the edge of logic and intuition

Strange isn’t it, we’re all after the latest iphone/ipad/other gadgets and yet ‘nostalgic’ or ‘retro’ photos somehow seem better than the ones created by state of the art digital cameras! I’ve given the steps below to create a nostalgic (say 70s style) photo from a normal one, using the picture ‘Michelle’ from GirlReporter used from Flickr via the Creative Commons license.

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→ view the rest of the post: A nostalgic retro image technique in GIMP (1)

In this post and a couple of subsequent ones I’m looking at how to create frames using Inkscape and GIMP in order to produce vintage / retro and other effects on photos.

Below: creating a frame in Inkscape. This deals with deciding on dimensions, creating the frame and saving it in a suitable format for transparency.

→ view the rest of the post: Creating “instant photo” vintage and other frames in Inkscape

I took some photos down at the South Kent coast (Dover) recently, on one of the few sunny days we’ve had so far this year. I’m not a great photographer and at the moment only have the camera on my phone (I’m after a new digital camera but can’t decide which one!) so am aware that the photos are nothing particularly special, but with the aid of Picasa and the GIMP managed to turn them into some vintage looking photos that I like the look of much better.

If you want to do something similar you can follow the steps below as a ‘tutorial’ – I haven’t gone into too much detail, just outlined the general sequence of steps.

→ view the rest of the post: Images: Using GIMP and Picasa to apply ‘vintage’ effects to photos