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== Simulate a Faded Effect in digiKam == <!--T:1-->
Transcribed from Dmitri Popov's blog, 18th April, 2012


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Sometimes the best way to spice up a photo is to make it look faded, and '''digiKam''' makes it supremely easy to achieve this effect.


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[[Image:Digikam_faded_effect.png|center|thumb|500px]]


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Open the photo for editing and choose <menuchoice>Color -> White Balance</menuchoice>. Adjust exposure compensation to slightly overexpose the photo and set the color temperature to 12000 to add a strong golden tint to the photo. Press <menuchoice>OK</menuchoice> to apply the modifications. Choose then <menuchoice>Color -> Hues/Saturation/Lightness</menuchoice> and set <menuchoice>Saturation</menuchoice> to -50. Press <menuchoice>OK</menuchoice>, and you are done. The described technique works particularly well with skin tones, so it’s suitable for use with portrait photos.

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