GIMP bump map tutorial · Tankedup-Imaging Preamble This tutorial has been updated for use with GIMP 2.6. I have split the tutorial into two different levels. The one on this page is for people reasonably familiar with the GIMP interface and image manipulation commands. The second is for people with very little experience of image manipulation programs and GIMP particularly. The Bump Map Tutorial Scale your logo and create a new image The first thing to do is decide what size you want your photos to be displayed at and how much space the logo will take up. The logo for this tutorial is 91px × 47px, to fit into a 300px × 225px photo. In the active window create a new blank image File » New You can fill the new image by clicking the Advanced Options and choosing from the Fill with options. For this exercise the logo background is transparent, so choose a transparent fill for the new image. Copy logo and paste into blank image In the logo image copy the logo Edit » Copy Paste the logo into the new blank image Edit » Paste Create a Gaussian blur
Blog Theme Design tutorial Preview: Finally I have managed to put my self together and create another blog template tutorial! sorry to all those who were counting on it before,i just didn't have the time for it but anyway here it is. so enjoy! Getting Started Creating this template is very easy, it just needs some patience and a little effort, so what ever you do. don't give up.Here is the outcome of this tutorial. Hopefully a member of the forum will help out in coding this template to a working wordpress theme, so keep an eye out for it :). Updated The theme has been converted a wordpress theme to see a live demo or download click here Before we jump into this gimp tutorial ill need to remind you that i will only go into details of how to do cretin techniques once and then ill just describe it briefly when ever its repeated so pay attention. Step 1: First thing will do is create the content box's transparent border. this effect is easy and gives a nice touch to the design. Step 2: Step 3: Here is how it should look. Note
Converting a Gimp .xcf to HTML/CSS Last week, I posted a tutorial on creating a website design with Gimp. Today, we will be converting that design to an HTML/CSS design. Cutting Up the .xcf Into Pieces First, we need to take the .xcf image we created last time, and get some smaller images from it. The first part to cut out is the gradient from the boxes. The next piece to cut out is the background image. Do the same thing with the logo. Be sure to move any other images that you have into the images directory. Create the HTML Open up a new file called "index.html" in a text editor. (Sorry the code is a little painful to read. I think I've named the IDs appropriately, so you should be able to easily add in your own sample content to test it out. The CSS Next, we have the CSS. Create a new file called style.css. The first part of style.css that we will be changing is body. Then, we have the page layout. Take a look at it in your browser. After that, we have some general styles. Notice that this CSS is incomplete.
Turning a Photograph into a Polka Dot Image in GIMP This a very quick simple tutorial and a bit of fun! I have made a range of different sizes – 50px, 75px, 100px, 150px patterns so you can easily apply the effect in seconds. I suggest you try some masking of layers as well to experiment with design :). Polka Dot Photograph 1. Create a new document in GIMP – choose the size of your Polka Dot (I have ready made ones to download at the end of the tutorial), Fill with: Transparency, 72 resolution should be fine: Making a Polka Dot Stencil Grab the Ellipse Tool, fill the square with the a circle:Invert the selection, Ctrl + I or Select –> Invert:Grab the Paint Fill Tool, Fill Whole Selection with Black or White: Paint Tool Save this as Pattern file .pat! 2. Open your photograph in GIMP – Duplicate your image if you’d like to do some Layer Masking later! Pixelize 3. In your Patterns Toolbar select the Polka Dot stencil you want to use (mine will be 74px BLACK):Now go, Edit –> Fill with Pattern (Ctrl +;): Applying Polka Dot Pattern 4. Cropping Excess 5.
Making Skies dramatic in GIMP An easy way to make ordinary white cloud on blue skies into dramatic significant parts of your photographs. This is a very simple trick to do in GIMP and the results are great! Dramatic Skies in GIMP 1. Starting Open your image up in GIMP – preferably with plenty of sky! Colors –> Components –> Channel Mixer 2. To make your sky really dramatic with dark blue sky you need to really experiment here! Channel Mixer – Monochrome: 200, -25, -75 3.a. A Gradient Map will increase contrast and better define the clouds from the dark blue sky.Duplicate your original layerMake sure your FG is Black and BG is White:Go, Colors –> Map –> Gradient Map:And set that layer to Overlay: Gradient Map – Colors –> Map –> Gradient Map 4. To make your clouds perfect white go, Colors –> Levels:Now, select the WHITE Selector (pipette) and click on the whitest part of your clouds: Adjusting Levels – Colors –> Levels 5. Sometimes, depending on the image, the colours are drained. Saturation Here is the BEFORE and AFTER shot:
