Hi,
due to my Ubuntu upgrade yesterday, I'm actually not
sure if my last post made it to the list, so here it is
again.
Here's a link to my latest attempt at using Inkscape
for photo retouching:
http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/images/bild015_neg.nr.n15a._detail_4x.jpg
For me, this is better than mere bitmap editing, due to the
necessity to edit larger areas, where the clone brush doesn't
work so well. The keys of the technique I used here are a)
that the inserted vector shapes are slightly blurred, b) that
they are semi-transparent, in order to blend better with the rest
of the image.
My work flow:
a) Importing the photograph into Inkscape (as a PNG or TIFF).
b) Drawing the vector shapes.This implies single-color fills as
well as linear gradients where
necessary.(Shapes where 'Stroke'
is disabled are more flexible for retouching.)
c) 'Select All'.
d) Exporting the final image for fine-tuning into Gimp, CinePaint,
Krita, or whatever (I'm working under Ubuntu Linux).
e) Fine-tuning, final adjustment of color levels, advanced Unsharp Mask.
Claus