Photivo Review and Tutorial - RAW Photo Editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows

I first tried Photivo a few years ago. My initial impression was that it was quite feature rich but a bit difficult to use. Now that I have ...

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Photivo vs Lightroom - A comparison and tutorial

Photivo is an open source RAW photo editing program that is cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux). I have known about Photivo for quite a fe...

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Use the Gimp to create color photos from black and white photos

The Migrant Mother photo colorized Recently I have been seeing a bunch of black and white photos being colorized. I thought it looked pretty...

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The Difference Between RAW and JPG - A Visual Guide

RAW Image Edited in Darktable Ever since I have been getting more into photography I have always been looking for what I need to do to impro...

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Lightroom vs Darktable - RAW photo editing

Recently I have been trying to do a lot more photography shooting in RAW. Because of this, I have been doing a lot less editing in the Gimp ...

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Old Photo Restoration using the Gimp (How to Remove a Moiré Pattern)

For this past Father's day, I worked with my brothers to create a slideshow of our awesome dad. My older brother scanned old photos from...

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RAW Photo Editing - Darktable Review/Tutorial

As I have continued to play with RAW images, and have been continually looking for the best software. Previously I had mentioned that RawThe...

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How to do Sleeve Faces

Doing sleeve faces (or record faces) is a fun thing you can do with all your old records! Here are some tips for how you can get the most ou...

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Portrait Photography in Linux - An Extensive Guide

Right now Windows and Mac dominate the professional photography world. That does not mean though that Linux does not have the tools availabl...

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How to Add Watermarks in batch to Your Photos in Linux - DigiKam

If you are a photographer who uses watermarks on your photos, you know that adding a watermark by hand on every image is a laborious and tim...

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How to Create A Watermark for Your Photos Using Inkscape

If you want to be a photographer to make a living, or perhaps as just a side job, chances are you will want to start watermarking your image...

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How to Edit RAW Photos in Linux Using RawTherapee

After having tried many different RAW editors in Linux, I came to the conclusion that RawTherapee is my favorite. RawTherapee has many great...

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Best Software for Editing RAW photos in Linux

If you are a photographer who shoots in RAW, then chances are you have heard of and probably used Adobe Lightroom . If you use Linux however...

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Organizing your photos in Linux

If you do any sort of photography or photo editing, you will need a photo manager to handle all your photos. Linux offers quite a few differ...

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10 Tips for Portrait Photography

Portrait photography can be a lot of fun. There tends to be some higher expectations when you do portrait photography though. With landscape...

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Fake Depth of Field in Gimp - DOF Explained

Before Fake DOF After Fake DOF This tutorial will be discussing depth of field and how to create this effect in the Gimp. Read article »

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How to do HDR photography with a single image

HDR photography is done using 3 or more bracketed images. There are some instances though where taking three bracketed photos is not possibl...

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How to create a winter landscape scene using the Gimp

This week I went skiing with my family and took a picture I thought would make a nice winter scene.  I will show you how to do it in the Gim...

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Enhancing the colors of your photos

There are many different ways to enhance the colors of your photos using the Gimp.  In this tutorial, I will show you the basic process for ...

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How to remove elements from your photos without using the clone tool

NOTE: Resynthesizer no longer seems to work well in newer versions of Gimp. It has been replaced with the tools Heal Selection and Heal Tran...

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