GIMPing

I feel like a dinosaur. The minute you turn your back, there are more new tricks to learn in the world of photography, leaving me perpetually feeling as though I’ve been left behind in the 100m race.

It was all triggered off by this email that landed in my inbox a couple of days ago. The innocuous note inspired me to start whipping those lazy photographs of mine that have holidaying in my hard disk into shape; all to earn more mullah.

Little did I suspect that there would be a fair bit of work involved.

First I had to chase them down and sort through them, leaving some personal favourites out in favour of others that are more likely to impress. Then I learnt about something called “noise”. Darn it! Whether it’s actual noise made by a bunch of rowdy kids or those grainy specks that appear in some photographs, both are equally unwelcome.

Hence, started my foray into editing and cleaning my pix. But wait, the software supplied by the camera people didn’t let me clean up the noise. How now brown cow? Photoshop is way too pricey, plus I was sure it would slow down my computer. Macam mana ini???

Fortunately, a kind Facebook contact led me to GIMP. Phew!
Now, I swear I’m a GIMPer. Okay, so the noise isn’t totally gone but I’ve learnt to distort my pictures and do some zany things to them. You’ll be see more of them soon enough.