Editing Portraits and Recomposing Images - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 191

Figure 8-8. Selections made around the harsher areas to be retouched

9. Click Wavelet scale 3, and apply the Gaussian Blur filter (Image Menu ➤ Filters

➤ Blur ➤ Gaussian Blur) with the blur radius (vertical and horizontal) to 30.

10. Click Wavelet scale 4, and reapply the Gaussian Blur (Control + F). The under-eye

creases are noticeably diminished. The mouth creases look less harsh (Figure 8-9 ).