In your video, when you drag the image from the layer dock up to the channels dock your cursor has a '+' sign inside the _ |+ ... when I do it I have no plus sign and when the channels d

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread saulgoode
Quoting Alec Burgess : > Saul: > You said >> 1. Drag your original layer over to the Channels Dialog and drop >> it, creating a new channel. > In your video, when you drag the image from the layer dock up to the > channels dock your cursor has a '+' sign inside the > _ > |+ ... when I do it I

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-01 Thread Alec Burgess
Thanks Saul. (Leaving text below in case this s/b the basis for a bugreport ...) a) I can drag and drop in the Layers dialog - but never see the '+'-sign in the cursor. b) In your video (I stepped through it frame by frame so I'm pretty sure I have this correct) as soon as you grabbed the layer

Re: [Gimp-user] Masking for Contrast Control - Can this be done in Gimp?

2009-04-02 Thread saulgoode
Quoting Alec Burgess : > For improved discoverablity suggest that the '+' sign s/b added to > drag-drop anywhere its legal to drop and in particular only be removed > in the Channels dialog when cursor is over the components section but > reappear when cursor is *anywhere* below the line. ... Wha