I just used my new toy here PC (as a joke challenge to a thread started there). Yes, I like it b/w and then I can do my own color blending.

Owls? I thought that was a bear. Oh well. ~ Teasing you, PhotoComix ~

I put the original image below the washed image and set the layer mode to Value for the colored one.

Absolute brilliance, PC! Hahaha, man I love the way you and Tom Keil think.

So if i write this new .gmic file in applications data, does that mean all my GMIC plugins will recieve this new filter?
In all my Gimp Programs?

It works nicely btw, thanks PC!

@ROD
yes at least on XP i could not check yet for 7
Do you use 7 ?
i like the theme you use which is?

@Mahvin
thank for the encouragement , i like the filters be modular and somehow transparent, meaning that just using ( so without knowing their code ) it is possible see what each "piece" does and how they interact.

Also for that i enabled a "step preview" (the skip boxes) that also allow visual control of the intermediate steps

@Oregonian

Looking well (also in a English dictionary ) that really look as a bear
But may be also a proof of the theory of the evolution, and of the excellent mimetic skills developed by some new owls races
Few owl 's predators will try to attack something looking as a bear, even if is a owl

"Aurora Midnight", is the theme i use on my desktop PC.
http://gimp-tutorials.net/downloads/gim ... s-v1-0.zip

No windows 7. I still use XP on both my desktop, and my laptop.

This looks great. Can it be used in GIMP on a Mac?

Sure ! just require the last gmic version (gmic is updated very often, last version has about a week )
i don't know where is the gmic_def.1470 file on MAC,(it is a file created at the first filter update ) but i suppose you may use the Finder to find it

Done that is sufficent paste the code on a text editor and save the file as .gmic

save a file as .gmic is so simple so easy...that everybody get confused, expecting something much more complex

see the messages before this in this topic to see how, in case you have doubts

Original image here.

When I downloaded this image I kind of thought, "ho-hum." After I ran the Ink Wash filter I thought, "Wow!
It looks like a real water color." I like both ways, gray scale and color.

@ PhotoComix - I looked all over the picture for owls. I couldn't find any. No bears, either.

The filter really spiffed up this rather boring image.






~ snicker ~

Here's your owl:



A lighthouse winter scene:

Beautiful, mahvin. Is that what is called a snowy owl?

Yes, ma'am. Indeed a snowy owl. I am a member of Webshots, have been for 10 years, so lots of professional pictures to choose from. Downside is you need a premium account to get the large prints.

Why my last post vanished?

anyway
Oregonian the last 2 are excellent
Mahvin the Owl come out really well

Ink Wash should be included in next gmic 1.4.7.1, that new version should also fix some issues with selection and multiple input/output

If it comes with 4.7.1 will we have to delete that .gmic file in app data folder then?
Or will it still work ok?

In general you may mantain both just slightly changing the names if are identical see here

#@gimp Contrast Swiss Mask : contrast_swm , contrast_swm(0)
#@gimp : sep = separator ()


#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : Blur the mask = float(2,0.5,10)
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : note = note ("Contrast Mask need the negative of the mask")
#@gimp : SKIP to use the mask to boost = bool(false)
#@gimp : note = note ("Uncheck for Contrast Mask,Check for Contrast Boost")
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : sep = separator ()
#@gimp : note = note("Merge the Mask")
#@gimp : Intensity = float (1,0,1)

contrast_swm :
--luminance -to_rgb
-blur_xy[1] $1,$1
-if {$2==0} -negative[1] -elif {$2==1} -gimp_do_nothing -endif
-reverse[-2,-1] -gimp_compose_hardlight[-2,-1] $3

the name are in red , "Contrast Swiss Mask " is the name used in the filter list, changing is not compulsory but avoid confusion in the filter list
contrast_swm[/b] need to be edit if you want both (you may just remove or add a letter)

In this case anyway i would not remove the gmic file but just cancel the filter code, new version will be identical but for a couple of bugfix so not much reason to have both..., anyway the gmic file ready to host new filters may be handy

PS
i used another code to explain just because i had ready in the clipboard and was shorter

This filter produces a great effect. Well done!!
I especially like impressionist art and some of these images are very monet-esk.

I remember some photos you had of your camellias GnuTux. They would be pretty ran through the filter. I also remember one had an interesting bug on it.

PhotoComix I was trying to run an image through Ink Wash and my results were like I had desaturated rather than used the filter. The preview looked OK but the final image didn't.

I refreshed G'MIC to make sure all was up to date and when I looked for the Ink Wash filter it was gone. It was there, I even posted an image of it here.

Check in Presets/Testing section, there is the new version (i believe updated by David becouse i didn't ..i was going to do but i saw was no more needed)