CHAPTER 7

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Repairing Moderate and Heavy Damage

In This Chapter

  • Repairing Moderate Damage

  • Repairing Heavy Damage

Repairing Moderate Damage

GIMP is a very capable program for restoring and repairing damaged photographs. Of course, like anything else, photo restoration takes practice and patience to master. The tutorials in this chapter may be a bit challenging if you’re a beginner, but stick with it! If your first attempts aren’t as good as you’d like them to be, try again. You’ll get the hang of it before you know it—if you apply yourself.

Covering Up the Damage

The vast majority of digital restoration is simply “borrowing” from good parts of ...

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