How to Create Steampunk Photography Using GIMP
Steampunk is a throwback (or perhaps a throw forward) to a time or a fictional setting where steam power drives the world. Think of Victorian era England mixed with science. fiction.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk In terms of...
Method 1 of 2:
Using Pre-Built Effects
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Pick out a photo. A photo of anything steam-powered is appropriate, of course, but you can also play with images of gears, airships, hot air balloons, and anything mixing Victorian elements with mechanical technology. -
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Install GIMP if you haven't already. -
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Apply the Old Photo filter (Filters > Décor > Old Photo). This border size has been decreased a bit (the default value was a bit too large for the image).- Decide if you want to let Defocus on after reading the next few steps. In this example, it was left on, as it is the default.
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- And instantly we have an old looking photo.
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- You can leave it as it, but if what you want is a steampunk image, read on.
- Decide if you want to let Defocus on after reading the next few steps. In this example, it was left on, as it is the default.
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Adjust the curves. Adjust the color curves to make it more vivid. -
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Sharpen the image. The defocus option in applying the filter was a nice touch in making the photo look old, but you want to experiment with taking it into the opposite direction and apply a heavy sharpen. -
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Add a few coffee stains (Filters > Décor > Coffee Stain) to the photo (accidents happen with old photos, after all). The stains are drawn randomly, so try a few times until you get something you like. -
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Here's the final result, which we obtained only with pre-built effects.
Method 2 of 2:
Beyond the Basics
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Start with the original photo. Sure, applying the sepia effect automatically was easy, but with manual control we can get something much better, so let's redo that step manually. -
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Turn it into black and white (a quick way is to desaturate it - Colors > Desaturate, but you can also use convert to grayscale and then back to RGB). -
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Select a light brown as foreground (painting) color, add a new layer, fill it with that light brown.- Optionally rename the layer "sepia" to help you identify it.
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- Optionally rename the layer "sepia" to help you identify it.
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Add a Layer Mask to the brown layer and leave it white (full opacity). -
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Now go to the background (photo) layer, select everything, go back to the sepia layer, select its mask and paste (paste into the mask, not into the image layer). -
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Anchor the selection.- The result will look funny, but do not get scared, it's ok.
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- The result will look funny, but do not get scared, it's ok.
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Just change the layer mode from "Normal" to "Color".- And you will have a good looking sepia image.
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- And you will have a good looking sepia image.
- Merge the layers.
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Add a border. Use the Fuzzy Border filter (Filters > Décor > Fuzzy Border).- Take care to select a good color for it (use the color picker and take a sample from the picture) and a good size.
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- And the result is something like this.
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- Take care to select a good color for it (use the color picker and take a sample from the picture) and a good size.
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If you want to defocus, add a little Gaussian Blur or if you want to go the opposite way, just sharpen it. -
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You can also play with the Color Curves.
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