09-12-2019, 09:44 AM
(09-12-2019, 09:09 AM)denzjos Wrote: I think there is no flare on the bottom of the photo, but it seems to be a reflection of another object. The photo is probably taken through the glass of a showcase. It is difficult to restore the photo because it is a mix of two objects that overlap each other. So the original photo is distorted by the reflection of another object and is missing many details. In this case I always correct the photo manually with the different gimp tools that are available and is very time consuming. If you only want to light up the picture simply load the photo, copy the layer and set the layer mode to screen.
Thanks for lighting tip. (and others for advice)
I don't think too many corrections should be made to historical photos so may be best to crop to the passable areas or use as is.
Thanks for the answers.
PS: being a Linuxer, I have had gimp on my computer for over 10 years but only ever used it for scaling screenshots.
Never realized how powerful gimp is.
A credit to the open-source community.