Re: [Gimp-user] Features

[Guy Stalnaker <jimmyg521 gmail com>]

Mr. Quinn,

GIMP has no single tool for this purpose. But it IS an editor with 
layers and a different image can be added to different layers. With the 
use of masks you can with great precision decide which parts of which 
layers are "visible."

A quick google search

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00SNWy74dxwuOXvjGfFV_Dbh8vKmw%3A1616081598113&ei=vnJTYK2qBo6F9PwPwLSwMA&q=photo+montage+gimp&oq=photo+montage+gimp&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyAggAMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeOgcIABCwAxBDOgQIABBDOgcIABCHAhAUOggIABAWEAoQHlDsvQFYg8IBYIXFAWgBcAJ4AIABVIgB4QOSAQE2mAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesgBCsABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwitgdWMlbrvAhWOAp0JHUAaDAYQ4dUDCAw&uact=5

results in quite a few "tutorials" on using layers to create a montage.

I do this a LOT, though for enhancing image I've taken. For example, if 
an image of the setting sun has the foreground is too dark because the 
camera overcompensated for the bright sun, I can create a second image 
layer by duplicating the original, lighten it with a tool so the 
foreground is brighter, then use a mask to show only the lightened 
foreground of that particular layer (typically using a gradient); this 
is a very common technique, a pseudo-neutral density filter as it were.

Given that GIMP is free and works very, very well, it may pay for your 
effort at learning its use (I got into GIMP by digitizing old family 
photographs that require MUCH cleaning, so I've spent many, many hours 
using it).

Hope this helps,

Regards.

On 3/18/21 10:17 AM, WOODY QUINN via gimp-user-list wrote:
> Looking for a photo editor with features similar to PaintShopPro or older Roxio Creator, must include "cookie-cutter" 
> or "scrollsaw" features, for creation of photo montages from multiple photos.
>
> Is Gimp a likely choice?
>
> Woody Quinn
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