I have recently transitioned to Gimp, and looking for ways to improve/optimize my process of these repetitive edits. I often do 150-200 so even the slightest optimization can save me hours!
I know how I could have done these much faster on Photoshop, with batch actions, and even would have gotten a better result, but I am fairly satisfied with the result for this first attempt.
Already noticed errors, are the feather edge of the select tool. I should have increased the feather to avoid the visible edges when adjusting levels of the face area.
Also, I should have taken better pictures to start with!
That said, resizing each picture separately, seems like a waste of time. On Photoshop, I could set the crop tool to crop resize the cropped image to a set dimension and resolution, even if i scaled it. I could also freely rotate it. So just the crop tool, saved me 3 steps per picture!
I actually tried to install Bimp just before making this clip, but failed to. I would imagine that it is mainly because I am new to Linux and also because my effort to learn how to install it, was at 60% as I was in the middle of editing the images, so maybe I should try to install again later.
darktable also has copy modules from one image to another or several others.
I’d love to be able to do that in GIMP. I expect there is a way.
However one thing that can GIMP does is to save the settings each time a filter is used, or one can save a named memory. That saves a lot of time in, for instance, applying the same curve settings to a number of very similar settings.
It will depend on your linux distro, it might be in your repo.
It is not a difficult plugin to compile, however if you use ubuntu / mint …
A compiled version is worth a try,
Edit: If you have a flatpak Gimp installed then there is a dedicated BIMP plugin.
If using a “SNAP” version then you are probably out-of-luck as far as BIMP is concerened.