Repairing Moderate and Heavy Damage - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 156

Figure 7-5. Selecting an area with which to patch the damage on the other side

9. Copy this selection and paste it as a new layer (Control + C and Control + V)—it

will appear as Floating Selection in the Layers palette. Right-click the floating
selection and select the To New Layer option from the drop-down menu.

10. Rename this layer Patch 2. Use the Flip tool (Shift + F) to reverse the direction of

this layer (Figure 7-6 ).