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Here's a tutorial on how to turn a person into stone using GIMP. This cool effect lets you create a statue out of any person's photograph. It's not as daunting as it may seem. Try it out and let your creativity flow. How to Turn a Person into Stone Yeah, you can now petrify anybody you like, and it won't take you more than an hour to do so! Learn how to turn an image of a person to s tatue with this simple GIMP tutorial. Because this tutorial uses GIMP, you need to have either the Windows or the Linux version of GIMP installed. I did this using v2.3, though I guess the basic steps would remain the same irrespective of the version you have installed. Step 1: Choosing the Image It's not that easy to convert every possible image using this method. The best images are portraits with consistent background. If you don't have such an image, you can try removing distracting elements from the background and then apply this technique for the statue effect. The above imag...

A very useful skill in Photo manipulation is the ability to selectively alter an area. If you can selectively colour an area you can use the same technique to apply a whole range of effects to very precise aspects of your pictures. Here we are going to use the Path tool to create a very precise selection and then use this to demonstrate how we can change particular aspects of an image using these selections. In this particular instance we will be changing the colour of an object, but the selection of precise objects is a very important skill to have when you are editing pictures; and the better you get at it the better you will be able to change photographs in more elaborate projects. Here we are going to colour the hydrant and leave the chains the original colour, using the Path and Layer Mask tools. Step 1 Duplicate the background layer and rename it ‘Hydrant’ or something similar. Now, zoom in very close to the image, I’m going in to about 200% here, and select the Path tool (press...

Following steps are useful to define edge detection using GIMP. Use scissor tool(i)  Continuously  click on the the edges. At the end click on the starting point.  Then finally click inside the perimeter to convert ur points into selection.  And you are done. TIP: You can invert your selection using the Select->Invert.

I am starting a new tutorials as i plan to learn gimp myself.. will share with u guys what i learn.... Today, let me talk about how to make cartoons or cartoonize an image using gimp... Layer->Duplicate LayerSelect the new layer, Filters->Edge-Detect->Edge, select Sobel, Amount should be 2.0, and Black should be checked.Invert the edge-mask layer, it’s in Layers->Colors->InvertBack in the Layers Dialog, change the Layer Mode to DividePlay around with Layer mode settings, desaturate the top layer, blur or otherwise mess up the bottom layer I did multiply for Overlay and Divide for bottom layer...