NIK Filters in GIMP, Wallpapers, a book and some more!
Friday, May 6, 2016Been a long time since I've written something here. So I thought I should post some small things I've done in the mean time.
Running NIK Collection filters on GIMP
I am slowly transitioning to use GIMP more. It's far easier once you've made it to look just like Photoshop - look this guide or this theme - if that's what you are coming from.
Recently, Google made some filters from NIK, a company it acquired that also makes the app Snapseed for Android, available for download for free. If you look the website, the filters seem awesome. Looking on the web you will findout that people have made it run with GIMP in Windows.
But I also ditched Windows some time ago, and am using Ubuntu. So I decided I would use them in Ubuntu. There isn't much to say here other than, yeah, I've done it, using Play On Linux, both the script for Play On Linux and for Gimp are available for download in the repo below.
This was very useful and allowed me to use them on some images...
A Repository for my Wallpapers
So I don't have a Camera. I mean, a real one, with lots of fun manual controls. My smartphone recently died and I changed to using a Moto X Play - which I feel it's an awesome phone. And it has a 21 Megapixel camera, that although isn't the best on market, can take decent photos on good lighting.
With this, and the new filters, and the fact that I am learning how to use Darktable, I decided to post online the photos that I feel are nice enough to be used as wallpaper by other people. Link below.
And that thing about a book...
Writing is something I am very slow. Like I take a lot of time between writing, reading, rewriting, rereading... But I decided to write something that I think should be easy for everyone, which is building your own computer. I know, desktops aren't exactly the hottest topic in 2016. But building PCs is something I really enjoy doing, reading on the trends, benchmarks, looking up YouTube videos showing the fps for games. Yeah, so hey, it's right here, How to Build A PC.
And what more?...
I feel like I have less and less free time in life the older I get. So there isn't much more. I've made a gist in github in the mean time to throw some homeless scripts and texts, maybe some stuff there will grow in the future. There is a link to my gist down here.
bye for now!