On Monday 19 March 2007 18:59, Andrew Scott wrote:
Hello,
I am new to the list and would consider myself a rank beginner. I
am using GIMP 2.2.11 on Linux, Ubuntu Dapper 6.06.
The photo I am procesing has rather bright sky / highlights towards
the top, and I would like to de-emphasise them.
Question: how do I apply a grey or neutral filter with a vertical
gradient to the photograph? And how can this gradient be adjusted
to suit? I checked the web site and documentation, but my
time-limited search did not come up with anything.
Many thanks in advance,
Andrew
Hi Andrew -
pick the gradient tool (blend tool), assure your self it is blending
in linear mode, from black to white (i.e. the default parameters -
witht he default gradient (fg to bg) and default colors (B & W) ) -
test to make sure, you can always undo it.
Then, turn on the "quick mask" mode - jsut click on teh small sqaure
to the left of the horziontal scroll bar on the window.
The image iwll be covered by a translucent red tint ,w hich is an
indication of the (un)selected areas.
While on quick-mask mode, all paint operations work on the selection,
instead of the image. That means you can amek aselection that will
let changes to the image happen with varying strenght, according to
the gray-level used on the quick mask.
So, witht he quick mask on, make your gradient, turn off the quick
mask. You should see an horizontal selection mark close to the middle
of the image - this mark is always where teh selection has half
strenght. (turn it off in the view menu if you prefer).
Apply your filter now.
If the result is not good, undo a few steps, and apply
layer->colors->curves on the quickmask, after you apply your
gradient, to tune the result.
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