Herself’s Webtools

The eraser does just what you’d expect. It erases your image. If you have a transparent background you can erase the parts of the photo you don’t want just leaving part of the image. This is useful for separating out items in an image.

Convolve blurs your image a bit. This is handy for smoothing out skin tones in portraits. You can also use convolve to sharpen specific areas of your image.

Smudge works as if you dragged your finger across a charcoal drawing. The area you run over will blur and the colors will drag following the mouse.

Dodge - Burn, dodge will lighten areas, burn darkens areas. This is useful for highlighting parts of an image.

Gimp Basics: Beginning