So this week I decided to try out GIMP for this weeks assignment for the fact that I wanted to see how similar it was to photoshop and I just installed Kubuntu alongside XP on my computer and needed a good image editor. After using it for a bit I did realize that they were pretty similar and it wasn't that big of a transition to use. So the picture that I started out with was this:
I really like this picture I took of this fox but I thought the colors were kind of washed out from the flash and I didn't like the plate to the left of her, and that's where GIMP came in. First I used the clone stamp tool to get rid of the plate. This is accomplished by selecting another part of the picture to be copied over the area you want fixed, then dragging the brush over the plate. After that it was on to fixing up the colors. GIMP has a nice feature that automatically does that. Under the colors tab you go to auto and select enhance color and things automatically become brighter and enriched. The last thing I did was feather the edges for a nicer presentation of the photo. To accomplish that, I used the rectangular selection tool to crop what part of the picture I wanted. Under the options for the tool I selected feather edges and rounded edges. I then inverted the selection to cut out the part of the picture I wanted to get rid which resulted in the picture below: