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12/20/2005 02:38:11 AM · #1 |
Hello,
For Christmas, I've taken a number of photographs of a friend's dogs and sort of collaged them together and added some text. I am pleased thus far except for one thing: so many edges. I think that a soft circular effect around the whole collage would add a lot to a photo. I'm not sure how to convey what I am after any better than "soft circular effect." You see it a lot in senior year photos. Sorry if this is vague. Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't have any decent photo-editing programs. Just Irfanview, Miscrosoft Picture Editor, and some program that came with my camera, which doesn't offer much.
Here is the file: //s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1M0YC2XP70XRM2ADAWUN8EMZ1V |
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12/20/2005 02:46:37 AM · #2 |
| I used to be able to do that with a soft effect filter on the lens, but sorry I can't help with any software tricks. |
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12/20/2005 02:50:45 AM · #3 |
I can't help you with the programs you listed, because I don't know them or even know if they would do the trick. I suggest you go get a copy of The GIMP then quite a few of us can help you.
It's quite an easy effect with a decent editor. It involves making a circular selection, feathering that selection and usually a guassian blur.
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12/20/2005 03:20:45 AM · #4 |
| Okay, I downloaded The GIMP. Any guidance toward this effect with this program would be further appreciated. |
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12/20/2005 03:34:14 AM · #5 |
Try this This tutorial may give ya a clue as to what you are trying. If you want a circular effect, just use a circular selection instead of a rectangular one.
Gimp Tutorials offers a good range of how-to's.
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12/20/2005 05:07:56 AM · #6 |
I'm not too sure what you're talking about. Then again I think I've got an image of what you're trying to say.
Is this the effect you're talking about?
If it's not, then I apologise. My bad. |
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12/20/2005 08:18:19 AM · #7 |
Are you talking about a circular effect like what I used in the Santa pics I took at school? It's really easy to create:
Duplicate your background layer. Select the center area of your image with the elliptical marquee, feather the selection quite a bit (I used 250 pixels), then invert the selection. Make a new fill layer (solid color, white). After you do that, select a very large, soft brush and choose black as your color, and paint over the center part of the shot that you want to NOT be vignetted. Takes just a few minutes and I like the results. PM me if you have any questions or if I was as clear as mud. ;) |
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12/20/2005 10:36:20 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
Are you talking about a circular effect like what I used in the Santa pics I took at school? It's really easy to create:
Duplicate your background layer. Select the center area of your image with the elliptical marquee, feather the selection quite a bit (I used 250 pixels), then invert the selection. Make a new fill layer (solid color, white). After you do that, select a very large, soft brush and choose black as your color, and paint over the center part of the shot that you want to NOT be vignetted. Takes just a few minutes and I like the results. PM me if you have any questions or if I was as clear as mud. ;) |
That's great and I appreciate you responding. However, I'm having some trouble with this. I was able to duplicate the background layer, feather the selection (I used 250 pixels too - by the way, does the fairly large resolution of this photograph affect how many pixels I should use for this?), and make a new fill layer with white as the color. However, I sort of got stuck with the painting over step. |
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12/20/2005 10:37:56 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by pa_cuthbert:
I'm not too sure what you're talking about. Then again I think I've got an image of what you're trying to say.
Is this the effect you're talking about?
If it's not, then I apologise. My bad. |
That's great, too. I would just like the black to fully expand into the corners, becoming more grainy and white in the process, but never becoming fully white. Hope that makes sense. |
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12/20/2005 10:40:23 AM · #10 |
| I'd make an oval selection and feather it, then invert the selection. Create a new layer and fill the selection with white. You could also use the same selection as a mask for an Adjustment layer (e.g. Curves) and fade back the original image -- the feathering will provide the vignette effect. |
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12/20/2005 11:17:32 AM · #11 |
| I take it you cannot save this edited image as a .jpeg? |
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12/20/2005 11:19:27 AM · #12 |
Yes, you can, but you must flatten the image first. In GIMP go to the Image menu, and select Flatten image. Then save as JPEG.
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12/20/2005 11:56:20 AM · #13 |
| Thanks for the help everyone! |
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