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System Error!
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/3/2 16:41)
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I seem to have destroyed my Ubuntu system with too much experiments. It is running, but stuff crashes, especially UFRaw. So I have to repair that before I can do the next show.
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Episode 134: Dynamic Range Therrory
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/2/22 23:39)
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Download the Video! (37.8 MB, 19:53) Download the Torrent! (Mobile version tomorrow) The German word “Therrorie” was coined by a kid in a Physics lesson of my late colleague Helmut Mohr in Hamburg. It is what it sounds like – and today’s video is full of it. No GIMP, no images, only the blackboard and me talking. Please consider this as a WARNING. We had a lively discussion in the forum about the theory behind making images, circling around the term “dynamic range”. There is a big difference between light and dark parts of our world, often more that a camera can catch. And nearly always more than fits onto paper or a computer screen. The process of squeezing this big range into the small output range is called Post Processing. Either you do it via RAW anf GIMP – or the smart chip in your camera does it while saving your iage as JPEG. What I forgot to say – if you do it, you can redo it. The RAW file still exists. If the c ...
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Creative use of Nikon Gear
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/2/17 23:00)
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Pure Physics with Nikon gear – and what beasts of lenses!
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Episode 133: The Power of a Book
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/2/13 23:46)
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Download the Video! (31.0 MB, 16:18) Download the Video for mobile devices! (29.8 MB, 16:18) Download the Torrent! Download the Companion File! This week I have a challenge for you. Do my homework and edit my shot from our Samba Carneval . You’ll find the JPEG and the NEF (RAW image by a Nikon D200) of a shot I did from my window. It is not a good photograph but catches a beautiful moment. Improve the image, store it somewhere on the Internet and post a link to it in the comments. You can embed a small version of it in a comment, just copy the HTML code from 23, flickr or other sites. It should be there in a box to cut and paste. Then I’ll tell you why you always shall set your camera settings to a defined standard state before you put your camera in the bag or cupboard. I didn’t and it has ruined a whole series of shots from this occasion. Have you ever wondered how to make a selection with a zig-zag border? Well, if you have, I have the answer. (St ...
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A Close Shave and other Stuff
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/2/1 22:07)
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After a lot of work in the last two weeks I went a bit under the weather this (for me long) weekend. I think I’ll be fit again when school starts. Sometimes I think it would be smarter to move the schedule of the down time from free time to school time…. But there are two nice places to check out for you in the time until the next show. GIMPtricks on Youtube are made by Jolie from the Netherlands. I recommend to get a close shave with the healing tool and then check out the rest. And if you have caught yourself wanting to print a logo on a plain T-Shirt after you made an image from it - here is the solution in Spanish and English made by a young woman in Venezuela. There are 5 more videos to watch. (Thanks to medyr for the tip.) So, drown them in Clicks!
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Episode 132: Cinelerra in Japan!
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/1/22 15:28)
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Download the Video! (59.0 MB, 31:03) Download the Torrent! The Video for Mobile Devices! (57.3 MB, 31:03) Download the Companion File! This week there is only a little bit of GIMP, but a lot more about the free video editor Cinelerra. I use it to make a kind of slide show video used to illustrate a short “bumper” for Martin Bailey’s blog and podcast about his (mostly nature) photography. Martin is living in Japan and has a lot to tell about photography and Japan. Highly recommended! Cinelerra is a full “non linear” video editor for Linux – and so perhaps a bit overkill for making a slide show. Non linear says that the program does not change the video and sound data and that you can access all your media easy and fast because only references are moved around. I forgot to introduce it properly at the start of the video. There are programs around for Windows and MacOS which do the same, I am sure. Cinelerra comes in a lot of dif ...
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RawTherapee goes GPL and 3.0 Alpha
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/1/20 22:33)
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Now also RawTherapee qualifies for a show in Meet the GIMP – they have opened their source and published under GPL. A very early Alpha of the new major version (3.0) has been published and I already got some promising reports from viewers. Congratulations! I’ll try RawTherapee when they have put on a more mature Alpha and make a podcast about it.
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Episode 131: Automatic?
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/1/14 18:21)
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Download the Video! (57.9 MB, 30:27) Download the Torrent! After a bit of “housekeeping”, which includes thanks to contributors and a nod over to the Focus Ring, I try to use the stuff hidden in the <Image>/Color/Auto menu. My results are not that good and I try to do it better with curves. Why did I fail? No idea, it may be the software or perhaps my choice of image was bad. Please share your experiences with this option. At the end of the show I lift the secret behind the numbers 1 – 1.4 – 2 – 2.8 – 4 – 5.6 – 11 – 16 – 22 …. – aperture numbers decoded. I couldn’t decide which of the two shots I made for the show image should go into the post, so here are both. The TOC 00:20 Starting 2010 – thanks and a guy selling GIMP 04:30 New Forum policy 05:40 New Focus Ring Episode 07:00 Exporting an image from F-Spot to GIMP 07:20 The Histogram shows underexposure 08:00 Exploring / ...
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Focus Ring #18
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/1/10 16:37)
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Finally we have a new Focus-Ring Episode online! It’s #18 with a new concept. Four participants from the Focus Ring Network as before, but now with one topic for all of them. This time it’s “Light & Shadow”. Contributors Chris Marquardt (Tips from the Top Floor), Jeff Curto (The History of Photography and Camera Position), Martin Bailey (Martin Bailey Photography Podcast) and Ibarionex Perello (The Candid Frame & Shooting with Alas) join together to discuss the importance of shadow in the creation of a successful photograph. And to make the point, each of them presents two images. Ibarionex Perello Chris Marquadt Jeff Curto Martin Bailey I haven’t heard it yet but it sounds promising! “Meet the GIMP” is just stuck a bit in the production pipeline. I recorded a show twice about my try to contribute in the Challenge of the Digital Photography School – but it was simply not good en ...
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Software Patents are EVIL!
from Meet the GIMP
(2010/1/6 19:48)
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Let’s fight them as long as we still can.
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