Re: [Gimp-user] lighten background

2005-10-24 Thread Akkana Peck
Helen writes: I have a photo of a dark red flower against a dark background. I've tried tedious ways to lighten the background without changing the flower, but the details of the flower are too tiny. So I'm browsing tutorials. Should I be learning about masks? About layers? A hint how I can

Re: [Gimp-user] lighten background

2005-10-24 Thread Eric P
Akkana Peck wrote: Helen writes: I have a photo of a dark red flower against a dark background. I've tried tedious ways to lighten the background without changing the flower, but the details of the flower are too tiny. So I'm browsing tutorials. Should I be learning about masks? About layers? A

Re: [Gimp-user] lighten background

2005-10-24 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 09:04:15PM -0500, Eric P wrote: I agree with everything here except I'd use a mask instead of a selection. A selection can be a bit too fleeting for a something as tedious as your task. it is really an advantage that the people who used gimp-1.0 have over newer

Re: [Gimp-user] lighten background

2005-10-24 Thread Eric P
I agree with everything here except I'd use a mask instead of a selection. A selection can be a bit too fleeting for a something as tedious as your task. Eric tedious = I probably should have used detailed. I didn't realize how that came off... Eric

[Gimp-user] lighten background

2005-10-23 Thread Helen
I have a photo of a dark red flower against a dark background. I've tried tedious ways to lighten the background without changing the flower, but the details of the flower are too tiny. So I'm browsing tutorials. Should I be learning about masks? About layers? A hint how I can approach this?