So here I am again.  Tinkering with GIMP while trying to squeeze in some work.  Maybe it should be the other way around, but anyway…

One of the problems I have with this borrowed camera is that when it is too bright, tiny dots appear on the lens which also appear on the pictures.  The reason for this has actually been explained to me but right now I can’t remember what it was.  Anyway, my problem was how to fix the pictures.

I just started using GIMP, so don’t laugh when I tell you that the image editor I used before was Paint.  I don’t really know what terms like saturate, color balance and layers mean.  For me Paint is enough to modify the image attributes like when I need to resize a photo.

After asking an expert, I learned that it’s actually very easy “fix” photos in GIMP.  All I needed to use is the Heal Tool (Tools > Paint Tools > Heal).

In this example, I was working on a photo in Grayscale mode.

Notice the encircled black dot? There are also several noticeable dots on the picture. So what I need to do is to look for a part of the photo that I can use to overlap those dots. I pressed the CTRL key while clicking on that part that I want to use to cover the dot with. Then, I clicked on the dot, this time without pressing the CTRL key to erase the dot. It is simple, just like Copy – Paste, right?!

So there you go. Here’s the finished product.

P.S.
I also learned how to create a custom brush. Check out my signature on that finished photo. I’ll provide the tutorial link later.