Correcting Tone and Exposure - Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP - page 47

Figure 3-11. The background layer duplicated and renamed Contrast Adjustment

3.

Open the Brightness-Contrast dialog (Image Menu ➤ Colors ➤
Brightness-Contrast).

4.

I found increasing the brightness to 24 and the contrast to 35 improved the look
overall (Figure 3-12 ).

Figure 3-12. The image is improved, but with some washed-out highlights