July 2005
Beginner
720 pages
18h 15m
English
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Using More Advanced GIMP Tools
Although the automatic image adjustment tool offered by The GIMP is enough to repair most images, sometimes additional work is required, or at least desired, before an image is complete and ready for production.
Manual tools are the realm in which The GIMP really shines; adjustments, tweaks, and manipulations are provided for just about any aspect of an image that you can think of. We discuss a few of the more basic manual tools in the remainder of this chapter.
Manually Fixing Image Color and Contrast
Though the image shown in Figure 14.8 is very dramatic and contrasty, it may be a bit too dark for some tastes. For cases like this one, The GIMP has a brightness and contrast tool—much like the brightness and contrast ...