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    From Dave@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 1 16:31:26 2019
    All,

    New to GIMP 2.8.22 (Ubuntu). I'm able to do some basic things like
    correct perspective, touch up blemishes, etc. Now I need to add some
    Christmas decorations to a photo. The decorations are a wreath on a
    door, and garland on the two columns surrounding the door. Problem is I
    really don't know where to begin. I could use some help. Pointers to
    articles would be fine.

    P.S. Tried to register with GIMP Users, but it did not ask for a
    password, until I want to log in. Still waiting to get that fixed. This
    is why I really don't care for web support.

    Thanks,
    Dave

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  • From Gernot Hassenpflug@21:1/5 to Dave on Mon Dec 2 13:03:09 2019
    Dave <dboland9@protonmail.com> writes:

    New to GIMP 2.8.22 (Ubuntu). I'm able to do some basic things like
    correct perspective, touch up blemishes, etc. Now I need to add some Christmas decorations to a photo. The decorations are a wreath on a
    door, and garland on the two columns surrounding the door. Problem is
    I really don't know where to begin. I could use some help. Pointers
    to articles would be fine.

    Probably several approaches here, no expert myself, but have you looked into working with layers?

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    NNTP on Emacs 25.2 from Windows 7

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Gernot Hassenpflug on Sun Dec 1 23:36:00 2019
    On 12/1/19 11:03 PM, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:
    Dave <dboland9@protonmail.com> writes:

    New to GIMP 2.8.22 (Ubuntu). I'm able to do some basic things like
    correct perspective, touch up blemishes, etc. Now I need to add some
    Christmas decorations to a photo. The decorations are a wreath on a
    door, and garland on the two columns surrounding the door. Problem is
    I really don't know where to begin. I could use some help. Pointers
    to articles would be fine.

    Probably several approaches here, no expert myself, but have you looked into working with layers?

    Yes. I opened the main photo, the opened the photo I want to add as a
    layer. The I finally figured out how to re-scale it and then move it.
    That was for a wreath. No clue how to add garlands.

    Dave.

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  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Dave on Sun Dec 1 23:21:06 2019
    In Message-ID:<qs1bfc$1vms$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Dave <dboland9@protonmail.com> wrote:

    New to GIMP 2.8.22 (Ubuntu). I'm able to do some basic things like
    correct perspective, touch up blemishes, etc. Now I need to add some >Christmas decorations to a photo. The decorations are a wreath on a
    door, and garland on the two columns surrounding the door. Problem is I >really don't know where to begin.

    Are you planing to draw the wreath and garland? Or do you have
    pictures of them you want to add in?

    If the latter, are they already separated out, or will you have to
    cut them from another picture? And after you have them stand-alone,
    will you have to resize them?

    How realistic will it have to look? For instance, will shadows be
    required? Will the highlighting have to match the direction of the
    light in your photo?

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    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Sun Dec 1 23:37:51 2019
    On 12/1/19 11:21 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    In Message-ID:<qs1bfc$1vms$1@gioia.aioe.org>,
    Dave <dboland9@protonmail.com> wrote:

    New to GIMP 2.8.22 (Ubuntu). I'm able to do some basic things like
    correct perspective, touch up blemishes, etc. Now I need to add some
    Christmas decorations to a photo. The decorations are a wreath on a
    door, and garland on the two columns surrounding the door. Problem is I
    really don't know where to begin.

    Are you planing to draw the wreath and garland? Or do you have
    pictures of them you want to add in?

    Both are photos


    If the latter, are they already separated out, or will you have to
    cut them from another picture? And after you have them stand-alone,
    will you have to resize them?

    The wreath and garland are already cut out and have an invisible background.


    How realistic will it have to look? For instance, will shadows be
    required? Will the highlighting have to match the direction of the
    light in your photo?

    As realistic as possible, without spending a lot of time.



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