If it all goes wrong, just click the Reset button, or CTRL-z to undo if you’ve clicked OK. They work pretty well, but can be confused. Click on one of those, your cursor will change to a eyedropper and then click on the corresponding colour in your image. Those are “Black”, “Grey” and “White” selectors. You may have noticed the eyedropper buttons next to to the Auto button. I opened the Levels tool again, just to see what effect “Auto” had on the histogram. Wow! One click did that? The image looks so much better now! The swans actually look white and it’s brighter and shiny! See how it’s all bunched into the middle? Now, click on the “Auto” button. This is the histogram for the image above. Right click on the image, go to Colors, then Levels. How do I fix that?įire up the GIMP Levels tool. The image also lacks contrast and looks under exposed. That can give a pleasing golden look to images but it’s not always welcome. I probably shot this with the white balance set to cloudy. Unfortunately, there’s a nasty yellowish sheen to the image. This is a nice photo I took in Galway in 2005 with a Sony 717. Here’s an example which will make things clearer. If the photo lacked contrast, it can suddenly become a lot “punchier”! Click that button and the histogram will be stretched out. The single most useful function of the Levels tool is the “Auto” button. In simple terms, you can make broad changes to the Red, Green, Blue and overall “Value” parts of your image. The Levels tool (right click on your image, select Colors, then Levels) is used to adjust the levels of the colours in your image by manipulating a histogram representing the image.
EASY GIMP PHOTO TUTORIALS SERIES
This will be the first in an occasional series to help photographers use the GIMP to post process their photos. Let me know in the comments below your thoughts about this GIMP tutorial and how many of you tried the bonus step.Many people find using the GIMP or Photoshop a daunting prospect but in fact those packages are quite easy to use once you’ve practiced a few times. Overlay the layers in a way that they mimic a shaded position (you may need to change the layers order).Create another layer and repeat the bucket fill procedure with a black colour.Click on the curved text layer and the use the move tool to move the text away.Let’s create a shade effect to the curved text by outlining the text in GIMP. I have an additional step as an exercise/challenge if you want to go the extra mile. Then you are ready to export your file as your preferred image format. Path To Selectionįinally, select the bucket tool, a colour of your choice and apply your selection as per below.Īs the last step, turn the visibility of the layers that you don’t want and keep only the curved text. Step 5: Final touches and exportĬlick on the curved text layer and then go to the path tab to select the text boundaries. You just curved the text! Let’s make the text more presentable by filling it with colour. The curved text will be placed at the newly created layer. Now you need to click on the layer that your text is and right click on it and then click on “Text along path” to bend your text. Create a new layer for the curved text Step 4: Curve the text It is recommended to name your new layer like “Curved Text” or something similar to easily identify it. I strongly suggest separating each different element of a GIMP image in different layers, in order to manipulate them easily like move, turn on/off an element etc.įollowing this rule our curved text will be placed at a new layer. My selections are for demonstration purpose only. You may want to change the font and the font size. When you are satisfied with your curved path, you can move to the next step and create your text. Curving the path Step 2: Create the text you want to curve First drag the line in the middle either up or down, and fine tune by moving the adjusting points. Select the paths tool and then having in mind roughly the position of the curved text, create your path by clicking once for the start and then for the end of path point. Step 1: Create a path that matches the type of curve you wantĬreate a new image or open an existing one. Please make sure that you have GIMP installed on your system already. In this GIMP tutorial, I’ll show you my preferred way of creating curve texts. Depending on how you will use it and the curvature you want to give to your text, some methods are better than others. The versatile GIMP tool offers several ways to create curved text. When you are working on a badge, poster or any other composition in GIMP and you need to bend or curve some text.
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