I previously posted about Ufraw and its user guide, which I found to be quite unfriendly on the website. I created an easier-on-the-eyes pdf version. Unfortunately it didn’t help, I still didn’t understand at all how this tool was supposed to work. I found it rather discouraging. After shooting in RAW for one day in […]
Design
Photo Noir with GIMP
My brother asked me if I knew how to create a sort of film noir effect for a photograph. The example he showed me was essentially a couple of people silhouettes with a lot of fog. So, I attempted to create a similar effect in my hallway. This is how I did it using the […]
Fun with fireworks in GIMP
Since writing an introduction to the GIMP I’ve been asked to write some short tutorials for the GIMP, which I’d love to do. However, this article is more of a demonstration than a tutorial. Demonstrating the program layout and hopefully a taste of how powerful this software can be. Rather than following step-by-step, I hope […]
GIMP Intro
LaurenMarie, owner of Creative Curio, kindly asked me to write a post for her blog about GIMP, which has been published today. This GIMP introduction is really just an overview of some of the tools, which I’ll be expanding on in the weeks to come. 😀
Designing decisions: Cascading Style Sheets
When it comes to implementing your web designs CSS is a powerful tool. Learning CSS can be a lot of fun too. I like to think that I’m fairly knowledgeable when it comes to CSS. It’s been fun: I started learning how to change colours and I’ve come to a point where I can lay […]
Designing decisions: links
I’ve been making a wordpress theme thinking about web design. So far I’ve written about heading hierarchy and page width. As with any element, you can style links essentially any way you want to. Should you though? I didn’t think it would be such a difficult decision, but I found myself searching the net for […]