Hello,long, so absolutely not time for anything but a rudimentary introduction to 3 or 4 tools.
I hope you don't mind me posting here. I'm looking for someone in South Alabama who would be able to give a very basic introduction/demo to GIMP for photo restoration.
Members of the Baldwin County Genealogical Society would like to learn more about repairing and enhancing digitized photos. We meet at 10am on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Foley Public Library. The presentations are usually 45 minutes to an hour
This could be a live demonstration or PowerPoint with videos. Most of our members are older, so patience and simplicity is key!
We cannot charge admission, however the speaker would be welcome to include information on his/her fees for photo restoration services.
I have speakers booked through January 2019, but I would love to get someone lined up for February or later.
Thank you for your consideration.
Auriette
GenealogyPR (at) gmail.com
Hello,long, so absolutely not time for anything but a rudimentary introduction to 3 or 4 tools.
I hope you don't mind me posting here. I'm looking for someone in South Alabama who would be able to give a very basic introduction/demo to GIMP for photo restoration.
Members of the Baldwin County Genealogical Society would like to learn more about repairing and enhancing digitized photos. We meet at 10am on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Foley Public Library. The presentations are usually 45 minutes to an hour
This could be a live demonstration or PowerPoint with videos. Most of our members are older, so patience and simplicity is key!
genealogypr@gmail.com wrote:long, so absolutely not time for anything but a rudimentary introduction to 3 or 4 tools.
Hello,
I hope you don't mind me posting here. I'm looking for someone in South Alabama who would be able to give a very basic introduction/demo to GIMP for photo restoration.
Members of the Baldwin County Genealogical Society would like to learn more about repairing and enhancing digitized photos. We meet at 10am on the 2nd Saturday each month at the Foley Public Library. The presentations are usually 45 minutes to an hour
This could be a live demonstration or PowerPoint with videos. Most of our members are older, so patience and simplicity is key!
it is best done with the people doing things themselves
as in a workshop. lectures rarely go well for tutorials
as everyone learns at a different pace.
i'm not local to Alabama, but consider running it as an
afternoon workshop instead.
songbird
Never over write the original and you can't go wrong no matter how bad your efforts.
First learn to change the color scan to gray scale for B&W's under
Removing fold lines, mold, water damage and rips take a lot longer and >everyone who does it is still learning.
Jimmy Alpha wrote:
Never over write the original and you can't go wrong no matter how bad your efforts.
that's the most important rule!
Never work on the original, always use a copy of the original.
And to avoid future problems; rename the copies you are working on.
original name --> original name + copy (holiday-1.jpg --> holiday-1-copy.jpg). To rename every picture this way is very easy to
do in Irfanview ( $N-copy as new name) Or whatever name you want to
use.
First learn to change the color scan to gray scale for B&W's under
snipped ( to difficult for a user who sees Gimp for the first time )
You need a lot of time; some luck when you try something new; watch
you tube uploads to look how other people do things and just try it to replicate it on your own work. It is a lot of trial and error; you
need to learn to fine tune your brushes; a tablet is a must.
Removing fold lines, mold, water damage and rips take a lot longer and
everyone who does it is still learning.
yep. And after a few years frustration you can finally give every
pixel it own color. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try it.
Using Gimp this way is not something a starting Gimp user could do in
a week; it takes months to master things and you need to practice,
practice and before I forget : practice!
The original request for patience and simplicity is ehhh ....
not so simple. Don't start with Gimp if you want simplicity.
On 8/15/2018 5:31 AM, lisa wrote:
Jimmy Alpha wrote:
Never over write the original and you can't go wrong no matter how bad
your efforts.
that's the most important rule!
Never work on the original, always use a copy of the original.
And to avoid future problems; rename the copies you are working on.
original name --> original name + copy (holiday-1.jpg -->
holiday-1-copy.jpg). To rename every picture this way is very easy to
do in Irfanview ( $N-copy as new name) Or whatever name you want to
use.
First learn to change the color scan to gray scale for B&W's under
snipped ( to difficult for a user who sees Gimp for the first time )
If they have a working copy of GIMP with a photo loaded it takes 5
seconds to check how the black and white picture was scanned and change
to grey scale if needed. If the older person can't hear the DVD being
played it doesn't matter that the last person could. Learning the basic setting is a must as CTRL Z to undo is also a must.
