Got digital photos? Want to edit them? Got $699 or more for
Photoshop CS5? Ouch.
Let’s try that again.
Got photos? Want to edit them for free? Thought so. Enter GIMP v2.6, a free software package for
anyone that wants to edit their photos without breaking the piggy bank. While
the software may be free, it isn’t exactly intuitive, but neither is Photoshop.
You are going to need some help getting started.
Enter Gimp 2.6 for Photographers, another
Rocky Nook book by Klaus Goelker. With this book in hand, you will be up to
speed editing your photos in short order.
This book is not intended to be a reference guide to Gimp 2.6, but
rather a series of “learn-by-doing” examples that show the reader the most frequently
used features of photo editing.
You’ll learn the basics of opening or converting file
formats, scaling, cropping, setting contrast and levels… all the basics. But
then it gets good. Goelker give instructions on using the clone tool for
touch-ups, masks for combining images, as well as rescuing over and
underexposed images.
Just because Gimp is free, don’t dismiss it as a lightweight
in the photo editing world. Anything but. Goelker goes on to show to how to use
it and other free plug-ins for HDR, collages, perspective cloning and hand coloring
B&W images. There’s even a way to
use Gimp Animation to do video editing.
Just like Photoshop and Adobe’s Raw Convertor, in the Gimp
world you have your choice of UFRaw or RawTherapee – both for free. Yes, free is good and if you know what to do
with the software, it’s priceless.
Gimp 2.6 for Photographers is your price of
admission.
Gimp 2.6 for photographers can be ordered from either Rocky Nook
or Amazon.com.
More Rocky Nook photo books you might be interested in:
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