Editing Portraits and Recomposing Images - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 216

Figure 8-37. Make a selection around the dark area, to create a patch to cover the woman

4. Copy and paste (Control + C and Control + V) as a floating selection. Change

the floating selection into a new layer (Shift + Control + N). Expand the layer's
boundary size to match to the image size (Image Menu ➤ Layer ➤ Layer to
Image Size). Rename the layer Patch 1).

5. Use the Move tool (M) to move the patch over the woman's face. Some of it will

cover part of the man's hair and sombrero, but that's okay for now (Figure 8-38 ).