The #the1000daysofsteem mini-promo asks us to recount our favorite photo editing software. For many years I used PaintShopPro X2. I have fond memories of the intuitive toolset of the program. As I recall, the program had batch processing tools that would let me apply the same adjustments to all of the files in a directory. This streamlined the editing process.
My computer crashed. My new computer uses Linux. So, I am stuck with GIMP.
The truth of the matter is that I am a minimalist when it comes to editing.
Since my internal sense of balance is off, I often find that I need to adjust the rotation of the picture. I then crop and scale the pictures. I usually scale the images down to a leading edge of 1280px for my personal site.
Editing in GIMP is pretty much an automated habit now. I do the following:
- I rename the photo in FileManager.
- I load the picture in GIMP.
- Shft-R to rotate the image if it is skawampus.
- Shft-C to crop the image.
- Shft-T to scale the image
- Alt i e to autocrop the scaled image
- Ctrl-Shft-e to export
- and on to the next photo.
I really miss the ability to just run batch processing.
I decided to upload some old photos I took earlier this year. The first photo shows construction in Holladay Utah. I usually add a link to photos. If you click on the picture you will see the 1280 resolution photo on my personal site.
The second photo shows a scuba diving club in Holladay. I find this an amusing spot for a dive club as it is several thousand miles from the ocean.
The third photo shows the current location of the Millcreek City Hall. Yes. City Hall is in a strip mall. I understand that the city is planing a gold plated city hall building. It takes a little time to issue the bonds to buy the gold needed to plate a government building to modern political standards.
Personally, I like having City Hall in a shopping mall as it emphasizes the fact that politicians are for sale. Unfortunately the current price of a politician is out of reach of the common man's budget.
But lets get back to editing. I used the clone tool to blur out the license plate numbers. Some photographers blur all of the trademarks and logos that sneak into pictures.