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Cool Dragonz -> [GIMP] Less used/Not used Helpful hints/tips (3/3/2008 16:47:37)
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I am not making a bit guide, but I just want to give some helpful hints for whom who don't know it yet :D. Remember, these are only hints/tips. If you don't need them, don't read this guide :D.
Smudging/Erase
When you put Smudging to 100%, it will have the same effect as a normal eraser, but you have the quickness to go straight on to smudging, by only lowering the percentage.
The Scaler Tool
This tool is the tool I use the most. It has the quality to take always the layer you selected and if you drag the middle point to another place, it will be able to be used as a move tool too. If you use the move tool, you can move different layers, without needing to switch, but difficult accessable areas need time and punctuality to select and move. With the Scaler tool this won't happen, since it only selects the selected layer.
The Scaler tool isn't my favorite tool if it just ends by this. It has a very positive point. When using the path tool, after finally having "circled" your render, pressed selection from path, some people, especially new artists don't know how to go on. Well, I didn't either, so I tried to do this and that, and came to a solution.
- So, press the "selection from path" button.
- Press the Scaler Tool button.
- Only click once at the "render", which has still that weird line circling around.
- Press Scale.
- Go to layers » Add new layer.
- Press Ctrl + L and open the layer menu.
- You will see a transformation and a pasted layer. Delete that Pasted layer and you have rendered your image.
Text/Blend Tool
I don't know if this has been told in another tutorial/guide yet, but here is a handy tip for making your text a bit looking like 3D.
- Press the Text Tool.
- Type your text :D.
- Now copy that layer (Ctrl + C)
- Paste it (Ctrl + V) (Now a little animation will show up around your text, the same as shows up when you press Alpha to selection)
- Press the blend tool. The colors are white and black, but that's default. To change it into colors, change the foreground and background colors.
- Add shapes or any effects (Optional)
- Click and drag from the left half to the right half. (To mirror it, press on that little box next to "Ascent")
- Add new layer.
- I would recommend you to read the previous section, because now we need the scaler tool, to move the default text a bit to left/right/up/down.
- You are done! :D
Thanks for reading.
Take Care,
~CD~
Credits:
4jj11 - Fixed typo :D
Mc_Srewball - Fixed typo :D
Sneevil_of_Evil - Made something a bit more clear :D
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