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* Pick a color | * Pick a color | ||
* Edit > Stroke Path | * Edit > Stroke Path | ||
=== Layer fadeout === | |||
* In the Layers tab, you can directly change the percent transparency of any layer with a slider | |||
=== Edge fadeout === | === Edge fadeout === | ||
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* SELECT->FEATHER, GIVE IT ABOUT 5 PIXELS; THIS APPEARS TO DO NOTHING BUT PUT A BIT OF ROUNDED CORNERS ON YOUR SELECTION, WEIRD EH? | * SELECT->FEATHER, GIVE IT ABOUT 5 PIXELS; THIS APPEARS TO DO NOTHING BUT PUT A BIT OF ROUNDED CORNERS ON YOUR SELECTION, WEIRD EH? | ||
* INVERT THE SELECTION, AND HIT DELETE – vioala, GIMP FADES OUTWARD. YEs, IT’s weird! | * INVERT THE SELECTION, AND HIT DELETE – vioala, GIMP FADES OUTWARD. YEs, IT’s weird! | ||
=== Jelly text === | |||
* Choose the text tool and draw some text (doh!) | |||
* Select the newly created text layer on the Layers page | |||
* Right-click on the newly created text layer and select Duplicate – you now have two layers of text | |||
* Choose the text tool again | |||
* Select the first layer and double click on the text | |||
* Right-click text, select “Create Path from Text” | |||
* Select->From Path | |||
* Layer->Layer to Image size (don’t do this earlier to avoid “issues”) | |||
* Select->Grow Selection->4 pixels | |||
* Fill with the desired text border color | |||
* Select the second layer and double click on the text | |||
* Right-click text, select “Create Path from Text” | |||
* Select->From Path | |||
* Layer->Layer to Image size | |||
* Select->Grow Selection->1 pixel | |||
* Fill with the desired jelly-donut filling! | |||
Latest revision as of 21:57, 20 December 2018
Draw a circle
- Draw an elipse selection
- Select > To Path
- Pick a color
- Edit > Stroke Path
Layer fadeout
- In the Layers tab, you can directly change the percent transparency of any layer with a slider
Edge fadeout
- select the area to preserve; IF YOU WANT THE EDGE TO FADEOUT, SELECT A BOX JUST INSIDE THE ENTIRE IMAGE; YOU CAN ALSO USE THE MAGIC WAND TO SELECT AN AREA, AND SHRINK AND GROW AS NEEDED
- SELECT->FEATHER, GIVE IT ABOUT 5 PIXELS; THIS APPEARS TO DO NOTHING BUT PUT A BIT OF ROUNDED CORNERS ON YOUR SELECTION, WEIRD EH?
- INVERT THE SELECTION, AND HIT DELETE – vioala, GIMP FADES OUTWARD. YEs, IT’s weird!
Jelly text
- Choose the text tool and draw some text (doh!)
- Select the newly created text layer on the Layers page
- Right-click on the newly created text layer and select Duplicate – you now have two layers of text
- Choose the text tool again
- Select the first layer and double click on the text
- Right-click text, select “Create Path from Text”
- Select->From Path
- Layer->Layer to Image size (don’t do this earlier to avoid “issues”)
- Select->Grow Selection->4 pixels
- Fill with the desired text border color
- Select the second layer and double click on the text
- Right-click text, select “Create Path from Text”
- Select->From Path
- Layer->Layer to Image size
- Select->Grow Selection->1 pixel
- Fill with the desired jelly-donut filling!