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LMP900
August 17th, 2011, 06:40 AM
Has anyone here experimented or regularly use GIMP's (http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/could-this-be-the-ultimate-black-and-white-converter/) c2g (http://meetthegimp.org/black-and-white-conversion-with-gegl%E2%80%99s-c2g-color2gray-in-gimp/) in their workflow? I find the photos I take with my phone are a bit bland and usually use c2g with a color overlay. Here is an example taken with a Samsung Captivate:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u150/bperedo/typical-edit-side-by-side-small.jpg
Normal output on the left; Processed with the GIMP on the right

My Sigma DP1 broke prior to Yosemite, so I used my mom's Canon Powershot A590IS and processed the photos with the GIMP. Here is the set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianperedo/sets/72157625400230918/

Please post other examples and/or techniques with this fun little tool.

jerrrys
August 17th, 2011, 04:52 PM
i don't play much with this plugin; you have inspired me to do so :)

spiceminesofkessel
August 17th, 2011, 05:01 PM
Impressive!

LMP900
August 22nd, 2011, 06:21 PM
i don't play much with this plugin; you have inspired me to do so :)

Please, do post your results! Be careful with the parameters, though. It's very easy to "overcook" your images. Just search 'c2g (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=c2g)' on flickr and you'll see what I mean. There is also a thread (http://www.flickr.com/groups/gimpusers/discuss/72157619079536887/) in the GIMP group discussing the plugin with plenty of examples.

WarrenSH
August 24th, 2011, 07:39 AM
Your first post with the airplane reminds me of a HDSLR or what ever they call it outcome

maintainie
August 27th, 2011, 09:30 AM
hmm really nice post, thanks for sharing, really appreciate!

ofnuts
August 27th, 2011, 12:56 PM
Stumbled on this thread... looks like a quick way to do HDR..., however 1) it's a CPU hog, has anyone ever processed camera-size pictures (8Mpx or more)? and 2) how do you reduce the "grain"?

LMP900
August 27th, 2011, 06:08 PM
Your first post with the airplane reminds me of a HDSLR or what ever they call it outcome

It does indeed look similar to tone mapped HDR photos, except these images are much noisier.


Stumbled on this thread... looks like a quick way to do HDR..., however 1) it's a CPU hog, has anyone ever processed camera-size pictures (8Mpx or more)? and 2) how do you reduce the "grain"?

Check out Paul's post (http://blog.wbou.de/index.php/2009/08/04/black-and-white-conversion-with-gegls-c2g-color2gray-in-gimp/) regarding what each parameter does. He specifically mentions that increasing the samples will reduce the noise.

But sometimes, I just embrace the noise and vignetting :)

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u150/bperedo/4177367658_01e3b8dcd4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianperedo/4177367658/sizes/o/in/set-72157618464178095/)
Click for the original size, where you can really see the noise!

ofnuts
August 27th, 2011, 08:38 PM
But sometimes, I just embrace the noise and vignetting :)! yes, looks like the best option :)

Mitjaa
August 28th, 2011, 11:07 AM
Wow awesome thanks