Digitizing Your Photos, Slides, and Negatives - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 27

3. Rename the background layer Scan 1 (Activate the Background Layer ➤ Right

Click ➤ Edit Layer Attributes).

4. Lay the other end of the photograph horizontally across the scanning bed,

keeping the orientation the same as the first scan. Scan it into GIMP (Figure 2-6 ).

Figure 2-6. The second part of the image scanned into GIMP

5. Copy the image to the clipboard (Image Menu ➤ Edit ➤ Copy ).

6. Activate the first scanned image by clicking the tab on the Image Navigation Bar .

7. Paste the second part of the image (Image Menu ➤ Edit ➤ Paste As New Layer).

8. Change the layer's boundary size to match the image size (Layer ➤ Right Click ➤

Layer to Image Size).

9. Rename the layer Scan 2.

10. Lower the layer's opacity enough to see the first scan underneath. This will help

make alignment easier (Figure 2-7 ). Using the Move tool, position the layer
into place and use the Arrow keys to nudge it in small increments, for precise
alignment.