GIMP :: Add Quality To Drained Photos?

In this tutorial, we will be adding color and definition to "drained" images, which are lacking it.

This tutorial is similar in concept to 14Stones's Cool Render effect (simple) tutorial which can be found here. I discovered part of this method a while ago, and it isn't really a secret, so I didn't copy 14Stones.

Anyway, I will be using this image:

It's nice, but is lacking.

First, duplicate your picture.

Next, on the the top one, Gaussian Blur it by 5 pixels and set the layer mode to overlay.

Finally, Sharpen the bottom layer by 20 pixels.