If you have Photoshop or Gimp installed, then lets get started. First things first, open your image.
I am using this image of a soldier.
See those scratches? want to see them leave? Well that's the plan.
For this, use the heal brush in your tool bar. In both programs the symbol is a bandaid.
Adjust the size to be slightly larger than the scratches. The brush size is called scale in Gimp.
In Pshop hold alt on your keyboard and click an area close to the scratch. Note: hold Ctrl in Gimp.
Once you have your clean area just click on the scratch. Some areas you can drag. in the images above I already cleaned up the clouds. Down below is after cleaning up the neck and pants.
You can use the clone tool the same way, i just wouldn't recommend dragging the brush. Just use small clicks here and there. Clone tool really comes in handy for some of the tighter spots, and rebuilding missing patches like the hole in the tree.
Got a blurry image? This one has a slight blur to it. Lets clean that up a bit.I will show you two ways to do this but only one can be done in Photoshop. lets do that one first.
Note: This high pass filter is for Photoshop only. If you have Gimp, skip this section to see how its done there.
Duplicate the layer. Go to Layer>duplicate. click on the top layer. (on your right hand side you should see the mini images, those are layers.)
At the top Select Filter>other>high pass. Your settings will vary depending on the picture, but you should have something like this.
for this pic i set it to 1.2. you want to have your outlines show up but not alot of filler and little to no color.
Now go to the layers panel on your right and where it says normal, click and select Overlay.
You should now have something like this. Now go to Layer>merge down.
save and done.
NOTE: THIS IS THE HIGH PASS FILTER SECTION FOR GIMP, which does not have high pass filter. We will be creating our own.
Sorry I used a different photo, but the technique is still the same for all.
First duplicate your image twice. Layer>duplicate layer, repeat. now you should have three layers.
Next blur the top layer. Filters>Gaussian Blur the settings depend on the image but you need just a slight blur.
you should have something similar to below. Now got to Colors>invert.
Now at the Layer panel on your right, slide the opacity to about 50 may need to be .5 over or under. depending on your image. Then Layer>merge down.
In the Layers panel change Visibility to Overlay.
You can duplicate this layer like i have if you need to.
The cool part of this high pass overlay layer is you can erase things that you don't need to be sharpened. I erased everything except the bodies for my image. I didn't really need the trees to be high pass.
Well hopefully you have learned something new in this tutorial. Part 2 will be coming soon. Don't miss out!
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