One guest stated, “My daughter dreams big of being the first person on Mars. Thousands of guests from Germany, Turkey, the United States, Ireland, Croatia, Spain, New Zealand, and more responded with well wishes, hopes, and dreams.įor many, the Crew-3 mission is an inspiration to the younger generation. Since this is a crewed flight, we asked our guests to share a message with the crew. Photo credit: SpaceXĪround the world, more than 10,000 virtual guests are registered to be a part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station. ![]() From left are NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Tom Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer. The astronauts for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission are photographed in front of the Falcon 9 rocket during a tour of the hangar at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Oct. Find out what that entails in the video below. 28, the Crew-3 astronauts and launch teams will conduct a full dress rehearsal in preparation for launch. In support of Crew-3, SpaceX implemented several improvements to the Crew Dragon system based on knowledge gained from previous flights, including making a software change to build in more communications robustness against radiation effects while docked, adding more cleaning techniques to cut down on foreign object debris, improving computer performance during re-entry, and enhancing the spacecraft’s docking procedures and mechanisms to mitigate hardware interference on the space station side of the interface. The mission will fly a new Crew Dragon spacecraft, which crew members have named Endurance, and will be the first to fly a previously used nosecone. Crew-2 astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth in early November. Upon their arrival, the Crew-3 astronauts will have a short overlap with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who flew to the station as part of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission in April 2021. EDT, and the crew is expected to arrive at the orbiting laboratory about 22 hours later, at 12:10 a.m. The mission will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, to the International Space Station for a six-month stay. 27, 2021 for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon rolls out to Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early morning hours of Oct. The rocket is now in a vertical position at Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39A, awaiting liftoff on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 launch. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft atop, rolled out to the launch pad last night, Oct. 27, 2021, as preparations continue for the Crew-3 mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, Oct.
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![]() The Black Sheep on the Eastern border suffered a turbulent time during the middle of the 15th century. ![]() Moving on to the internal part of the content, we will be greeted by objectives centered around an improved court, the patronization of art and literature, as well as the development of new imperial fabrics:įinally, let’s take a look at some more highlights before we move on to the Black Sheep: Their military strength and control over trade routes were largely built upon their mastery of gunpowder weaponry and tactics, and Aq Qoyunlu may be able to join that group as well: This is a term coined for empires such as the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals, as they used this new warfare technology to expand their territories and dominate their regions. To wrap up the showcasing of conquest for Aq Qoyunlu, let’s take a look at “A Gunpowder Empire”. Therefore, there will be a mission about fully restoring it: The House of Wisdom's enduring legacy lies in its role in preserving and transmitting knowledge, which later influenced the European Renaissance and the broader development of human civilization. Scholars from various backgrounds gathered there to engage in scholarly pursuits, making significant advances in fields like astronomy, mathematics, medicine, and philosophy. ![]() Established during the Abbasid Caliphate in the 8th and 9th centuries, it continued to flourish into later centuries, being a hub of learning, translating, and preserving ancient Greek, Persian, and Indian texts, contributing significantly to the Islamic Golden Age. The House of Wisdom in Baghdad was a renowned center of scholarship and intellectual activity in the Islamic world. ![]() The first option of the event will grant some prosperity over time in the entire state as well as some reduction to local autonomy among other minor rewards.Īnother highlight of the Aq Qoyunlu conquest path is “The House of Wisdom”. The former will then give rise to aspirations for expansion in every direction while the latter mission (Rally the Turkomans) will play around with the existing Tribal Allegiance mechanic and grant a bonus to province warscore cost.Īt the same time, you will be called to eradicate one of the last Roman bastions in Eastern Anatolia, Trebizond, offering a unique event reward: Your first tasks would be to eradicate the last remnant of the Ayyubids in Hisn Kayfa, and rally your powerful cavalry. The AQ mission tree offers 31 new missions, interacting with nearly every facet of gameplay, from conquest and integration to estate interaction and events. In 1444 the legendary Uzun Hasan stands as the heir to a Tribal Federation ready to spread its wings and bring the surrounding territory under its heel. QQ and AQ will largely share most missions, each tree granting certain diversity in key points.