HPR1081: Preparing Pictures for Posting with the GIMP

Summary: Frank Bell describes the process he uses to prepare photographs for posting pictures on his website. The goal of the process is not to transform the pictures, but to enhance them, and includes sharpening, adjusting the contrast and brightness, cropping, and resizing. Frank walks through applying the process to a snapshot from his deck garden. Blog post of the picture Links: GIMP homepage: http://www.gimp.org/ The MeettheGimp videocast: Frank's camera: http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/s/finepix_s3200/ Potter wasps (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potter_wasp Frank's brother's eagle pictures: http://www.pineviewfarm.net/weblog/2011/12/eagles-reprise/ The pictures from the podcast: The unedited original: http://pineviewfarm.net/misc/wasp/HPRwasp1.jpg The picture sharpened: http://pineviewfarm.net/misc/wasp/HPRwasp1-sharpened.jpg The picture with brightness and contrast adjusted: http://pineviewfarm.net/misc/wasp/HPRwasp1-b_and_c.jpg The cropped picture: http://pineviewfarm.net/misc/wasp/HPRwasp1-cropped.jpg The resized picture: http://pineviewfarm.net/misc/wasp/HPRwasp1-resized.jpg Blog post of the picture: http://www.pineviewfarm.net/weblog/2012/05/wasp-2/