Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Bring out the GIMP


So long without hockey. Oh sure, the Pens just played Tuesday night, but we're going on three weeks since we've actually been to a game. Idle hands are the devil's playthings and all that, so I've had to find ways to keep busy.


First I decided I needed a few 8x10 prints to take to practices, so I set about collecting some of our best photos of the season so far (and a few from past seasons).

Then there was the Wikipedia Project. A number of the Penguins players (and coaches, broadcasters, mascots) pages in Wikipedia had photos that were really bad, leftover from their old team, or missing altogether. Not anymore!

Next I started playing around with GIMP. No, not the gimp from Pulp Fiction. I'm talking about GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It's kind of like Photoshop, except GIMP is free.

I was checking out some of the filters that they have for changing the look of photos and I came across the "cartoon" filter. As the name implies, it is intended to give images a cartoony look.

So, of course, I set out to convert all of our photos into cartoons. Some of them look pretty cool (the Letang shot above may be my favorite so far). Others, not so much.

Anyway, I included some examples below. Enjoy! Oh, and look for some more game photos from the upcoming games this weekend.

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Engelland vs Jackman.



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Mario.

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Mark Letestu's 1st NHL goal.







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Sidney Crosby's 200th NHL goal.

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CFA vs Gatorade.


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White Men Can Jump.

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You're in Malkamania's house, brother.

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The Bench.

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Sully.

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Good Staal vs Evil Staal.

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The K Man.

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Looking back at #Jagrwatch 2008.

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AK72

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No soup for you, Matt Hendricks.

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Cartwheel save by Fleury.

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Playoff overtime at Verizon Center. LOL.

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Letang >>> Soupcan.

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Sure, the net is wide open, but Fleury is going to make damn sure the Gomez goal drought doesn't end on his watch.
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Taking away the five hole.

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Attention Caps, this is how you raise a banner.

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Forget the guys who just won the Superbowl, these are the real Giants.

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Owning RBC.

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Sad flower.

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He is score.

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Cotton Candy Forever.

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Staalsy.

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Professor Cooke.

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Fleury against the Caps.

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Man, what a talent. Pens photographer Greg Shamus, one of the best in the business.
Oh yeah, Letang's not bad either.

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It occurred to Matt and Jordan that screening the goalie on Geno's shot might not be such a great idea.

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Tony G.

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The end.

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2 comments:

  1. Great pictures! I really enjoy seeing the Pens through your Lens!

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  2. As usual, another great selection of your images. I love what the cartoon filter does for some of these shots! Thanks for the entertainment.

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