Shot of the Day #56
I attempted a ‘HDR’ like image in Photoshop’s Camera Raw and it turned out to be very handy in manipulating my photograph into a better quality image than I would have produced if I used Photomatix (in my opinion)! If you look closely at the screenshots of my before and after the level of noise is very minimal in the shadows in particular and I would have a massive amount of noise after processing a raw in Photomatix!
How to make a photo grungy in GIMP
This is a very simple method to making photographs grungy, but its also a good technique to have handy in your mind for any post-processing you might do in the future!
Lighting Effect
In this tutorial, I will show you how so improve boring text with some simple lighting. I used GIMP to produce this effect.

Lighting Effect