Archive For December 8th, 2004

s c i z z o . g i m p . o r g – lots of GIMP stuff!

s c i z z o has loads of GIMP stuff on his site – tutorials, links, etc. Hmm, His Paths Basics article is enlightening!

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UF – Sensible Photos?

Hehe.. I like today’s UserFriendly comic, but who wants to take sensible photos? bbboooorrrriiiiinnnnggggg!

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U.S. National Debt – Castro has the Trillion Dollar Bill!

Last night Sky showed that Simpson’s episode where Homer worked for the IRS to spy on his friends and eventually found out that Burns had a Trillion Dollar Bill given to him at the end of WWII to give to the French. Looks like the U.S. National Debt could do with that bill now eh? [...]

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Phishing Scams – 3 stories

3 scary phishing stories from the Washington Post: washingtonpost.com: Phishing Schemes Scar Victims Phishing Feeds Internet Black Markets Companies Forced to Fight Phishing

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Extended Depth Of Field Using Panorama Tools

I link to this tutorial not because of the method which uses Panotools that I could never get my head around, but because of the fearsome picture of the “Ten-Lined June Beetle”! *shudder* Enblend – Panorama generating tool. One to try later.

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Digital Camera Tips a.k.a. Using GIMP for Digital Photography

This short guide is useful if you’re starting out in digital photography. I’ll have to try his sharpening suggestions as I usually use the following when sharpening images for this site: Radius 0.1, Amount 0.50, Threshold 4

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Professional Photographers Using Linux?

In this Ask Slashdot Question, like so many others, the question/headline is misleading. It asks about scanning slides, and no matter what type of OS you use, if you use cheap hardware you’re not going to get great results. Still, take a look at the comments for more.

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Free Marlyn Monroe 2005 Calendar

Despite the title of this page saying “Calendar 2004″ it does look like a 2005 calendar, only someone was a little too quick off the mark with their website editor! Anyway, the important bit is that Ilford are giving away a Marilyn Monroe Calendar on their site! The only snag? It’s a PDF that you [...]

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