How to make a photograph Lomographic in GIMP Lomography is most commonly recognised in old film photographs and is used aesthetically in photographs. I will show you a quick process to achieve this ‘Lomo’ effect in GIMP! The Olgas, Kata Tjuta - Lomo Effect 1. Choose your image and open it in GIMPNow go, Colors –> Curves - This is the basis of the Lomo-Effect, these adjustments will change the colours:You click on the Channel tab to change between channelsDo ‘S’ curves on all, except the Blue Channel:Value/RGB Channel – ‘S‘ Curve, as shown: Value/RGB Channel 'S' Curve (Click to view larger) RED Channel – ‘S‘ Curve, as shown: RED Channel - 'S' Curve GREEN Channel – ‘S‘ Curve, as shown: GREEN Channel - 'S' Curve BLUE Channel – Opposite ‘S’ Curve, as shown: BLUE Channel - Opposite Curve, as shown 2. Duplicate your layer:Go, Colors –> Map –> Gradient Map (Make sure your Colours are Black and White – Default)Then, set that layer to Overlay at 50% Opacity, as shown: Duplicate Layer - Gradient Map (B&W) - Overlay 3. That’s It! Before and After shot:
Creating Light Leaks on Photographs using GIMP Light Leaks are a product of film in the camera being exposed due to a hole/gap in the cameras body letting in light. It is sometimes used aesthetically in photographs creating a sense of vividness or soft blurs of colour – usually red. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create these light leaks in the GIMP! Making light leaks on Photographs in GIMP 1. Firstly open your image that you’ll be applying the light leaks.Using the Quick Mask we can select the areas where the light leaks will be, go Select –> Toggle Quick Mask (Shift + Q). Starting and Quick Masking (Click to view larger) 2. a. Grab the Gradient Tool: FG Only – White and either Radial or Square Gradients.Now, using the gradient mask around the edges of your image in the places you’d like to have the red/orange.As shown below, it is ideal to use both Linear and Radial to precisely mask: Using the Gradient Tool - Radial and Linear (Click to view larger) b. Using the Gradient Tool - Square (Click to view larger) 3. RED – Increase
Gimp Tutorial: Creating Dark Surreal Image in Gimp and Irfan View. This tutorial is all about creating an dark surreal using some free stock images from Deviant Art and i want to introduce some new trick - combining two great free software, Gimp and IrfanView. The composition is quite simple, but with a little inspiration you can create something really nice. Before we start,you need to: 1. Install IrfanView. 2. 3. I want to point out that this tutorial is for intermediate Gimp user. p/s: You will have to cut some picture. You can view the final image preview below or larger view HERE. Introduction In this tutorial, i want to introduce Irfan View, one of the most awesome free graphic viewer in the net. First, open up the grass image. Step 2 Now you are going to delete the sky. Save the image as "grass.png". Step 4 Open new document. 1024 x 768 in potrait style. Step 5 Next, i will use fantasy landscape bg 5 from joannastar-stock..This is the base image for this project. Step 6 Import the grass image into the document. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Reduce its size.
Geschnitztes Herz Baumschnitzen Heute schnitzen unsere Kinder Namen und Herzen in Schulbänke oder malen sie auf ihre Federmäppchen. Es gab aber einmal eine Zeit, wo Namen und Herzen in Bäume geritzt wurden.Das funktioniert immer noch, aber ohne einen Baum zu beschädigen, einfach mit Gimp: Du benötigst zwei Bilder 1. Öffne dein Bild mit dem schönen Baumstamm mit Gimp. Im Ebenendialog sollte die Holz-Ebene unter der Baum-Ebene liegen. Mit dem Pfadwerkzeug markierst du nun die Form eines Herzens auf dem Baum. Verwende hierzu 3 Punkte und modelliere die Form über die Ärmchen, die du aus den Knotenpunkten ziehst. Füge eine neue transparente Ebene hinzu und fülle die Auswahl darauf mit einem dunklen Grau. Hebe die Auswahl auf und zeichne sie ein wenig weich. Wähle als Bump-Map die Herz-Ebene. Aktiviere den Pfaddialog. Die Struktur von Licht und Schatten sind noch sichtbar, da sie sich außerhalb der Auswahl befanden.Nun ritzt du die Initialien in das Herz. Dann blende alle Ebenen bis auf die Schriftebenen aus.
Gimp - Pinsel erstellen - KreativMonster . Um in Gimp zu stempeln, braucht man zunächst ein paar hübsche Pinsel. Denn diese Pinsel dienen uns später als Stempelmotive. Um an schöne Pinsel zu kommen, gibt es zwei Möglichkeiten: - Man lädt sie sich aus dem Internet herunter - Man erstellt seine eigenen, individuellen Pinselspitzen Der einfache Weg - Pinsel herunterladen Wenn du dir Pinsel für Gimp aus dem Internet heruntergeladen hast, musst du sie einfach nur im Ordner ... Der auch-nicht-schwere Weg - Pinsel selber erstellen Falls du deine Pinsel lieber selbstgestalten möchtest, habe ich hier ein einfaches Tutorial für dich. Schritt 1 - Pinseldatei öffnen Starte Gimp und klicke auf Datei > Neu...Ein neues Fenster öffnet sich. Wähle die Höhe und Breite deines Pinsels aus, ich habe hier zum Beispiel eine Größe von 100 x 100 Pixeln gewählt. Schritt 2 - Pinsel gestalten Nun kommt der Kreative Part. Schritt 3 - Pinsel abspeichern Wenn du mit deinem Motiv zufrieden bist, musst du es nur noch abspeichern. Gratulation - Dein eigener Stempel!