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How can I improve my editing process? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 months ago by cosmicrookie to c/gimp

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I have recently transitioned to Gimp, and looking for ways to improve/optimize my process of these repetitive edits. I often do 150-200 so even the slightest optimization can save me hours!

I know how I could have done these much faster on Photoshop, with batch actions, and even would have gotten a better result, but I am fairly satisfied with the result for this first attempt.

Already noticed errors, are the feather edge of the select tool. I should have increased the feather to avoid the visible edges when adjusting levels of the face area.

Also, I should have taken better pictures to start with!

That said, resizing each picture separately, seems like a waste of time. On Photoshop, I could set the crop tool to crop resize the cropped image to a set dimension and resolution, even if i scaled it. I could also freely rotate it. So just the crop tool, saved me 3 steps per picture!

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[–] padjakkels -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Read the manual? Do the tutorials?

[–] cosmicrookie 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks!

I feel pretty confident that I am using things right, and eventually the images do get edited. The reason why I am posting here, is to ask of any of you can see ways that I could speed things up, make them better than I already do, or maybe have tips

Since I posted here, I figured out how to remap keyboard shortcuts to the ones that I was used to on photoshop. This has sped things up significantly and reduced a lot of the frustration. But I am sure that there must be more that could be improved.

Next thing I will look into is a batch plugin, to manage image resizing for all open files. I already have "export all open images" as a script

[–] padjakkels 1 points 5 months ago

Okay, all the best on your journey!