Augment Color to a faded color in subject in a jpg photo

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

Hi there,

Is there a way to augment color in an area of a subject whose color has faded so it looks vibrant again? Ex. An outside house panel whose sea green color has faded which you’d like to restore it’s former vibrant sea green.

Thanks so much.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Can you post an extract?

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

Hi Script Coder,

My apologies for my tardy response.

I've uploaded a smaller image of the image I wish to enhance the color on a faded subject.

https://imgur.com/a/UvXps

I very much appreciate all your kind help and thoughts.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:00 am **(#4)**

Here is an example image,
showing you what I did to enhance the color.

I first made a selection of the arera I wanted to enhance.
Created a new layer above the image and filled it with a green color.
Then set the layer mode of this green layer to Color.

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

Is it possible to make the color look as if it's brand new? Like it was just painted?

Thank you!

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:12 pm **(#6)**

eagertolearn wrote:

Is it possible to make the color look as if it's brand new? Like it was just painted?

Thank you!

It's difficult to tell,
the amount of work that might be involved.
The tiny swatch from the image that you provider,
doesn't tell us much about the image.

You could replace the wall with something like this.

Issabella · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:24 pm **(#7)**

I tried to improve the little sample you gave. I applied a gradient and then set the layer at grain merge. This is the result.

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

Hi Wallace,

Could you please share the step-by-step in your process of creating the clean image?

Can one choose sea green as a color?

Thanks so much!

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

Hi Isabella,

That's quite an improvement.

I'm wondering how much work it would take to make the panels look like they were new (newly painted)?

They always depict this work as "just PhotoShop it" on TV shows and films but as I suspected it takes a LOT more work than "just..." whether using PhotoShop or GIMP.

Thank you for your kind help (and education!)

Issabella wrote:

I tried to improve the little sample you gave. I applied a gradient and then set the layer at grain merge. This is the result.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:50 pm **(#10)**

Here is an example of replacing the clapboard of a house.
It's basicly a mater of matching the perspective of the clapboard,
as best you can.
Then cutting out the features required,
from the new siding to fit.

Before

After

Issabella · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:53 pm **(#11)**

eagertolearn, thanks. I think that the best solution for your aim is to create a new texture as Wallace did. I think that he will help with his explanation. :bigthup

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

That's perfect!

How do I do that step-by-step?

Thank you!

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Nov 25, 2017 1:10 pm **(#13)**

eagertolearn wrote:

That's perfect!

How do I do that step-by-step?

Thank you!

If you would post the image.
I could do it for you,
or at the least get you started.

It's hard to explain every step,
without the explanation becoming a short booklet.
It involves acquiring a pattern or image of the clapboard needed,
the use of the Perspective Tool,
Laying out a few guide lines to help with getting the perspective correct,
among other things.

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

Can I post the image to GIMPCHAT?

How do I do that?

I uploaded to imgur because I thought I couldn't upload images here.

Thanks so much!

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:39 pm **(#15)**

eagertolearn wrote:

Can I post the image to GIMPCHAT?

How do I do that?

I uploaded to imgur because I thought I couldn't upload images here.

Thanks so much!

Yes!

Use the Full Editor.

You can then upload images from your computer,
by clicking on this icon seen in the image below.

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

I'm sorry but how do I access the full editor?

I typed that in the search box but did not find any results.

Thank you!

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:17 pm **(#17)**

eagertolearn wrote:

I'm sorry but how do I access the full editor?

I typed that in the search box but did not find any results.

Thank you!

If you scroll down the page a little.
You should notice the Full Editor button,
which will open a new page.
Where you'll have access to the Full Editor.

The Full Editor page looks like this image below.

eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

Thank you for your patience and help!

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:27 pm **(#19)**

Here's my best shot at it.

Before

After

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eagertolearn · **Joined:** Feb 26, 2014 **Posts:** 248

That's great!

Can you possibly share how you did that?

Thank you!