Gimparoo!

PolishLinux.org is an informational site aimed at helping Linux/BSD newcomers choose a distro that’s right for them. I found them while searching for comparisons of Debian to Ubuntu, and they helped me decide that I’m going to stick with Ubuntu. While I was there, I noticed they have a Gimp tricks section, where you can find a few nifty tips.

Go check them out, I’m sure they’ve got something to interest you.

Today I’m going to teach you a method I use to fake a fill flash. The objective is to lighten the dark areas without blowing out the highlights. Here’s the before and after:

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Sorry there haven’t been more posts lately. Here’s some fluff. Pictures of my daughter’s toys in fun positions. Have a look.

From gimp.org:

After four months of hard work we are proud to announce another release of the user manual. It features:

• documentation for GIMP 2.4
• new content, spelling and grammar fixes for English, German, French, Russian, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish
• an alternate CSS stylesheet for HTML

The source files of gimp-help-2.4.0 can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. Users should wait until this release has been packaged in a pre-compiled form that is easier to install. Find more information about our goals and how you can help at http://docs.gimp.org.

From gimp.org:

Three weeks later enough bug-fixes have piled up to warrant another bug-fix release in the stable GIMP 2.4 series. Please see the NEWS file for details.

The source code for GIMP 2.4.2 can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. Binary packages are expected to become available over the next days. Please check the Downloads section.

If you’ve made “the switch” and you love The GIMP, check out Wilber Loves Apple, a newish website dedicated to all things GIMP on the Mac platform. From their website:

Hi there! We are bunch of Gimp Fans, who try to provide a proper version for the mac. We are not related to gimp.org. We just admire their work.

I’m downloading their 2.4.1 port now!

GIMP 2.4.1. has been released to fix a few bugs. Here’s the release from gimp.org:

GIMP 2.4.1 is a bug-fix release in the stable 2.4 series. It fixes problems that were discovered after the 2.4.0 release. Please see the NEWS file for details.

The source code can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. Binary packages are expected to become available over the next days. Please check the Downloads section.

Update: Several readers have suggested easier and more effective methods. Check the comments section!

EPS is the vector graphic file format Adobe Illustrator saves in. Supposedly you can import these files directly to Inkscape if you have skencil and pstoedit installed, but I couldn’t make it work. So I converted it manually using the GIMP and Inkscape. Here’s how I did it.
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Vitor has a great little article on how to use Photoshop filters in the GIMP. I didn’t even know this was possible. Thanks Vitor!

Link.

Veerle’s Blog is one of my favorite design blogs. She recently did a Photoshop tutorial on how to create inset text in the new Mac OS X Leopard style. This is a neat effect, and pretty simple to accomplish in The GIMP.
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