Re: [Gimp-user] how to darken bright areas

[Gene Heskett <gheskett shentel net>]

On Thursday 05 January 2017 18:18:08 paulhurm wrote:

> OK, I'm replying to myself here and will attach my recent before and
> after work for comments.
>
> I will post details of steps if anyone is interested but basically I
> relied on GMIC tools to achieve what I have here. Luckily, if I decide
> that this process might be worth pursuing with the rest of the photos,
> it is a fairly easy set of steps.
>
> To my eye at least, the after shot does a pretty good job of toning
> down the white areas that I complained about. You can still tell that
> the image is degraded but at least they are not so bright and
> distracting to the eye. If you look at the middle guy's chest area you
> will see that my result does not solve the problem of lost detail and
> I don't expect there to be any way to regain what has been lost. That
> is just what I have to accept.
>
> I just wish the negatives had survived! My 93 year old aunt did not
> even know this album existed when I showed it to her for the first
> time so it apparently is something that my grandfather put away and
> never displayed. She has no idea what ever might have happened to the
> negatives so I don't ever expect to find them at this point. OTOH, I
> did actually find 2 negatives mixed in with other more recent photos
> my grandfather took which have survived, so I think the disappearance
> happened later rather than that they never made it home from France.
>
> I'm still definitely willing to listen to any other advise anyone has
> but please take a look at my two attachments "Original" being the
> original scan and "Method 1" being my GMIC work. Comments
> appreciated!!!
>
> Paul
I'd have to say that is a marked improvement.
> Attachments:
> *
> http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/432/original/Original.tif
> *
> http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/433/original/Method_1.tif


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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