Gimp

So I just realized its been almost 2 weeks since my last blog entry. Now I doubt anyone really noticed but just in case sorry... but in all fairness I did mention once the weather was nice I would be outside a lot. Lets see a few things since my last post #1 I realized I'm one chunky monkey I plan on doing a big blog on that at a later date. #2 I got my bubble popped on Monday 4/27 when I found out that Johnson & Wales has filled up their 2009 class and therefore I wont be able to go to culinary school until a later date (the pain is still to fresh to blog about. So I guess I'll fill you in on what I've been distracting myself with, I want to introduce you to GIMP. Now GIMP stands for General Image Manipulation Program basically its just like photoshop, but with one major difference. GIMP is FREE!!!!! It is an open source application available on Mac, Linux and PC's.

Now I am no way an expert or even remotely good at photo editing but that's the great thing about Gimp. I actually found it easier to use than my free trial of Adobe photoshop CS4, and with some help from Youtube I found plenty of tutorials. Below you can see some of the stuff I figured out just after a few hours of playing around. I will also put the photos in the order of how I did them just to show the learning curve.

Instant Liposuction

Logo Design

Silly Photo Editing

Pop Art


Tilt Shift Lens Effect


As you can see with a little creativity, patients, and youtube video help you can take some of your old photos and kick them up a notch. If you want to download Gimp for your computer just click Here. Well hope you enjoyed what I've done remember I've only been fooling around with this for just a couple of days. Let me know what you will be using Gimp for and for those who use it already feel free to leave me some tips. Since tips rhymes with snips it reminds me ask that you please help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.