We ran an article last month called Black and White with a Splash of Color. In this video I’ll show you a few additional simple but powerful techniques that will allow you to easily reproduce that effect.
You should be able to use these techniques in any image editor that supports layers and masks such as Photoshop, GIMP, Seashore, and Paint.Net.
… Continue reading Screencast: Creating black and white cutouts
This 2.5 minute screencast shows a simple and fast technique using multiple layers to enhance the colors in a photograph.
GIMP is free photo editing software for Windows, Mac and Linux.
I published the final version of this photo at Flickr.
… Continue reading Screencast: Curves color enhancement tutorial
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.
… Continue reading Screencast: Easy exposure blending tutorial with GIMP
This video is a quick demonstration of the foreground selection tool in the GIMP, a powerful and free image editing application. The foreground selection tool gives photographers a quick and easy way to isolate portions of a photograph for masking or other effects.
Music by sunbyrn.
… Continue reading Selecting foregrounds in the GIMP (video)
Here’s something we’ve never tried before here at Photodoto.com: a tutorial screencast. This screencast shows a fast, fun, and easy way to convert any photo into an illustration. Please let us know if you had any problems viewing it. Also, leave a comment if you like the screencast format and would like to see more posts like this one. Thanks for watching!
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