whoa! On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Rick Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > You are right. Changing the part you want changes the parts you DON'T want > to change. That's why we try to get the light right when the shot is being > taken. Some people even use the little flash on their camera to "fill in" > the shadows when photographing people outdoors in strong light. > > Try playing around with the "Dodge and Burn" tool in GIMP. Dodge means to > hold back the light i.e make and area brighter. You would use this in the > shadow areas of the people. Burn means to increase the light or make an area > darker.
I have been looking for that tool for ages! Now I know what it's called, I can find the documentation and figure out how to make it work. > [...] Thank you, ghart for starting the thread, and of course, Rick, for chiming in at the right time. This is why we sign up for these lists. Trying to help others, we get helped in turn. Way cool. -- Joel Rees I'm imagining I'm a novelist: http://joels-random-eikaiwa.blogspot.com/2016/11/simplife01-1-meet-the-pilots.html _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
