Editing Portraits and Recomposing Images - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 215

Figure 8-35. A photograph of my late brother, Glenn, soon to be alone in this image

To edit this image, follow these steps:

Open the image ( Ch8_remove girl ) located in the Practice Images folder.

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2. Duplicate the background layer and rename it Edit Layer (Figure 8-36 ).

Figure 8-36. Create a duplicate layer to edit

3. Using the Free Select tool (F) and the Feather Edges radius set to 10 pixels, draw a

selection around the area on the right side of the image (Figure 8-37 ).