GIMP 2.3 Tutorial - Face Replace (Part 2)

You will find the first 9:59 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BafertvtNnc

This video shows how to use some basic image editing techniques to replace the face in an image with another face. If you have any questions, I will be glad to help you.


== Keyboard shortcuts mentioned ==

Ctrl-L:
Show the Layers Dialog.

Hold Ctrl (when scaling):
Maintain aspect ratio.

+,-:
Zoom in/out

Hold Middle Mouse Button and move:
Pan (move within) image.

],[:
Increase,decrease radius. (New functionality, you might not have it in your version.)

Ctrl-Z:
Undo.


==Swedish pronunciation dictionary==
roofly = roughly
future = feature


==Technical details==
The video was recorded with recordMyDesktop using GIMP 2.3.16 on Ubuntu 7.04 beta, and scaled/sharpened/encoded with MEncoder, using this command:
mencoder face-replace.ogg -vf scale=320:240,smartblur=4:-0.5:-10 -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -af volume=30 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2000:vqmin=2:keyint=50 -o gimp-tutorial-face-replace.avi

After encoding it, I discovered that Directors can't upload videos longer than 10 minutes anymore :(, so I used MEncoder to losslessly split it in two parts.


Feel free to spread the video in YouTube-embedded format as much as you like.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• gimp
• tutorial
• face
• replace
• basics
• ubuntu

[boysangur]

Thanks for the video, it's very clear and helpful. I just have one question though. I'm new to GIMP and image editing in general so this may be a stupid question but why didn't you just use the eraser on the new layer of your face, instead of creating a layer mask and coloring it black?

[Enselic]

Glad you liked it. If I would have used the eraser, I would not have been able to do adjustments later. In theory I could do it with Edit -> Undo, but in practice that doesn't work because I might have made other changes to the image that I would not want to undo. With a layer mask I can adjust the erased part of the layer at any time. I hope that answers your question.

[Enselic]

@ShaneBarrywoeas It's free software you spamming moron

[EmanikonxRevolution]

Very good video. Just what I was looking for. 

[damorgman]

Very nice tutorial! Thank you for sharing! One question, sometimes when I add a new item to a photo, get it in the correct position, scale, etc., but then it stands out because the resolution of the addition is different than the original picture. How do I adjust the resolution of the pasted layer?

[damorgman]

Very nice tutorial! Thank you for sharing! One question, sometimes when I add a new item to a photo, get it in the correct position, scale, etc., but then it stands out because the resolution of the addition is different than the original picture. How do I adjust the resolution of the pasted layer?

[heber17641]

@boysangur without doing that he couldn't have blurred the mask, so he couldn't have smoothed it.

[Ozkar1337]

haha man hör verkligen att du är från Sverige

[mutrid]

Thanks!

[slayermenta]

Einstein+yourself=My Grandpa

[0Transience0]

thank you :-)

[quackdamnu]

Thanks very much - I'd tried to read (and understand) about layer masks without a lot of success. In less than 15min you made it all really clear.

[rubberneck19er]

You video was VERY helpful, I wish Gimp would find a UI and stick with it. I'm using 2.6.11 and it's a totally different User Interface. Nothing is docked or pops up like yours. I've only been using in a week or so now, but Your interface looks way more simple than mine. I tried to look up if it can be docked with no luck. Thanks again for the Video!