The Independent Kixmiller Pigeon MrkII

  The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) Editor has many plugins/filters available to give images that unique look.  Picture taken on Chester Park Road Looking Southeast in Harlingen, TX. I took this picture a few months ago. I applied a technicolor filter over the image to give it a 1940-1950's-ish appearance. Anyone who is a regular/semi-regular to my Facebook profile knows that I sometimes do cover photos with my pigeon prop (Lonesome Dub). A picture of my bird was taken in front of a solid color surface, which was then loaded into the GIMP Editor. Using the alpha transparency tool, the background was removed, making the surface around my avian prop transparent. I could then impose Lonesome behind various backgrounds and settings, giving my cover photos that unique look. In case you didn't know, GIMP is intended as behind a free, open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. The program is loaded with a rich assortment of plug-ins and scripts...

  The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) Editor has many plugins/filters available to give images that unique look. Another image of Baxter Tower on Jackson Street here in Harlingen. On this particular image, the Technicolor filter is applied. The bottom image is the original for comparison. By default, GIMP does not include a Technicolor script. Luckily, there are options available on the web which fills in the void. I downloaded both the Technicolor 2 and 3 color scripts which can be found on the following site: http://registry.gimp.org/node/9129 http://registry.gimp.org/node/9256 The site https://sites.google.com/site/elsamuko/gimp also has various scripts/filters that can be downloaded. Created by elsamuko, these scripts can work wonders in creating vintage-looking images. Included is the Lomo filter which gives images the appearance of what would have been taken on a Lomo camera from the 1950's-1970's. Also included are the tec...