Using GIMP

6. Using Filters

This chapter gives you the opportunity to explore Filter effects such as blur, distort, enhance, and use artistic and map filters.

Anyone who’s ever gone to the movies or seen a television show is aware of the concept of special effects and visual effects. This is the process by which a visual, mechanical, or computer-generated image is integrated into the overall filmed narrative, with the goal of having the audience accept the effect as “real”. The effect can be completely illusionary, such as inserting the CGI of the Incredible Hulk into an actual filmed environment, or used to enhance an actual person or object, such as making it seem as if actor Elijah Wood is really the size of the hobbit Frodo Baggins.

The use of filter ...