[Courses][gimp] Lesson 2: Lightening, Darkening, Sharpening

[Kjersti Bjørnestad Berg]

Hi all

I've now uploaded my homework, here: http://home.no.net/tuttings/

I read an article in a (norwegian) magazine about Gimp, and the author
recommended using the Unsharp Mask tool on the L-layer only. (Luminance?
You can decompose an image into different color layers, and choosing LAB
gives you a Luminance layer). I tried this as well, but for the image I
used I didn't see a huge difference. Anyone else tried this/has
comments?

> I found Unsharp Mask to be a lot more effective than Sharpen, but a preview 
> pane sure would be nice.  Thanks Mary for pointing out the Duplicate 
> feature.  I'm using Gimp 1.2.5 and it's in the same place:  Image > 
> Duplicate.

I'm using version 2.2.3 and it has a previewpane for the Unsharp Mask. 
> 
> I'm not sure which of the three images I am calling "final" is best.
> 

I liked the second one best, although the colors were a bit distorted.
The other ones look a bit pale, so the details were more clear in the
second one.

Look forward to lesson 3!

Kjersti