Rescuing your vacation snapshots with Gimp
PHOTO FIXER
Author(s): PETER KREUSSEL
Gimp will help you dial up the quality on your less-than-perfect digital images.
The subject of your photo is slightly off-center, and the exposure isn’t quite what you expected. The flash caused some undesirable reflections, and the colors give away the less-than-perfect weather (Figure 1). But you had a great time on your last vacation, and you would like your photos to be as perfect as your memories. Gimp can help bring out the best in your imperfect images. The Right Perspective One of the most obvious mistakes in a photo is caused by the photographer not holding the camera straight. Gimp can correct this using the rotation tool ( Rotate the layer or selection). Keep the default of Transform layer for Affect:, and select Cubic (best) for Interpolation to keep as much image data as possible. Now drag the mouse to rotate the image until the edges are straight.
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