Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2007-04-14 Thread Joshua Simons
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:13PM -0800, patman at aracnet.com wrote: I also tried Carol's removing background tutorial: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/backgroundremoval/ But it does not describe the Add the decomposed image as a mask portion. Can some explain it or

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2007-04-14 Thread Owen
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:35:38 -0400 Joshua Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:13PM -0800, patman at aracnet.com wrote: I also tried Carol's removing background tutorial: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/backgroundremoval/ But it does not

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2007-04-14 Thread Scott Bicknell
On Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:35 am, Joshua Simons wrote: I am trying to blend two exposures using the 2nd technique (Layer   Mask) described at this URL: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml To use this given two exposures, E1 and E2, I need to find a way to  

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2007-04-14 Thread saulgoode
Quoting Joshua Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am trying to blend two exposures using the 2nd technique (Layer Mask) described at this URL: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml To use this given two exposures, E1 and E2, I need to find a way to use E1 as a layer

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-08 Thread Asif Lodhi
Hi Patrick, On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: X. Message: 4 X.. The part I am having trouble figuring out would be the complete

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-08 Thread patman
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 04:53:50AM -0800, Asif Lodhi wrote: Hi Patrick, On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: X. Message: 4 X.. The

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-07 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:05:52PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's an image showing the two images I started with (using the Canon raw image, I created the two images on the left with different exposures), and the mask I created using the threshold:

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-07 Thread patman
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:14:28AM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:05:52PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you have managed to provide an image that is as confusing as what you have described :) congrats :) Well that is how it goes ... the xcf would have told me

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-07 Thread Carol Spears
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 10:27:04AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:14:28AM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:05:52PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the xcf would have told me almost everything that i needed -- but i did not ask for that.

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-07 Thread patman
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 12:06:27PM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 10:27:04AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:14:28AM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:05:52PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the xcf would have told me

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-07 Thread Carol Spears
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 05:38:02PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 12:06:27PM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: what is stopping you from working with only one image? That is what I've been trying to figure out! xcf is the gimps native file format. it is useful for

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-06 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:13PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also tried Carol's removing background tutorial: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/backgroundremoval/ But it does not describe the Add the decomposed image as a mask portion. Can some explain it or point to a

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-06 Thread patman
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:48:27AM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:13PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also tried Carol's removing background tutorial: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/backgroundremoval/ But it does not describe the Add the decomposed

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-06 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:21:18PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ended up with two images based on my mask, one with all black in overexposed areas, one with all black in underexposed areas. adding a mask should only give you transparency or not transparent I copied one to a new layer

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-06 Thread patman
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:48:57PM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:21:18PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ended up with two images based on my mask, one with all black in overexposed areas, one with all black in underexposed areas. adding a mask should only

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-06 Thread Carol Spears
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:22:41PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:48:57PM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:21:18PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ended up with two images based on my mask, one with all black in overexposed areas, one

Re: [Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-06 Thread patman
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:17:43PM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:22:41PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:48:57PM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:21:18PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ended up with two

[Gimp-user] using a mask to help blend exposures

2005-12-05 Thread patman
Hi - I'm trying to combine two images to get better exposure levels, very much like this tutorial: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Blending_Exposures/ Instead of painting to get the right areas, I want to use a mask to select the area. I have used a raw image to create two images for bright and