You need a lot of time; some luck when you try something new; watch you
tube uploads to look how other people do things and just try it to
replicate it on your own work. It is a lot of trial and error; you need
to learn to fine tune your brushes; a tablet is a must.
Removing fold lines, mold, water damage and rips take a lot longer and
everyone who does it is still learning.
yep. And after a few years frustration you can finally give every pixel
it own color. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try it.
Using Gimp this way is not something a starting Gimp user could do in a
week; it takes months to master things and you need to practice,
practice and before I forget : practice!
If genealogypr@gmail.com has a facebook page they might have a friend
that could help in video chat or messenger?
The original request for patience and simplicity is ehhh ....
not so simple. Don't start with Gimp if you want simplicity.
I'm 75 and I have more money than time, if my lawnmower needs repair I
don't take a free course at the local jr college to learn how to repair,
I pay someone, and for most older people wanting photos repaired I'd say
pay someone to do it and enjoy what time they have left at Ancestry.com.
Also have any of the 17 gimp users here tried facebook "Photo
Restoration Free Service"? This looks great for anyone with only a few
old photos, 4 per day...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/134089711030/
Jimmy A
On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:28:32 -0400, Jimmy Alpha GeD wrote:
On 8/15/2018 5:31 AM, lisa wrote:
Jimmy Alpha wrote:
Never over write the original and you can't go wrong no matter how bad >>>> your efforts.
that's the most important rule!
Never work on the original, always use a copy of the original.
And to avoid future problems; rename the copies you are working on.
original name --> original name + copy (holiday-1.jpg -->
holiday-1-copy.jpg). To rename every picture this way is very easy to
do in Irfanview ( $N-copy as new name) Or whatever name you want to
use.
First learn to change the color scan to gray scale for B&W's under
snipped ( to difficult for a user who sees Gimp for the first time )
If they have a working copy of GIMP with a photo loaded it takes 5
seconds to check how the black and white picture was scanned and change
to grey scale if needed. If the older person can't hear the DVD being
played it doesn't matter that the last person could. Learning the basic
setting is a must as CTRL Z to undo is also a must.
You need a lot of time; some luck when you try something new; watch you>
tube uploads to look how other people do things and just try it to
replicate it on your own work. It is a lot of trial and error; you need
to learn to fine tune your brushes; a tablet is a must.
Removing fold lines, mold, water damage and rips take a lot longer and >>>> everyone who does it is still learning.
yep. And after a few years frustration you can finally give every pixel
it own color. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try it.
Using Gimp this way is not something a starting Gimp user could do in a
week; it takes months to master things and you need to practice,
practice and before I forget : practice!
If genealogypr@gmail.com has a facebook page they might have a friend
that could help in video chat or messenger?
The original request for patience and simplicity is ehhh ....
not so simple. Don't start with Gimp if you want simplicity.
I'm 75 and I have more money than time, if my lawnmower needs repair I
don't take a free course at the local jr college to learn how to repair,
I pay someone, and for most older people wanting photos repaired I'd say
pay someone to do it and enjoy what time they have left at Ancestry.com.
Also have any of the 17 gimp users here tried facebook "Photo
Restoration Free Service"? This looks great for anyone with only a few
old photos, 4 per day...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/134089711030/
Jimmy A
I'm 88 and am in the process of retouching some old black and white
scanned family photos. P.S. I don't have lots of money, just enough.
Gimp does take a bit of learning, but like other full featured software,
you don't have to know it all to get started, and in the case of gimp
there are filters and techniques one may never use.
I love gimp, use it one or two times a week but it's not something us
old people can learn from a one or two hour powerpoint presentation.
I also liked many of of the YouTube videos, but the trouble with
almost all of them is that they do not say the reasoning behind
the operations. It is all "moneky see, monkey do". If you are
interested in something beyond the canned stuff (i.e. invent
your own methods, etc.) you need to get a more formal
background. The book was pretty good.
And, in past years, this group of very good at that. I learnt a
lot of the ideas behind the canned procedures from this group.
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