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DavidB · 2016-01-08 14:18

I happened across this interesting app. the other day and thought I'd share it with you, here. It's called XnRetro and iIt makes it easy for you to take your photographs and put a retro spin on them, something similar to what the Instagram app does on your cell phone.

It's really easy to use and works well with Q4OS. If you'd like to give it a try, you can download the .tar file from the developer's website, here: http://www.xnview.com/en/xnretro/. There's no real install you have to do, just un-tar the file and run the xnretro.sh bash script. But, you will need to install the library file libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 for it to work (at least I did). You can obtain it from either Synaptic or via apt-get at the command line.

Here's a little before and after photo comparison of a couple photos I touched up with XnRetro.

XnRetro Before / After Comparison on David, on ipernity

MC · 2016-01-08 18:57

Good info DavidB. Another good way to "tweak" images is with the on-line GIMP G'MIC site. A lot of people are overwhelmed trying to use GIMP, so this site allows anyone to "GIMP" their own images without the frustration. There is a large variety of filters to use, and they have a sample image to preview how each filter looks. When you upload your own image it has a live update so you can preview how your image will look. It even has the ability to crop and resize.

It's free and no need to install software. Just upload your favorite image and give it a go. https://gmicol.greyc.fr/

Here's some samples from your image above.

DavidB · 2016-01-08 20:26

That's really handy, too! Thanks, MC; I never knew about G'MIC. Will be sure to bookmark it.

bobby · 2016-01-09 00:37

If it does colorizing, I'll start my Fiverr.com gig tomorrow

Good to know though.

JimW · 2016-01-09 02:58

bobby wrote:

If it does colorizing, I'll start my Fiverr.com gig tomorrow
Good to know though.

Let me know if you get Commando Cody colorized! (plus any of the other old time scifi shows) I've often wondered what they would look like. But, then again, I guess the black/white shows would loose some of their appeal if they were colorized!

bobby · 2016-01-09 06:28

LOL - That's more work than I was hoping for I was thinking of those $5 gigs

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