Creative Use of Color - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 117

Figure 5-6. The color image split into the Red, Green, and Blue color channels. Red is at the forefront

4. Right-click the active layer (Red) and add a layer mask from the drop-down menu.

5. Using a soft brush and a 25%-35% gray as the active color, paint the faces of the

bride and groom and the red flowers, to reveal some of the tonal information of
the layer (green) underneath. Use black to paint the heads of the children and
the top of the small tree (Figure 5-7 ).