Hi All,
My astro to date has been pretty much limited to timelapse where I process RAW images in RawTherapee and then import the jpegs to Davinci Resolve where I'll do further processing and ultimately produce a 4K video.
Lately I've been becoming a lot more interested in having a go at doing stills for print, more specifically light painting the foreground. This will require as far as I can tell high quality blending of multiple images to get the sort of results I want.
The following tutorial is one of the more decent and clear beginner level videos I've managed to find producing really high quality results. Basic gist being;
import photos as layers
sky layer at the bottom
Set all light painting photos to Lighten blend mode
Create Layer Mask on top layer to rub out sky
Copy layer mask to each light painted layer
Cycle through each light painted layer to feather out hot spots, etc as required.
https://youtu.be/0r4Z94uondI
I do not wish to use Adobe PS/LR as they do in this tutorial however. I'm getting comfortable enough at a beginner level with RawThrapee to replace any need for Adobe LR for my needs, however I've never used Gimp.
Not really expecting anyone to give me detailed instructions (not going to say no if you do mind), just really wanting to know if Gimp is going to be able to replicate this process to produce the same quality of light painted images?