ĭespite its smaller size compared to its Eastern neighbor, AQ starts at a much stable situation (more on that further down!). Good afternoon everyone and welcome! This week we will be covering multiple nations through the lenses of 2 Developer Diaries, one for Qara/Aq Qoyunlu and one for Georgia/Armenia in the thread below!Įmbroiled in both external and internal conflicts, the Turkomans in the Middle East offer a very interesting playthrough including government mechanics, events, and now completely new mission trees, government reforms, and more! Both tags share similar mission trees, each imbued with unique branches for AQ and unique branches for QQ. ![]() Or maybe that’s the ticket? Maybe it’s to decrease attendance numbers?įlorida Virtual School is an online school located in Florida, but open to students throughout the United States. ![]() Lastly, I feel sorry for the staff, they must be job scared and stressed out to be forced to push through such a horrible system through bullying and spam just to keep their jobs during an overcrowded attendance due to COVID. I hope that accreditation agencies and government agencies take notice before funding this place. I write this to warn other potential parents and students to avoid this school. I highly suspect that any 5 star reviews on this website were from FLVS staff, family and friends trying desperately to raise up their horrible ratings. The phone calls, texts, emails, reminders, welcome calls, live lessons, recorded live lessons, collaboration projects, writing assignments and exams will make you want to pull out your hair and find ANY OTHER SCHOOL than FLVS. My student is in middle school, not college. Maybe your child can work on these assignments over the weekend to catch up?” Are you kidding me? When are they allowed to be an actual kid? Students aren’t worker bees! Students aren’t employees in a call center! How are students expected to keep up this PACE system? I don’t know if adults could accomplish it. When I tried to talk to the teachers about these issues or even the school guidance counselor, guess the advice that I received? Go ahead guess. All while the other coursework for other classes piles up into an avalanche of assignments and stress. So the kid has to wait for a DBA before moving ahead. Kids can’t skip around in their coursework or they get penalized. Which puts the poor kid even further behind. Even if you schedule one or attempt to attend a DBA drive through, the DBA isn’t always guaranteed to happen. These can also be nerve-racking for kids with disabilities or just plain shyness issues. DBAs are discussion based assessments aka phone calls with teachers to quiz them over the phone and make sure that they know the material. You cannot advance forward and take any exams locked with a password without taking a DBA. Teachers use DBAs as a way to slow down and lord over stressed out kids who are trying to “stay on pace” for their FLVS overlords like good little slaves. But FLVS does accept government funding for IEPs somehow. ADHD? Autism Spectrum Disorder? Aspergers? Forget it. Is there anything that I can do to motivate your child to finish? What time frame do you think your child can be done?" Etc, etc… “Your child hasn’t turned anything in two weeks. I don’t know how that is possible since my student does turn in something for each class each week but that is the most common phrase I hear whenever I am brave enough to answer the phone. ![]() In a strip mall abutting a larger strip mall, this reliable and charmingly ramshackle outpost - where Katie Couric once broke white bread with Chance the Rapper - boasts plenty to do while you wait. Related: Going to Harold’s? Don’t Forget the Taffy Grapes 3 Harold’s No. Go at lunch and join other patrons in calling The fowl’s delicate but rich batter shatters at first bite. Just across the Indiana border, this cheery little box of a restaurant - which sports a custom welcome mat emblazoned with the store number and location - is everything a Harold’s should be. The agreeable staff and the nonstop crush of customers know it: This Harold’s is the truth. 88 floats like a butterfly, even during the heavy lunch hour, and the sweet, salty, and tangy flavors sting like - well, you get the idea. The Muhammad Ali–fixated decor makes perfect sense, because No. ![]() The golden, muscular birds are fried in consistently fresh oil, seasoned to peppery perfection, and saturated in the famous acidic sauce. Here you see exactly what made Harold’s a legend. – midnight Sunday, noon – 4 p.m.1 Harold’s No. Harold's Chicken, 241 FM1382, Cedar Hill. If you have the time and are not in a rush, then you should visit. While they were sharing stories of their favorite Harold’s locations, I was thinking about Dallasites who might want to make the trek to Cedar Hill to get the Chicago experience. Several patrons that day were reminded of their pasts as they found community after learning of each other being from the South Side and West Side of Chicago. While the trip to Harold’s Chicken was a personal reminder of previous trips to Chicago, the new location meant more to the people around me. On the other hand, on a side order of three chicken tenders, the mild sauce wasn’t enough to distract from rubbery chicken it could have been better fried hard as well. The sides and coleslaw were a welcomed assist. ![]() Terrance Porter A six-piece wing basket "fried hard," which, according to some online research, is the best way to order, comes covered in mild sauce, known as “Chicago-style," with seasoned fries, coleslaw and pickles shielded by two slices of bread.