Black and White images have been neglected ever since the introduction of colour into film photography, due to the fact that colour is ‘best’ and what we see (colour) is the true beauty of a scene/object.

This simple design demonstrates how to easily make horizontal and vertical stripes in GIMP without resorting to a premade pattern or other more complex techniques.

This a very quick simple tutorial and a bit of fun! I have made a range of different sizes – 50px, 75px, 100px, 150px patterns so you can easily apply the effect in seconds. I suggest you try some masking of layers as well to experiment with design :) .

This video tutorial shows how to add simple glass text to an image in GIMP.

To produce the 'Hockney' effect it is best done with multiple photographs that can be arranged later, but you can have a single photograph that you'd like to make into a multiple imaged panorama - with the use of GIMP!

Lomography is most commonly recognised in old film photographs and is used aesthetically in photographs. I will show a quick process to achieve this 'Lomo' effect in GIMP!

This video tutorial shows how to make a colorful abstract background that looks like dripping paint.

In this tutorial I'll show you how to create these light leaks in the GIMP!

Tutorial explaining how create a post card in The GIMP. Uses curves, foreground select tool, layer masks, clone tool and fuzzy border.

In this tutorial I'll guide you through making a cool and fresh Water-Colour Wallpaper in GIMP

This video tutorial shows how to use the Layer Effects script and G\'MIC plug-in to make smooth, chrome, beveled text in GIMP.

This GIMP video tutorial shows how to apply textures and splatter brushes to make a sort of shiny grunge background, and some simple glow text is added to top it off.

A really simple concept and easy to achieve, however the results are great - Colour Gradient Match Photos. This technique can be useful for creating a mood in a photograph taken from another image.

A really simple little trick to adding normal text to an image and making it look interesting!

Learn how to create your own brushes in GIMP that look like splattered paint.

There are a few tutorials for this in Photoshop and Illustrator, but I haven't found any for the GIMP, so I attempted it myself! It is a fairly simple method and easily done with great results!

There is an easier way and in certain cases much better than an HDR especially if you want to avoid those really surreal photographs - Digital Blending is the way to go, you can be much more selective with your increases/decreases in dynamic range and get more realistic results.

This video tutorial shows how to make incredibly vibrant, glowing, rainbow-colored text that looks almost like a light painting.

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!

This tutorial is all about lifting colours and putting life back into those flat looking photographs. By adjusting the White Balance you can change the Kelvin of your photograph, this can create a warm or cool effect.