~Tutorial-tastic Packet. Packet 2~ Playdough Siggies and ColorSplash on GIMP 2.6

karikaylee · #1 05-26-2010, 04:43 PM

~Tutorial-Tastic Packet~
Packet 2:
Playdough Siggies and ColorSplash in GIMP 2.6

~~Playdough Siggies~~

1st, click 'File' and click 'New'

Click 'Advanced Options' and Fill with: Transparency. Adjust the width and height to your liking, I'm gonna keep mine at Width: 640 and Height: 400

2nd, click the 'A' and click on your project and type whatever you want.

to change your Font, click this button:

to change the color of your text, click this button:

and to change the size of your text, click this button:

3rd, you go to Filter> Decor> Add Bevel

4th, once the 'Add Bevel' options box comes up, put your settings like this:

Put the Thickness to 5 and check Work on copy

And your ending result:

Tada! Just save it {a png file is recommended} and voila - your done!

~~ColorSplash~~
**IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ**

Before you do ColorSplash, make sure the Foreground color is black and the Background color is white:

Thanks! =]

1st, once you have your picture opened, Duplicate your background:

2nd, click Colors> Desaturate

4th, once the 'Desaturate' options box pops up, click 'Luminosity' - your picture will turn black and white

5th, right click on the Background copy and click 'Add Layer Mask'. Once the 'Add Layer Mask' options box pops up - click White (Full Opacity)

6th, This part's easy - grab your Paintbrush tool and start putting color in your picture!

{Don't worry if you make a mistake

, just reverse your Foreground color to white and color over the part you messed up on:

}

Yay! Your all done! xD Here is my ending result:

Want more? Take a look at ~Tutorial-tastic Packet #1: Rainbow beams and Transparent Avvies~

Feel free to post your result! I totally wanna see! (:

Ask as many questions as you want!

Thanks for viewing! More coming soon! :]