Īs expected, the wings were hot and fresh and bore a sweet kick from the mild sauce. So after a 40-minute wait, I picked up my order from the kitchen counter and took a seat at the bar to enjoy the end prize of my journey. Food doesn't wait under heat lamps until it's distributed. The second rule is that the food is not cooked until it is ordered. The walls are adorned with photographs of the company’s history and also display a mural that merges the Dallas skyline with Chicago’s skyline. The Cedar Hill location has a bar with signature Chicago-named drinks, like the Chi-Town, a twisted old fashioned. This allows for a reflection in the local environment. ![]() First, every location is allowed to be designed any way the franchisee wants. Since that first week was so chaotic, phone orders and online orders have been suspended in order to further train employees.īefore his death in 1988, Harold Pierce implemented two rules for his franchises. As you can guess, I left without any food and tried again weeks later on the Sunday following Easter. Terrance Porter Unfortunately, on the Saturday of their grand opening week, the Cedar Hill property was occupied with unsatisfied customers seated at tables barren of any food. Our group also provides all required medical services and treatments for the animals … to include spay and neutering, blood transfusions, and special medications. All donations are used to provide care for all of our fosters….this includes food, litter, flea control, milk replacer. Cash, gift cards, pet supplies and food, and even gently used towels and blanket are always desperately needed as well. Don't forget to get a donation letter for your tax deductible donation. Magi-cat Adoption Network is a non-profit 5013C corporation specializing in cat/kitten adoptions. If you would like to donated, you can drop them off at the Piedmont Animal Clinic in Watkinsville or mail them. You both have met them so can describe their personalities.ĭONATIONS: Are always welcome, needed, appreciated and tax deductible. Sasha (Adopted) is a hard one to get pics of because she is always on the move, but when she is still she LOVES to be held and hugged!.She reminded us of a mountain climber with her care free persona and adventurous nature. Everest (adopted) got her name because she is a climber.Persephone (Adopted) is a social queen bee who loves to lounge!.He is independent, sweet, playful and over all just adorable! He loves to play and watch tv. Javier (adopted) loves snuggling, play, and always the first to be on your lap and grab the new toys first! ![]() They are all doing very well and are ready for new homes! ![]() They are estimated at 4 weeks as of 6/20/18. Estimated date of birth 5/22/18. Hope did not survive, so in her memory we named the 5, H.O.P.E.S. They all were motherless and in need of extra TLC. The arrived to us at just a few weeks old and in rough shape.The five of them came to us with another kitten (Hope) from a different group. The Gwinett 5 - You will not find a friendlier bunch. ![]() It “presents a comprehensive study of redaction tools and the ways in which they can be broken, including exploiting nearly invisible aspects of a document’s typography,” says Lopresti, who was not involved with the research. “I’ve been in lots of discussions with the US court system, I provided them 710 different documents that were just trivial copy-paste style redactions,” says Bland, the paper’s lead author.ĭaniel Lopresti, a professor of computer science at Lehigh University who has studied redaction techniques, says the research is impressive. After examining millions of publicly available documents with blacked-out redactions-including from the US court system, the US Office of the Inspector General, and Freedom of Information Act requests-the researchers found thousands of documents that exposed people’s names and other sensitive details. Plus, a new attack method they devised makes it possible to extract secret details from the redacted text. The findings, from researchers Maxwell Bland, Anushya Iyer, and Kirill Levchenko, say two of the most popular tools for redacting documents offer no protection to the underlying text at all, with the text accessible by copying and pasting it. New research from a team at the University of Illinois looked at the most popular tools for redacting PDF documents and found many of them wanting. When this redaction is done incorrectly, people’s safety and national security can be put at risk. The majority of redactions-by government officials and courts-involve placing black boxes over text in PDFs. Now that most documents are digitized, securely redacting their contents has become harder. If this didn’t work, a chunky black marker pen would do the job. This is a guest post written by Michael Lies, employing broker at Gold Compass Real Estate in Evergreen, Colorado.For years, if you wanted to protect sensitive text in a document, you could grab a pair of scissors or a scalpel and cut out the information. ![]() ![]() It will automatically be saved as the ’Document Name_Redacted’. After the document has been scanned, click ‘Remove’ in the left sidebar.This process is known as Sanitizing a document. You will have the chance to