Quick and Easy Color Match Technique in GIMP (Photo Compositing)

In this GIMP 2.10.20 tutorial I show you how to color match multiple photos for photo compositing! A good color match can make combining two photos look much more realistic, and this quick and easy technique helps you do just that! Improve your photo manipulation skills with this free photo editor.
0:00 - Intro & Resources
1:20 - Removing Image Background
2:43 - Import & Combine Photos
3:49 - Sample Average with Eyedropper
5:33 - Add a Color Layer
6:01 - Mask Color Layer
6:59 - Set Layer Mode
7:46 - Adjust Lighting
9:34 - Add Blur
10:29 - Final Thoughts
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[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Brilliant! I really need to sign-up for your GIMP course. I love your tutorials but what I struggle with most is dealing with specific photos I have since I'm not sure where to get started. lol In any event, perhaps the course is the best starting point. As always, thanks for posting!

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You offer the best tutorials. I have been wondering how to match items from different photos. Maybe I can get rid of all the floating people in my images.

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[@joelespinosa1978]

Thank you so much for this Tutorial! This was very helpful! Exactly what I've been looking for. Wondering if you have any Tutorials on rim lighting around characters/people. Kind of like what you see on movie posters. (example: the Marvel & Star Wars posters).

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[@JulesIvanCGaray]

awesome tutorial! Is there any tutorial for changing light direction on screen refection? that would make the photo more realistic

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[@keycadearcadecontrollers467]

Do you have a tutorial for Color matching between images? For example, I have multiple profile pictures of staff members taken with the same backdrop, but due to issues with lighting or camera exposure, the colour tones of the images all look slightly different. Given the backdrop is supposed to be the same colour in all photos, is there a quick way in Gimp to use the backgrounds as a reference to match the “colour profile” of one image to another one?

[@JerryDechant]

how do you color match skin tones when making an image where you are putting one person's face over another person's face so the face is changed, but looks like it belong there?

[@TheDavidfallon]

That's brilliant. I have used GIMP for years and do a lot of political and other memes and often have to wrestle with various colour filters to match photos. Sometimes it is a pain. The method here is a great help. Even learning to check the sample average box was an immediate knowledge boost. However there is a point where you select the image with Alt+ Click That doesn't seem to work for me.

[@daywing5642]

I just tried a lot of stuff and alpha to selection seemed to work for me when you right clicked.

[@gamerhawk5466]

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[@idevpas]

You don't need to add an alpha channel to layer, when you use a mask. :)

[@akshithabhilash7355]

Hello i need a small help, I am unable to get the selection in the color background and I use GIMP 2.10.28

[@agnaldosilva2235]

Show!

[@salmakhairallah2493]

Help pleeeeeez....whoen I Alt click on the dropped buffer layer it outlines a yellow dotted rectangle which is the frame of the object with transperant background, not the object itself😐...How do I fix that

[@mozartsound]

Lightning Productions 11 months ago I actually found out what to do basically just right click on that layer then click on the option alpha to selection

[@nuc1earant]

Can i just use free select tool to erase background instead of using paths?

[@ElmoKenthOS]

Unfortunately, I can't do that in mine. I use Gimp 2.10.22 in BigSur 11.2.3. The path to selection is always gray, I can't see the selection when I press that, so...I guess that's not for Mac.

[@manueldouglas5180]

you lost me at the ALT+Click on the buffer layer. Mine does not crreate a selection ar ound the object

[@jonasmous3595]

wow gimp is actually pretty simple you just got to know your tools and settings

[@jabberman3000]

wow for what ever reason it doesn't give me an outline when i alt click the layer

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Go to Layer>Transparency>Alpha to Selection. If your layer is blank, you just use the Select All feature (ctrl+a or Select>All).

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[@mhxmell7700]

why don't you drag the pictures from the gallery?

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[@sheikavejhurreea9531]

The alt click does not work, any help??

[@aaronramos3995]

Yea im having the same issue I thought I was trippin at first but I don't exactly know what to do

[@sheikavejhurreea9531]

@@aaronramos3995 what os are you using?

[@vidyuthnambiar2162]

same here

[@vidyuthnambiar2162]

I actually found out what to do basically just right click on that layer then click on the option alpha to selection

[@joshuaandrewquirante6558]

Thanks to Father and Mother.

[@RAM_DOS]

It seems like a quicker way to do this is to just go to the colors and adjust everything manually.

[@motorhead4446]

Yeah I have I tried. Doesn't work very well, unless you got a really good eye for it

[@mikoajneronowicz582]

What's happen to your face? :)

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In general, I like your videos, most are instructive. However, I do have some criticism. My first complaint is that you talk too fast (way, way too fast). I know the latest video technique is the fast-cut-scene to scene. This may work well in a fast-moving drama, but in an instruction video, this makes what you’re trying to get across extremely hard to follow. Another nit-pick is your use of the dark-theme on Gimp. This makes it very difficult to follow your cursor and see exactly what you are clicking on. Another thing, it would also be helpful if you had a text stream, something like closed-captioning, running across the bottom of the screen to document your dialogue. Or furnish a link to a transcript of the dialogue used in the video. Again, I have learned a lot from your video tutorials and I hope you find these suggestions helpful.

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