This post is directed to Ian Wilson since he so graciously provided an excellent GIMP tutorial almost a year ago in the thread I started called Photog Assistance Needed.
Ian, if you happen to read this, the reason I put it here as a post rather than a PM is the fact that the old thread and what I might learn now could be of some help to someone else as well. I welcome comments or assistance from others as well as Ian.
In [post=’750019′]this tutorial post[/post] you used the layers and blend tools to help me get rid of dark areas in a photo and I was quite successful in that adventure.
I now have another (Christmas) photo I took this Christmas where I accidently let my klutzy finger get partially in the way of the flash AGAIN! Most of my other shots are OK for I was trying to be careful of the flash. The picture in question has my daughter-in-law in the upper left corner, exceedingly dark because of my errant finger. However, sitting below her leg is a trash bag where she was gathering up wrapping paper for disposal.
When I use the layers and blending technique to take out the darkness over her image, the white trash bag becomes offensively bright. I’m using a vertical blend rather than a horizontal.
And therein lies the question. Is it possible to do this layer-blending trick so that I lighten (brighten) up ONLY the upper left quadrant of the photo? In other words, can I somehow use a combination of horizontal AND vertical blending to achieve the result I want? Here’s a somewhat reduced copy of a rather large picture. And THANKS!