I am already using gimp for years, not professionally, but I know most basics.
I also already used google to find proper solution, but all tutorials are not exactly about what I need, so please do not send me links about simple black n white or greyscale conversions.

What I need is to convert colored image to almost pure black n white effect with smooth curves.
I am not talking about greyscale with "desaturate" or 2 color with "threshold".

Original image in lossless PNG.
It has various colors that I want to remove, not making them greyscale.
https://speedstar.itos.pl/gimp/gimp-original.png


Method 1.
I use "threshold" with value 160, which is close to what I am looking for, but the problem is that it makes image pure 2 color, and all curves are not smooth, making no shades between black and white pixels (use pixel perfect zoom withot blurring filters if you are not sure what I am talking about).
https://speedstar.itos.pl/gimp/gimp-threshold_160.png


Method 2.
I use "desaturate" with "average" setting, make duplicate and set layer mode to "dodge", which keeps smooth curves and nicely removes most filling colors, but there are grey fogs that can be noticed on chest, upper leg, and shoe.
https://speedstar.itos.pl/gimp/gimp-desa..._dodge.png


Method 3.
I use "desaturate" with "average" setting, increase gamma (not brightness, because I do not want to touch black color) with "levels" with value 160, increase "contrast" to value 96 (127 makes image 2 color), but I am still getting grey fogs slightly on chest and noticeably on upper leg, and also some lines become too small.
https://speedstar.itos.pl/gimp/gimp-desa...ast_96.png


Method 4.
I use "color to alpha" on all colors, make duplicate and set layer mode to "dodge", which seems to to have better effect than previous methods, but I am still getting grey fogs that can be noticed on chest, and if I use another duplicate and set layer mode to "dodge", then lines become too small.
https://speedstar.itos.pl/gimp/gimp-all_..._dodge.png


Any ideas?
Thanks for any suggestions, and please, lets discuss it like intelligent adults, no useless comments, no childish behaviors.

I'm reading the gimp Docs in gimp.org. I can't understand this part.

If the quality setting found in the original file are not better than your default quality settings, then the option "Use quality settings from original image" will be available but not enabled.

What does "the option is available but not enabled" mean?

Thanks for reading.

Looking at some of the new tweaks in Gimp 2.10 and a non-photographic filter, Filters -> Map -> Panorama-Projection. (It is in Gimp 2.8 as a GEGL operation, but who ever looks there). An additional option Inverse-Transform

The dialogue looks like this, with nice on-canvas updating. WYSIWYG




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Hello,

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How to rotate selection, be it custom or rectangle or circular?

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Thanks.

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I am making a blank paintable map from a game's map that it uses to make the provinces in-game. I want to know how to make the border between all the different colours instead of individually selecting them and making a border.

Let's say I have an image.
I roughly cut out leaving a border of 20-30 pixels say.

How can I have the border of the image stretch out to the edges of the picture and blend into white?

See the image below. I intentionally kept the picture dark to illustrate what I want.



I've never seen it done anywhere - but I can't see why it wouldn't be possible?

Thanks.