One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-May 2022

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Badge for the one-to-three photo processing challenge.

Join the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge to have some creative fun with photos.

The purpose of the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge is to play. These days we have so many different ways to process a photo: from phone apps to Photoshop. And these different software options make it accessible for anyone to get fun and beautiful effects. Whether you have a lot of time or a little.

I’ve been spending a lot of my pandemic playing with photo processing. Because it is a relaxing indoor activity that I can do for free (I mostly use open-source programs and old versions of paid programs). And I thought it might be fun to share what I’ve been doing and see what other folks are trying out.

No complicated rules, just:

  1. Pick a photo you want to play with.
  2. Process it using three different methods.
  3. After that create a blog post with the original and your creative products. Alternatively, if it is easier for you, you could post a gallery on Instagram with #tsc_1to3.
  4. If you can, please include a description of your methods. So others can give them a whirl.
  5. Then add a comment below containing the link to your post (pingbacks don’t work). So we can all see your creations.
  6. Check out what other folks are doing for new ideas.

I can hardly wait to see what you create.

April creations:

Here’s my one-to-three contribution for this month:

Dandelion wishes just waiting for a puff of wind.
Original
The G'mic colored edge preset gives the dandelion a soft look. The colored edges are barely noticeable on this photo.
Colored edges
Paint with brush’s default settings.
The dreamy preset in paint with brush makes the dandelion look very soft but still keeps details.
The dreamy preset.

Directions for my methods:

I found a new filter in G’mic. I think it was added in the most recent update. The “Paint with brush” filter has many settings and I started by looking at some of the presets. If you are interested I am using this same filter on two other photos for this month’s one-to-three, a landscape on my XingfuMama blog and a camellia, yes, it is also a flower also, but it is a smooth photo with less detail, on Instagram.

The filter is in G’mic’s Artistic set of filters. Filters>G’MIC-Qt then select Artistic and select Paint with brush. For information about the GIMP and G’mic check out my GIMP Articles and Tutorials page.

Badge for the one-to-three photo processing challenge.
Badge for the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge

6 Replies to “One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-May 2022”

  1. Thank you for linking to my post. I like the dreamy look best here, but I actually find them all quite similar – there’s not as much differentiation between the effects as with some other edits perhaps?

    1. Sometimes that’s how it is. I wanted to see how this filter worked with a finely detailed picture.

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