review it before it is deleted. If you select ‘Yes’, Acrobat will scan the document and let you know if it finds any hidden data.If you select ‘No’, then you will return to the document like normal.You will get a 2nd pop-up letting you know the redactions have been successfully applied and if you would like to find and remove hidden information in your document.You will get a pop-up asking if you are sure you want to permanently remove all the content.This is called redacting and will result a red box around the highlighted areas. Highlight all of the text and images you want permanently blacked out.In the top menu bar click on the drop-down ‘Mark for Redaction’ and select ‘Text and Images’.Open your document in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.This is available in earlier Pro versions (i.e., X and XI) but the steps will vary slightly. This article shows you how to redact and sanitize using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. Notes: You must use the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat to have access to the Redact Tool. How to Redact & Sanitize in Adobe Acrobat Pro Sanitizing is the process of permanently removing hidden content from a PDF, such as the author’s name which is listed in the metadata, user comments, or file attachments. It is vital to use the redact tool as opposed to merely covering it up with a black box, as a black box can easily be removed to see the content underneath. It is used when visible confidential information needs to be covered so that third parties cannot read it, such as social security numbers, names of minor children, account numbers, and addresses. Redaction is the process of permanently deleting data from a digital document. Posted on: April 20th, 2019 Author: barb.binder Category: Adobe Acrobat Home / Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Acrobat: Redact & Sanitize PDF’s Adobe Acrobat: Redact & Sanitize PDF’s ![]() When the letter is printed out, all the copies will be identical except for the recipients' names and addresses. In some cases, adding only the Address block and Greeting line will suffice. When done, the merge field placeholders will appear in your document like shown in the screenshot below: If Word pulls wrong information from the Excel file, click the Match Fields button to match a specific field. The Mail Merge Recipients dialog pops up, and you check or uncheck checkboxes to add or remove the recipients from the mail merge. If you want to exclude certain recipients, then click the Edit Recipient List button in the Start Mail Merge group. Then, select the target sheet and click OK.īy setting the connection between your Excel sheet and the Word document you ensure that your mail merge data source will be automatically updated each time you make changes to the Excel file that contains the recipient details. Browse for your Excel file and click Open. Connect Excel spreadsheet and Word document.On the Mailings tab, in the Start Mail Merge group, click Select Recipients > Use Existing List. On the Mailings tab, in the Start Mail Merge group, click Start Mail Merge and pick the mail merge type - letters, email messages, labels, envelopes or documents. Choose what kind of merge you want to run.If you have already composed your letter, you can open an existing document, otherwise create a new one. For email messages, the steps will be essentially the same. In this example, we will be merging letters. Once the source data spreadsheet is set and reviewed, you are ready to run the mail merge. Here's an example of an Excel sheet that can be used for a mail merge: If you plan to use your Outlook contacts, the following article may be helpful: How to export Outlook contacts to CSV.txt file, this tutorial will help you do that right: Importing CSV files into Excel. If you create an Excel spreadsheet by importing information from a.If your Excel file contains postal codes or any other numbers with leading zeros, format them as text to retain zeros during a mail merge.If you intend to sort the contacts by state or city, verify that you have a separate State or City column. For instance, if you wish to address the recipients by their first name, be sure to create separate columns for the first and last names. The columns in the spreadsheet match the fields you want to use in a mail merge.Your Excel sheet has one row for each recipient.If you want to add more details, you'd better do this before starting the merge. When you run a mail merge, your Excel file will get connected to your Word document, and Microsoft Word will be pulling the recipient details directly from the connected worksheet.īefore running a mail merge in Word, make sure your Excel file has all the information you want to include such as first name, last name, salutation, zip codes, addresses, etc. Send us feedback about these examples.Preparing Excel spreadsheet for mail merge These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'mailing.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Addie Morton, Southern Living, 24 July 2023 See More 2023 Each note card comes with a blank, eggshell-colored envelope for mailing. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 23 Aug. Gillman, Dallas News, For now, judicious distribution for loving reflection and comment might better serve the writer’s well-being than a family-wide mailing. 20 law hatched by morality crusader Anthony Comstock banned the mailing of lewd material, and any drug, device or information that can prevent or end a pregnancy. 