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Screencast: Easy exposure blending tutorial with GIMP

John Watson // April 7th, 2008

This 2 minute screencast shows an easy-to-use technique for blending multiple exposures (or in this case, two versions of one exposure) to increase the dynamic range of a photograph.

GIMP is free photo editing software for Windows, Mac and Linux.

I published the final version of this photo at Flickr.

Music by Pitx.

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4 Responses to “Screencast: Easy exposure blending tutorial with GIMP”

1. Donncha O Caoimh says:

   April 8, 2008 at 3:34 pm

   Good video! Well presented and clearly explained. Hope it encourages more people to use the GIMP.
2. z-vet says:

   April 17, 2008 at 6:29 am

   Many thanks, it provides a good solution for some of my editing needs. But here comes a question.
   I tried to use this technique, but something strange happening here: each new stroke replaces the previous instead of adding to it like in your video. Sure i do something wrong but what? Will appreciate any help.
3. John Watson says:

   April 17, 2008 at 6:48 am

   Make sure the gradient is set to go from a color to transparent. If it goes from color to color then it replaces the entire layer each time you draw it.
4. z-vet says:

   April 17, 2008 at 3:59 pm

   Thank you, i got it now.