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Help With Jacked Up Images

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Help With Jacked Up Images Philbeaux 03 Jul 11:57
  Help With Jacked Up Images rich404 03 Jul 16:22
   Help With Jacked Up Images Philbeaux 04 Jul 13:07
  Help With Jacked Up Images Andrew 04 Jul 18:19
   Help With Jacked Up Images Philbeaux 04 Jul 20:09
   Help With Jacked Up Images Rick Kline 05 Jul 01:07
Philbeaux
2018-07-03 11:57:22 UTC (over 6 years ago)
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Help With Jacked Up Images

I've been using GIMP for awhile now, but really only with very basic and simple image creation and editing -- nothing to complicated. I have a couple of websites where I get most of my images from old books and magazines. It's gotten to the point where I may find a a really good relevant image, but it looks terrible. The problem is that other than playing around with some of the basic color settings like Curves or Brightness-Contrast, I have no idea what to do. So, I'm just going to post an image or two that I'm having problems with and ask what can be done to fix them, that ok?

I'll start with this one that I'm attaching.

What can I do to just bring out some color and make it not so washed out??

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rich404
2018-07-03 16:22:42 UTC (over 6 years ago)

Help With Jacked Up Images

I've been using GIMP for awhile now, but really only with very basic and simple image creation and editing -- nothing to complicated. I have a couple of websites where I get most of my images from old books and magazines. It's gotten to the point where I may find a a really good relevant image, but it looks terrible. The problem is that other than playing around with some of the basic color settings like Curves or Brightness-Contrast, I have no idea what to do. So, I'm just going to post an image or two that I'm having problems with and ask what can be done to fix them, that ok?

I'll start with this one that I'm attaching.

What can I do to just bring out some color and make it not so washed out??

A quick way is just duplicate the layer and put the top layer into overlay or multiply mode - one is lighter than the other but both reinforce the colours. screenshot https://i.imgur.com/2R29QRb.jpg You can then do a New-from-Visible to keep the result and work on from there.

Then as a suggestion, a multi-function plugin gmic from www.gmic.eu Not going to recommend any particular filter there are scores but just mess around, there is a decent size preview to show the result and a reset button at the top if you need to start again and a little fave(orite) button at the bottom if you want to save some settings. https://i.imgur.com/gYC03BV.jpg

I have gone a bit over the top with this: https://i.imgur.com/61FRg1H.jpg spoiled the shadows, just to give some indication.

Philbeaux
2018-07-04 13:07:39 UTC (over 6 years ago)
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Help With Jacked Up Images

Well Thank You! I'm going to try out those suggestions.

A quick way is just duplicate the layer and put the top layer into overlay or multiply mode - one is lighter than the other but both reinforce the colours. screenshot https://i.imgur.com/2R29QRb.jpg You can then do a New-from-Visible to keep the result and work on from there.

Then as a suggestion, a multi-function plugin gmic from www.gmic.eu Not going to recommend any particular filter there are scores but just mess around, there is a decent size preview to show the result and a reset button at the top if you need to start again and a little fave(orite) button at the bottom if you want to save some settings. https://i.imgur.com/gYC03BV.jpg

I have gone a bit over the top with this: https://i.imgur.com/61FRg1H.jpg spoiled the shadows, just to give some indication.

Andrew
2018-07-04 18:19:49 UTC (over 6 years ago)

Help With Jacked Up Images

On 07/03/2018 01:57 PM, Philbeaux wrote:

What can I do to just bring out some color and make it not so washed out??

Colours -> Levels -> Auto

Philbeaux
2018-07-04 20:09:36 UTC (over 6 years ago)
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Help With Jacked Up Images

Colours -> Levels -> Auto

ok, i've never tried that.
It does have a nice effect it seems.

Rick Kline
2018-07-05 01:07:35 UTC (over 6 years ago)

Help With Jacked Up Images

On Jul 4, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Andrew wrote:

On 07/03/2018 01:57 PM, Philbeaux wrote:

What can I do to just bring out some color and make it not so washed out??

Colours -> Levels -> Auto

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Colors -> Auto -> White Balance

Achieves same or similar results

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