2023 Even as Netflix pivoted to focus on streaming, paving the way for competitors like Hulu, the company continued to offer its DVD mailing service through a separate website, DVD.com. 2023 Contact Buffalo Games for a full refund and instructions on how to return the product in a prepaid mailing package supplied by the firm or return the product to any Target store. 2023 Follow these steps to get a more informed mailing experience. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023 While applying to college in 1992 was a different experience (using a typewriter and mailing in the application), my experience as a first-generation student is similar to our scholars in many ways. Recent Examples on the Web The processing time calculation does not include mailing time. ![]() On the other hand, Splenda is a brand name for a sweetener called sucralose. ![]() Due to its low-calorie content, Equal is often used as a sugar alternative for individuals looking to reduce their calorie intake. Aspartame is made up of two amino acids, phenylalanine and aspartic acid, which provide the sweet taste. While they may seem similar at first glance, they have distinct characteristics that set them apart.Įqual is a brand name for a sugar substitute that contains aspartame, a low-calorie artificial sweetener. Equal and Splenda are both popular sugar substitutes commonly used in various food and beverage products. It’s important to consider the differences between the two when deciding which sugar substitute to use.When it comes to the comparison between Equal and Splenda, it is important to understand the key differences and nuances of these two sweeteners. Even though both are considered safe, one might be more suitable for some people’s needs than the other. In conclusion, Equal and Splenda offer different ingredients, tastes, baking capabilities, and health effects. So, when it comes to sweetener, it may be best to consider your specific needs and ingredients before settling on one over the other. Splenda offers a more natural sweetness and can be used for baking, but may have a bitter aftertaste when used in large amounts and can cause gastrointestinal issues. Equal offers a sweeter and less metallic-tasting sweetness, but cannot hold its sweetness during the baking process. But when it comes to taste, baking capability, and health effects, there are some differences that may make one a better option than the other. Overall, Equal and Splenda are both FDA approved, artificial sweeteners that can be safe to consume. It’s important to note that Splenda has also been known to have a more bitter aftertaste than Equal when used in large amounts. This makes it a better option for people who want to use it for baking. Splenda has a variety of different formats, including granulated, liquid, and baking blends. Equal is typically sold in individual packets which makes it a more affordable option for people who only want to use it occasionally. Generally, Splenda tends to be more expensive than Equal. In comparison, natural, unprocessed sugar does not have this effect. Splenda is known to cause gastrointestinal issues, such as bloating, gas, and diarrhea.Īlso, while neither product contains any calories, they may interfere with the metabolism of carbohydrates, leading to higher glucose levels. These include headaches, nausea, and dizziness. Equal does have the potential for some mild side effects due to its aspartame makeup. ![]() Health Concernsīoth Equal and Splenda have been found to be generally safe to consume. So, if you’re baking with a sugar substitute, make sure there are no acidic ingredients in the recipe. It’s important to note, however, that neither sugar substitute can retain its sweetness level when mixed with acidic ingredients such as vinegar or lemon juice. Therefore, if you’re baking with a sugar substitute, it’s better to go with Splenda. Splenda is considered to be more heat stable and can better maintain its sweetness during the baking process. Baking AbilityĮqual is not recommended for baking because it cannot withstand high temperatures and can leave behind an odd taste. In comparison, Equal does not offer different variations with different sweetness levels. This can give Splenda a different flavour and sweetness level than regular Splenda. ![]() Splenda has a few variations that contain maltodextrin such as Splenda Naturals. Splenda is considered to have a more natural taste than Equal and some people find it to be a more pleasant sweetener option. Some people find that Equal has a bit of a metallic aftertaste but Splenda does not. Though both taste sweet, Equal tastes much sweeter than Splenda. Equal is also approved by the American Diabetes Association as a safe artificial sweetener. Bothproducts are FDA approved and considered safe. Though Splenda does begin with sugar, it’s altered by adding chlorinated molecules to provide a sweeter substance.