388 CHAPTER 10 ADVANCED COMPOSITING Overlay mode (Web site management)
388 CHAPTER 10 ADVANCED COMPOSITING Overlay mode excels at cutting through haze. Make a layer copy, and then set the top layer to Overlay. The city becomes much clearer (Figure 10-9). Figure 10-9. Overlay mode cuts through the haze a little. But that s just the beginning. With the Overlay layer selected, click the New Layer button again. GIMP makes another copy, already in Overlay mode and the distant city becomes sharper. Click again, and it becomes sharper still. You can keep adding Overlay layers until the image gets as sharp as you need (Figure 10-10). If that effect isn t strong enough for you, try turning off all but the first two layers and using Burn mode on the upper layer (Figure 10-11). Burn mode gives excellent detail and color on the city that previously was shrouded in haze. The down side is that the rest of the image becomes black and you no longer have those nice green hills in the foreground.
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