Creative Use of Color - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 125

To edit this image, follow these steps:

1. Open the image ( Ch5_old church 2 ) found in the Practice Images folder.

2. Duplicate the background layer (Shift + Control + D) and rename it Sepia .

3. Open the Colorize dialog box (Image Menu ➤ Colors ➤ Colorize), set the

Hue slider to a value of about 30 and the Saturation to about 40
(Figure 5-17 ) and click OK.

Figure 5-17. Using the Colorize dialog to apply a sepia tone to the image

4. Add a layer mask to the Sepia Layer (Right- c lick Layer ➤ Add Layer Mask).

5. Activate the background layer by clicking it. Choose the Select by Color tool

(Shift + O). Check the Feather Edges option and set the Radius to 10 pixels. Set
the Threshold to 25.

6. Click inside the sky area (Figure 5-18 ).