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If you have a digital photo of yourself or another person that is marred by one or more pimples or blemishes on the person's face, it's a relatively easy thing to fix. Many photo editing programs have the capability to do this. One program that is free and runs on all of the popular computer operating systems is called the GIMP.Related Searches:Difficulty:Moderately EasyInstructions 1Open the photo in GIMP by right-clicking on the photo's icon and selecting "Open with the GIMP" from the menu that pops up. Or, if GIMP is already open or the menu doesn't contain that option, select "Open" from the "File" menu in GIMP.
2Select the Clone Tool. This looks somewhat like a rubber stamp. Hold the cursor over your image and you will see an outline of the size and shape of the brush tip that's selected. If this doesn't suit you, select a different shape from the options at the bottom of the toolbar, and/or slide the "scale" slider to the right or left to make the size bigger or smaller. A round circle brush tip works best for this purpose, but the size depends on your image resolution and the size of the pimple.
3Find an area on the photo that has a similar color to the area around the pimple and hold down the Control key while clicking in that area. Then use the mouse to paint over the pimple: you are covering the pimple with a copy of the area of the image where you Control-clicked.
4Select the Eye Dropper tool and click in an area near the pimple to get a skin color. Switch to the Air Brush tool and paint over the pimple area lightly to smooth it out, and remove any obvious marks left by the clone brush.
5Save the image using the "Save as" option to preserve the original image in case you need it for some reason.
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