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luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

i am new to gimp talk, and to gimp as well i've done some paintings in gimp and that's about it, i am looking for tutorials on how to make someone's picture clearer

) it is a beautiful sunset but the person is very dark in it and i don't know the correct step's to be able to make the person brighter and leave the sunset as is, i have tried... but it keeps getting blurier lol go figure !!!!.... any help would be greatly appreciated

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thank you

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luci

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

Hi luci !

can you post the picture ?
that way everybody could help you much quicker and easier

AnMal · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:32 pm **(#3)**

to gimp chat, luci11, nice to meet you! i'm sure someone will show up with some really valuable advice, but in the meantime here's what i think you could try: duplicate the image, then cut out the person in the foreground using a mask or a selection tool (there are good tutorials for that on here if you're not used to masking or selecting). change the image of the person separately (try colours/levels or just play with hue, saturation and intensity or something), then add the person as a new layer to the old image and see if that looks acceptable. usually it takes a lot of tries to make it look good, but it's somewhere to start

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yes, you should post the picture if possible.

luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

Esper wrote:

Hi luci !

can you post the picture ?
that way everybody could help you much quicker and easier

lol idk if im doing this right so here goes .... thank you esper i will find one now

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luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

AnMal wrote:

:welcome to gimp chat, luci11, nice to meet you! i'm sure someone will show up with some really valuable advice, but in the meantime here's what i think you could try: duplicate the image, then cut out the person in the foreground using a mask or a selection tool (there are good tutorials for that on here if you're not used to masking or selecting). change the image of the person separately (try colours/levels or just play with hue, saturation and intensity or something), then add the person as a new layer to the old image and see if that looks acceptable. usually it takes a lot of tries to make it look good, but it's somewhere to start

.

yes, you should post the picture if possible.

sounds good anmal

)) will try that!!! thanx

luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

luci11 wrote:

Esper wrote:

Hi luci !

can you post the picture ?
that way everybody could help you much quicker and easier

lol idk if im doing this right so here goes .... thank you esper i will find one now

)

no im sorry

(( i cant post it as its not the owners wish

((( or i would have in my first post.... sorry!!!!!

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

luci11 wrote:

no im sorry

(( i cant post it as its not the owners wish

((( or i would have in my first post.... sorry!!!!!

well thats too bad

then you have to try it out on your own - follow AnMal´s advice
you must somehow make a selection around the person who is too dark
you could use the free select tool or the quick mask and then apply the changes the picture needs

maybe you want to read a few descriptions of the tools

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-free-select.html
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Quickmask/

or have a look at these tutorials by tutor4u
he makes very easy to understand video tutorials, that will help you to grasp the basics real quick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQNHMwsimwM&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtkwXGEk6QM&feature=plcp

paynekj · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:27 am **(#8)**

Welcome to GimpChat luci.

The others have pointed you to good resources to solve the problem, and here's another: http://blog.meetthegimp.org/episode-5-a ... rint-shop/ which uses layer masks to achieve adjustments to different parts of the image.

And I just remembered an example I did a while ago, experimenting with someone's image, where I used a path to select the subject and isolate it from the background: http://forum.meetthegimp.org/index.php/ ... l#msg11003

Kevin

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:47 pm **(#9)**

luci11 wrote:

no im sorry

(( i cant post it as its not the owners wish

((( or i would have in my first post.... sorry!!!!!

Sorry about that luci. We've had an upsurge of spammers and new members have to have at least 5 posts before they can put in links now. You have 4 posts so far, luci. Just post one more time and you will be able to post a link to your image or post your image.

Draconian · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:25 pm **(#10)**

Welcome to GC luci11. Glad to have you on board.

Barbie · **Joined:** Oct 07, 2011 **Posts:** 180

Welcome luci11 !

Erisian · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:59 am **(#12)**

Welcome to Gimp Chat.

luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

Oregonian wrote:

luci11 wrote:

no im sorry

(( i cant post it as its not the owners wish

((( or i would have in my first post.... sorry!!!!!

Sorry about that luci. We've had an upsurge of spammers and new members have to have at least 5 posts before they can put in links now. You have 4 posts so far, luci. Just post one more time and you will be able to post a link to your image or post your image.

oks cool oregonian

, i am still quite confused lol on how to post or explain what i see on the picture i am trying to fix and i can't post the picture as the owner does not wish it. but will try after i reply to everyone, but thanx for that info

luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

paynekj wrote:

Welcome to GimpChat luci.

The others have pointed you to good resources to solve the problem, and here's another: http://blog.meetthegimp.org/episode-5-a ... rint-shop/ which uses layer masks to achieve adjustments to different parts of the image.

And I just remembered an example I did a while ago, experimenting with someone's image, where I used a path to select the subject and isolate it from the background: http://forum.meetthegimp.org/index.php/ ... l#msg11003

Kevin

i checked this out kevin, and i am trying to clear up the picture not just cut the person out as i saw here.. still havent figured the right way to do so yet.. or i just dont have the skill needed to do so, but thank you for the welcome and the advice

luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

Draconian wrote:

Welcome to GC luci11. Glad to have you on board.

thanx draconian

luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

Barbie wrote:

Welcome luci11 !

thanx barbie

luci11 · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2012 **Posts:** 10

Erisian wrote:

Welcome to Gimp Chat.

thanx erisian