PhotoLab
PhotoLabo is a set of tools for digital pictures
Version: 3.0.2 changed june 15 2008, author: Raymond Ostertag, License : GNU/GPL
Languages: english and french
Type: Python-fu for Gimp-2, tested with Gimp-2.4.2 under Linux and Windows XP
Option: Python Imaging Library get it to go faster when handling image sizes
Installation : Download 7zip or tar.gz archives. Each archive contain a text help file en english. The Python-fu must be copied in the user directory at .gimp-2.4/plug-ins. Under Linux and Mac they must be executables.
Translation :
A .pot file is available for translators. Download
gimp20-photolab.pot translate it and send
it back to me in the
Gimp-fr mailbox. I'll add it to the supported languages list.
Download : You can download archives separatly by following the link of the summary below or download all in one in 7zip PhotoLabo-3.0.2.7z or tar.gz format PhotoLabo-3.0.2.tar.gz
Summary
A batch work to adjust Brightness Contrast Saturation.
First you'd better do a test preview on a picture in GIMP. Use the Brightness-Contrast
and Hue-Saturation tools (don't use hue because only saturation is available in the batch process).
Memorise the values you want and apply them with BSCBatch on a set of pictures in a directory.
Download BCSBatch 7zip BCSBatch tar.gz Menu location: TOOLBOX / Xtns / PhotoLab / Corrections / Brightness contrast saturation
A batch work to apply a curve file saved from the curve tool of GIMP.
First you must do a setting on a picture in GIMP with the curve tool of GIMP and
clic on the Save button. The saved settings not concern only the value channel
but also the red, green and blue channels.
Then launch CurveBatch and apply the saved file on a set of pictures in a directory.
Download CurveBatch 7zip CurveBatch tar.gz Menu location: TOOLBOX / Xtns / PhotoLab / Corrections / Curve
A batch work to apply a lefel file saved from the level tool of GIMP.
First you must do a setting on a picture in GIMP with the level tool of GIMP and
clic on the Save button. The saved settings not concern only the value channel
but also the red, green and blue channels.
Then launch LevelBatch and apply the saved file on a set of pictures in a directory.
Download LevelBatch 7zip LevelBatch tar.gz Menu location: TOOLBOX / Xtns / PhotoLab / Corrections / Level
This basic utility is a batch work yo rename et renumber your pictures. It's possible to use a text file
to prefix the name of the pictures. The numbers are given by alphatical order.
For example img_541_en.jpg img_562_en.jpg
will be renamed in MyPhoto_001_en.jpg and MyPhoto_002_en.jpg.
It's better to use this utility before writing the comment file of the two Web gallery Python-fu below
because the line number in the text editor will fit the number given at the picture.
Download Filerename 7zip Filerename tar.gz Menu location: TOOLBOX / Xtns / PhotoLab / Rename files
This basic utility is a batch work to resize your pictures. You just set the maximal size of the bigger side in pixels and
all the picture bigger than this value will be resized. It can also resize a XCF GIMP file and also the
layers in the XCF without flatten the image.
Download Fileresize 7zip Fileresize tar.gz Menu location: TOOLBOX / Xtns / PhotoLab / Images Resize
Generate a picture gallery for the Web. An exemple is visible at this Web address
galerie Canada.
It can produce as many Web pages as you need and it's ideal for a medium or
important set of pictures. A slideshow mode is available. You would also be able
to show some picture in full size just by one clic in the resized picture.
The comments are read from a text file. Titles, footer can also be read from a
text file. The HTML files produced are in XHTML+CSS2. A separate CSS2 theme
is downlodable below (you need at least this one).
Download WebGallery 7zip WebGallery tar.gz Menu location: TOOLBOX / Xtns / PhotoLab / Gallery / Web Gallery
Generate a picture menu or a one page picture gallery for the Web. An
exemple is visible at this Web address
menu Voyages (fr).
The descriptions, titles, footer are read from a text file. If you add a links
text file then you obtain a menu instead a gallery. The HTML files
produced are in XHTML+CSS2. A separate CSS2 theme
is downlodable below (you need at least this one).
Download WebImageMenu 7zip WebImageMenu tar.gz Menu location: TOOLBOX / Xtns / PhotoLab / Gallery / Web Image Menu
This CSS2 them is made for the galleries generated by WebGallery and WebImageMenu. You have to put manually the theme at the right place. It's the Theme HTML Path parameter that set where to put the theme. The default value is ../theme you should in this case have the theme directory as a global theme as the same level as the galleries. Otherwise the simple value theme indicate a theme in each gallery directory, you have to copy all the theme for each new gallery.
Download Theme 7zip Theme tar.gz
This utility add to your picture a layer in Softlight mode filled in gray with a mask filled
with the Value channel of the picture. The resulting effect is that the pixels
are more enlighted than they was dark at the beginning.
With a fill of gray 50% there is no visible effect but with brighter gray you
modify the enlightment of the picture dark tones. Once the Softlight layer made
you can still adjust the luminosity with the Brightness-Contrast tool of GIMP.
I use this utility when I want see/show more details in the picture dark tones.
Download DarkEnlight 7zip DarkEnlight tar.gz Menu location: IMAGE / Filters / PhotoLab / Enlight the dark tones
Attention ! new fixed version available since june 15 2008, previous version was saddly buggy.
This utility add to your picture a layer in Softlight mode filled in gray. It's useful to correct
a bad global enlightment of a photo. Often it's used to add light in a dark photo.
With a fill of gray 50% there is no visible effect but with brighter/darker gray you
modify the enlightment of all the picture. Once the Softlight layer made
you can still adjust the luminosity with the Brightness-Contrast tool of GIMP.
If there was a selection at start they will be used to create a layer mask to
preserve some parts (for example a sky) of the picture of the global enlightment
correction.
Download SoftLight 7zip SoftLight tar.gz Menu location: IMAGE / Filters / PhotoLab / Softlight layer
This utility fill a sheet of paper of various size with a picture, often a portrait.
You can choose to keep the original size of the portrait or the number of duplications
you want on the paper. There is paper size presets at 300 DPI.
Download PhotoDuplicate 7zip PhotoDuplicate tar.gz Menu location: IMAGE / Filters / PhotoLab / Photo duplicate