In the attached picture of wire ribbon matting, there is a shading effect that I guess was intended to simulate texture by the original artist. (the diagonal banding)
Is there a process in gimp to selectively darken the light spots while selectively lightening the dark areas, with the ultimate goal of achieving a uniform appearance? I've been playing around with alternate "dodge and burn" processes from a brush set larger than the overall image, with mixed success.
My gut feeling is that if I keep at it over and over long enough, I will eventually luck into an acceptable result. But knowing you folks are far more skilled than I, got me to wondering if there might be a better way, less depended upon random chance, that is repeatable, which one of you might share?
https://i.imgur.com/QZFqcVM.png
Here is the likely original used to make the above composite.
https://i.imgur.com/oYlIkex.png
Is there a process in gimp to selectively darken the light spots while selectively lightening the dark areas, with the ultimate goal of achieving a uniform appearance? I've been playing around with alternate "dodge and burn" processes from a brush set larger than the overall image, with mixed success.
My gut feeling is that if I keep at it over and over long enough, I will eventually luck into an acceptable result. But knowing you folks are far more skilled than I, got me to wondering if there might be a better way, less depended upon random chance, that is repeatable, which one of you might share?
https://i.imgur.com/QZFqcVM.png
Here is the likely original used to make the above composite.
https://i.imgur.com/oYlIkex.png