Posts tagged “colour”

Wallpaper: Colour Wood

Posted by Luke on December 22, 2008. 25 comments.

The wallpaper I’ve been using on a couple of computers for the past couple of months is “Darker Wood” by PaulEnsane. It’s a very soothing, neutral and natural wallpaper. While I’ve been happily using it, I wanted something with a bit more colour, but still with the natural wood. I stumbled across this colourful wallpaper, [...]

Downloadable Photoshop Action: Slight vintage colours with Gradient Map

Posted by Luke on May 13, 2008. 2 comments.

I stumbled across this technique by accident while playing with Gradient Maps a while ago. It’s a simple way to add an attractive, non-uniform tint. Click the icon to download the action. If you want to know what the action does, then read on. How it works Start off with the basic image Add a [...]

GIMP Quicktips: Vintage Colours

Posted by Luke on March 29, 2008. One comment.

Another GIMP tutorial. Based on the earlier Photoshop version showing how to get vintage colours using Curves. I’ve tried to recreate it almost exactly – even used the same photo. The recording process went surpringly well in Ubuntu. I didn’t even need to take it into Vegas for editing. Just recorded with Xvidcap at 640x480px [...]