There are many ways to improve an image, and sharpening and noise reduction are just the very start. These techniques are almost completely program-agnostic, and can be done using a variety of different tools, Gimp included.

In photography, this is a major portion of the work that is done, and has become known as "Post Processing" or simply "Post".

Post-Processing Techniques:

Basics

• Cropping
• sharpening
• white balance correction
• Contrast enhancement
• spot touchups/dust removal

Advanced

• noise reduction
• cross-processing
• halftone/duotone
• HDR

These lists are by no means exhaustive, but merely show a few of the more common techniques.

There are quite a few tutorials around that may be helpful for you.

There are many ways to improve an image, and sharpening and noise reduction are just the very start. These techniques are almost completely program-agnostic, and can be done using a variety of different tools, Gimp included.

In photography, this is a major portion of the work that is done, and has become known as "Post Processing" or simply "Post".

Post-Processing Techniques:

Basics

• Cropping
• sharpening
• white balance correction
• Contrast enhancement
• spot touchups/dust removal

Advanced

• noise reduction
• cross-processing
• halftone/duotone
• HDR

These lists are by no means exhaustive, but merely show a few of the more common techniques.

There are quite a few tutorials around that may be helpful for you.

There are many ways to improve an image, and sharpening and noise reduction are just the very start.

In photography, this is a major portion of the work that is done, and has become known as "Post Processing" or simply "Post".

Post-Processing Techniques:

• Basics

• Cropping

• sharpening

• white balance correction

• Advanced

• noise reduction

• cross-processing

• halftone/duotone

• HDR

There are quite a few tutorials around that may be helpful for you.

There are many ways to improve an image, and sharpening and noise reduction are just the very start. These techniques are almost completely program-agnostic, and can be done using a variety of different tools, Gimp included.

In photography, this is a major portion of the work that is done, and has become known as "Post Processing" or simply "Post".

Post-Processing Techniques:

Basics

• Cropping
• sharpening
• white balance correction
• Contrast enhancement
• spot touchups/dust removal

Advanced

• noise reduction
• cross-processing
• halftone/duotone
• HDR

These lists are by no means exhaustive, but merely show a few of the more common techniques.

There are quite a few tutorials around that may be helpful for you.