[Gimp-user] liquid rescale to fill transparent areas

[fa-flyingalone <forums gimpusers com>]

> This an be tricky depending on the extent of the area that needs to be
> filled.
>
> I've often found other problems - particularly if there's a large
> gradient
> of varying brightness across a sky

> In the past I've had luck with cloning large sections of the sky or
> just
> copy/pasting a big region to where I need it and blending it by hand

> Resynthesizer and G'MIC inpainting often work best when there's
> texture
> that needs to be synthesized to match it's surroundings, but might not
> do
> as good a job if it's a big area of gradient sky.

Hello Gary
Talking to a photographer that works and lives nearby , we often talk about best
ways to get the best out of images , his suggestion  (unless you have already
tried this) copy/paste a much larger than you need selection , make it a new
layer under main image , move that bottom layer left/right/up/down  until it
sort of looks umm ok then with the erase tool set at a large size with opacity
turned down down , I think he means to have it blend in  (as much as you can) 
definitely I was told without using the smudge tool    , also mentioned that
using a non standard brush eg smoke/cloud/splatter type brushes set to large
size could also help .

My suggestion is keep experimenting and enjoy and that's what art is all
about... you never know when the next - "Happy Accidents In Art"  will happen

Hope it Helps & Good Luck

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