{"id":3413,"date":"2011-07-05T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2011-07-04T11:58:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T15:58:51","slug":"fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks And Gimp"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"fireworks<\/a><\/p>\n

Using The Gimp, I was able to take several individual fireworks snapshots and composite them thus creating this single, dynamic photo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I love fireworks!\u00a0 I absolutely love seeing a fireworks display during Independence Day celebrations!\u00a0 And I saw some awesome displays this past Fourth of July.<\/p>\n

During the fireworks displays, I snapped some photos.<\/p>\n

Since\u00a0 my camera phone really isn’t the best or most sophisticated, it was a bit of a challenge capturing some of the star-bursts.\u00a0 However, after I got home with the half dozen or so snapshots, I was able to composite some of the better pics in Gimp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you don’t already know, Gimp<\/a> is the free, open source alternative to high-priced commercial graphics editing applications like Photoshop.<\/p>\n

Although, you can download and install Gimp<\/a> for Windows and Mac, it comes free with Linux<\/a>.\u00a0 and, in my opinion, it works best on the Linux<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n

The photo at left is of several separate fireworks snapshots which I then composted in Gimp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, using the Gimp<\/a>, it was easy to accomplish.<\/p>\n

I opened several snapshots, copied and pasted the images as new layers onto a master snapshot, and then set the layers to Lighten only<\/strong>.\u00a0 With this setting, the black background areas drop out leaving only the star-bursts.<\/p>\n

These star-bursts with transparent backgrounds can then be moved around and positioned so as to create the effect that all were captured in one photo.<\/p>\n

So, if Photoshop (or other commercial photo editing apps) prove to be a bit too expensive, give the Gimp a look. it’s powerful and free!<\/a><\/p>\n

By the way, like I said in yesterday’s George comic strip, I love fireworks. Here’s a couple of videos featuring Fourth of July fireworks displays.<\/p>\n

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