![]() Nudge one of the blurred layers (tmp1) down and to the right about 5 pixels. These layers are used to create the edge lighting for the text. Step 5 ¶ĭuplicate the blurred layer once (tmp1 and tmp2). You will need to make sure that the layer boundary is larger than the layer so that the blur can spread nicely. When I did the original logo, it was set lower than this to make the effect less rounded. I used Gaussian Blur ( RLE) at 10 pixels. Step 4 ¶ĭuplicate the text layer again and move it to the top of the Layers stack (use the little up facing arrow head on the Layers, Channels, & Paths dialog). means “Keep Transparency” this will ensure that any transformations or fills made to that layer will only affect the non-transparent part of the image. You can do this easily by dragging the white color swatch from the toolbox over to the image (assuming that the highlight layer is currently selected). box on the Layers, Channels, & Paths dialog, and fill it with white. The highlight layer needs to be white, so select that layer, check the Keep Trans. One for the highlight effect (highlight) and one for the shaded part of the effect (lowlight). Step 3 ¶ĭuplicate the text layer (text) twice. Do so by accessing the Layers menu (right click or Control+Click on the layer you wish to operate on) and select Layer to Imagesize. It will help to change the layer size to that of the image. If you use GIMP FreeType then it is done for you, otherwise click the New Layer button in the Layers, Channels, & Paths dialog (looks like a blank piece of paper). The text should be created as a new layer. Start by laying down some text that is wider than 400px and not too thin. I feel this size it adequate as my website at the time of writing uses 500px tables. I used a white background at 500px by 200px. I’ve taken a lot of screen shots to support this tutorial, so enjoy :) Step 1 ¶įire up GIMP and create a new image. I’ll point out the differences as I go along. This is the same procedure I used to create the logo on my homepage, albeit with slightly different settings. The more experienced user may find some techniques here useful. This tutorial is aimed squarely at the novice GIMP user. in /home/scottp12/public_html/wp-includes/functions.Text and images Copyright (C) 2002 Mel Boyce and may not be used without permission of the author. ![]() (then use scott’s cream+light blue pattern)Īlso note that the image will look blurry as hell if you apply all the blurs that are suggested in the guide, UNLESS you are perhaps using an image larger than, say 1000×1500.ĭeprecated: Function get_users_of_blog is deprecated since version 3.1.0! Use get_users() instead. Here are the most “correct” colour values I could find, listed in corresponding layer order from top to bottom. In my case, I had to use threshold values like 93, 147, 176, 203 or something like that. The threshold values will actually vary based on your photo, in my case I started with a full colour photograph, fairly low res, different lighting, and a cheaper camera most likely (hint: use preview when picking values, and try to make each layer cause about the same amount of black to appear as the corresponding layer on the “Hope” poster). However, anyone trying to make their image look as close to the official “Hope” poster as possible should note that your colour values and layer order are WAY out in left field. I saw a guide that suggested using the posterize option in the Colours menu, but I gave up after finding out just how much more fine tuning it would have needed than your method. Thanks for the general guide, as I’m not a GIMP pro I would not have known how to pull this off. in /home/scottp12/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5453 This way you can remove the Background before going forward with the Threshhold, because some of us need to use really high values, and if you have a background most of it turns to black, just my 2 cents.ĭeprecated: Function get_users_of_blog is deprecated since version 3.1.0! Use get_users() instead. At the very end I blurred the whole image with a gaussien blur of 2.Ī quick note for people who use your tutorial, it’s a good idea to trace your original image with the pen tool. Well, the palette knife in my GIMP gives me an error every time I try, so I went through some different blurs and found Tileable Blur gave a rather nice result. I did this after watching a photoshop tutorial for the same image, and he used something called a “Palette Knife” to really clean up the image. I actually used a “Tileable Blur” with a value of 2 to get a cleaner image (maybe you can’t tell).
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