Įqual has less than one calorie per serving and Splenda has no calories due to its sucralose derivative. The main ingredient of Splenda is sucralose, an artificial sweetener derived from sugar. It’s not naturally found in nature and is considered a chemically altered substance. Equal is an artificial sweetener made from aspartame, an artificial sweetener created from two amino acids. ![]() Inspecting and fixing interface issues with the new View Debugger.Efficiently managing layouts and view hierarchies with size classes.Rewriting Objective-C functions in Swift.Streamlining Model, View, and Controller development with Swift.Working with iOS-side dynamic frameworks and iOS/OS X extension modules.By the time youre finished, youll have all the Xcode 6 skills you need in order to develop truly exceptional software. Anderson reveals better ways to storyboard, instrument, build, and compile code, and helps you apply new features, ranging from Interface Builder Live Rendering to View Debugging and XCTest Performance Testing. This is the only Xcode 6 book focused on deep mastery of the tools youll be living with every day. And all sample code has been completely written in Swift, with figures and descriptions that reflect Xcodes radically new interface. Through three full, sample projects, youll learn to integrate testing, source control, and other key skills into a high-efficiency process that works. Xcode 6 Start to Finish will help you use Apples Xcode 6 tools to improve productivity, write great code, and leverage the newest iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite features, including Apples new Swift programming language.ĭrawing on more than thirty years of experience developing for Apple platforms, and helping others do so, Fritz Anderson presents a complete best-practice workflow that reflects Xcodes latest innovations. Use Xcode 6 to Craft Outstanding iOS and OS X Apps! To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. ![]() We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() To clean up the mask, I switched to the paintbrush ( ), hit “x” in the mask image to switch the foreground and background colors (Black/White to White/Black), selected a nice opaque brush in the Brushes dialog and painted the few pixels of the sky white that hadn’t been turned white (the darkest parts of the clouds). You only need to approximate this, since we’re going to clean up the mask anyway. Retry or adjust the selection using the number controls in the dialog box until the display shows most of the pixels you want to preserve as white and all the rest black. In the threshold histogram, click and drag to the right to select all the pixels at the upper end of the scale. In the duplicate, run a threshold filter ( Image -> Colors -> Threshold). Step 5 ¶įlatten the duplicate ( Layers -> Flatten Image). ![]() Fortunately we can apply a simple extension to the above technique to protect the highlights. You might be able to apply a contrast mask to counteract this effect, but in most cases it is the highlights that are the most troublesome in that they have lost detail. Tip: Protecting Highlights with a Layer Mask ¶Īlthough I like the effect, there is one problem with this technique and that is that it also increases contrast: the shadows get darker and the highlights get lighter. Similarly, turn off the Background layer if you want to view the overlay to do further work on it. Voila! If you don’t like the effect, you can undo the blur ( Ctrl+Z) and redo it ( Shift+Alt+F) with a different value.Ĭlick on the “eye” next to the Blur Overlay layer in the Layers dialog to rapidly compare the image with and without the overlay. You will need to experiment to find the best value, but typically a value between 10 and 30 will do nicely. Go back to the image window and right click, selecting Filters -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. Just click on the “eye” next to the upper layer. Tip #2: while the Levels dialog is active you can toggle visibility of the upper layer to see the original image and compare to the blend. Tip: If you don’t get a good effect with Overlay mode, try Multiply mode (you can even change this while the Levels dialog is active). You are only adjusting the upper layer, but you are viewing the cumulative effect of the layer blend. You’ll usually find it necessary to adjust the gamma slider (middle slider in Levels) down. Now go back to the image window and apply a Levels ( Image -> Colors -> Levels) or Curves ( Image -> Colors -> Curves) and adjust it until the overall image has the proper brightness. In the “Mode” drop-down box, select “Overlay”. In the Layers dialog, select the Blur Overlay layer. This step is not strictly necessary, but it is helpful to prevent confusion about what is on each layer, especially if you add some additional layers for other editing purposes, or more importantly, if you save the file with layers and open it six months later. Now double-click on the duplicate layer and rename the new layer “Blur Overlay”. Right-click on the Background layer and select Duplicate (there is also a button for this in the bottom button bar of the Layers dialog ( ). Open the Layers dialog (if it is not already open, it can be accessed through: Windows → Dockable Dialogs → Layers). Here is the original example image, loaded into GIMP. ![]() I adapted it for GIMP from a Photoshop tutorial on the web site (great photography web site BTW I recommend it). Giving credit where credit is due: I did not come up with this method. ![]() The basic technique is to create a duplicate layer in the image, lighten it and blur it, and combine it using a layer mode with the original. This is an interesting technique that intensifies and saturates the colors in the image, increases contrast, and adds a slightly hazy, “dreamy” feel to the image. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to do gaussian blur overlays using GIMP. Jeschke and may not be used without permission of the author. Text and images Copyright (C) 2002 Eric R. |
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