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Gimp multi-layer technique
When I work on a photo using the GIMP, I typically follow a technique that focuses either on the Grain Merge filter or the Value filter. Before I decide the values for any filter, I create two layers, copied from the base picture: – BW – CE And later I might create some masks or…
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Adopting Complexity
Becoming a grey beard geek has involved adopting complexity. Some would assume unnecessary complexity… But other recognize ideal underneath the tangle: a challenge to master. Setting yourself a regular challenge keeps your hopes set higher than the horizon. Geek on!
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Updated Bash CPU Meter
In August, I did a post on a pretty simple bash cpu meter. This one is still Intel-only, but is records the range of frequencies used during a report. #!/bin/bash COLWID=17 MAXTURBO=4200 function find_lines { local i=0 local j=0 while read line; do if [[ $line =~ cpu\ MHz ]]; then cpu[i]=$j ((i++)) fi ((j++))…
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Fishermans Bay, Lopez Isl (pano2) 2016-07-30
Here’s another shot at channel mixing, layer mask on desaturated layer for value channel.
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Spencer Spit, WA 2016-07-30
This is a pano I took with my Pentax K12, 35mm, four frames. I worked it with the channel mixer in the Gimp (first time I did that). This is a screen shot of how I arranged my layers: This is the original pic, taken at about 9pm at night:
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Two flowers, updated
I have done some grain-removal on the left side to flatten out the icon area for this wallpaper.
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LZOP is my friend
I’ve been doing a lot of disk cloning lately, working up instructions for duplicating a “sysprep” style Fedora image for the LANforge product. Now that live CDs tend to allow live installation of packages, I can boot one, plugin in a stick with the archive of my raw image, and install pv and lzop and…
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