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PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

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Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

Abstract Gimp line photographs

Abstract Gimp line photographs
How to make a quick, simple piece of abstract art, from nothing but a photograph.
All instructions are intended for The Gimp 2.6, but other programs, such as paint.NET and Photoshop should both be able to do these tasks.

 
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Step 1Pick your picture

Pick your picture
Find a photograph with  interesting colours from the top to the bottom, not huge lumps of one or very similar colours close together.

A quick example is shown below:

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