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Today's tutorial is a bit’ long, I wanted to document in detail all the steps, so that they could be understood without reading the explanations, but only flipping through the images.
Gimp with the photographic manipulations are very easy, but the technique which I will discuss today is quite complex, and write in this post also to remember it in the future. Today we start from a subject monochrome, and end up with having the same subject with the water effect.
To create the effect we will use all our flour sack, with the exception of are. Anyone is free to use the font that best satisfies the, preferably with rounded corners (It must seem written with water) and since I personally hate the “Comic Sans MS” I decided to use the '”Arabolical“.
Let's start with the classic white sheet. Measurements 640 x 480 px that coloreremo with a gradient mode “radial“of the same color in two different tones: #017189 and #00acd2.
The second step is to create a beautiful text capable of denigrating more that of praise. Categorically in white:
We will also add those who will become water drops. Create a new layer and do the dots with the tool “Brush“:
Unlikely the drops are so regular and rounded. We will use the tool “iWarping” to deform a little ':
The most useful thing the filter “iWarping” It is definitely the space devoted to’preview:
Merge in the low level of the drops “pasting” to that of the text, “click with the right level” – “Merge Down” (make sure we have the two levels involved one over the other):
Now we duplicate the layer with the appropriate button:
To order call levels “Level 1” (one high) and “Level 2”. Click with the right- “Level 2” and select “Alpha to Selection”. Should be selected only the outline.
Now we go to the tab “Channels“:
And we create a new channel from selection:
With the following characteristics:
Staying in the tab of the “Channels” apply three different blurring to the newly-created channel. Respectively 7, 4 and 1 pixel.
Work is finished we make invisible channel, by pressing the appropriate button:
Now we play with the “lighting effects”. Let's go back in the tab “Levels“, we select the “Level 1” and go into the menu “Filters” – “Light and shadow” – “Lighting Effects“:
Let's create a mappa a sbalzo the channel that we have blurred a little while ago:
Now it's up to lighting effects. Here is the first:
And now the according to:
And now the choice of materials:
Seen that the process of “Mappa a sbalzo” it is not always intuitive to understand, I published a small screencast which explains the “Mappa a sbalzo” at bottom of page.
Finally, we can click the button “Ok“. This should be the result:
Now by always selecting the “Level 2” go to lock the alpha channel, by clicking on the check box:
We set up a Gaussian blur with radius 4px, subsequently we unlock the channel. Do not feel like nothing happened, but this little trick makes the work more realistic eye.
Now we will make Transparent our text. After selecting the “Level 1” go on “Colors” – “Color to Alpha“:
And we select a gray not too dark.
This little trick does nothing but make transparent fill in the gray areas that we have chosen. The most useful feature of this tool is that it does not just remove the areas of the same color, but makes semi-transparent colors neighboring that have the same color scheme.
Now to make it more realistic to add a small shadow. Click with the right of “Level 1” and select “Alpha to Selection“, as before:
And we select “Drop Shadow” from the menu “Luci ed ombre“:
The settings will enter these:
Now select the “Level 2” and we set the opacity to 50% using the appropriate tool in the Layers dialog:
Click with the right always on “Level 2” and once again select “Alpha to Selection“. Now we use a filter called “Whirl and Pinch“. We use this filter to give a’reflection effect our water:
With the following options:
And here's to you final result:
P.S. Following the screencast in the displacement map.
At the next tutorial!
10 Comments
TheJoe · 12 February 2011 at 5:56 AM
Honestly… can not be. 😉
Once you have created the new channel should be able to see it with all the plug-in. The path to the effects of light is “Filters” – “Light and shadow” – “Lighting Effects”. Active, the bump map with a flag and select the channel.
Try to send me a screencast of your procedure, see if there are any in.
Other · 11 February 2011 at 8:53 PM
Alora after many attempts I noticed that:
the channel appears on filters if I select map and bump map. Continues to broaden its not there be lights in the filter…
TheJoe · 11 February 2011 at 1:23 PM
I give the channel invisible, I go back to the tab of the levels, I select the text layer and apply lighting effects…
Other · 10 February 2011 at 9:42 PM
I saw the video: make invisible when the channel where you run away with the pointer? 🙂
TheJoe · 10 February 2011 at 8:46 PM
I still do not understand.. probably I can not explain well. I made a screencast, the public also in the article. I hope you help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlZL2bBCsrU
Other · 10 February 2011 at 6:46 PM
🙂 Creo lo sfondo (Radial Gradient), I create the text (I do not apply the drops) I duplicate the layer and apply on the original level in the alpha Selected.
On channels create a new channel and cue “initializes the selection (opacity 100%) I apply the blur guassiana (3 times with 3 different values) and I make the channel invisible.
I select the copied layer to go on the panel lights: Map cantilevered I get the channel, Applying the lights (materials and the map which I think is a level) I do not get your result.
TheJoe · 10 February 2011 at 6:26 PM
Ummhh.. I find it strange.. let's recap for a moment.
You come to have written (with drops) in white on a different background, but on different channels, right?
– click with the right on the LEVEL of the text -> “selection to Alpha”,
– CHANNELS create a new tab in the channel as shown,
– imposed the three blur (7, 4 and 1 px),
– deselect and make invisible the channel.
I do not understand what you do not is clear..
Other · 10 February 2011 at 6:13 PM
Unfortunately I follow to his letter but also that part of the channel in the displacement map is not…. uffff
TheJoe · 10 February 2011 at 2:42 PM
Hello, thanks for the compliments, but I guess you missed a step.. Resume With: “Now we go to the tab “Channels”:” – “And we create a new channel from selection”.
The new channel will then blurred, made invisible and will be available later in the window of “mappa a sbalzo”.
Other · 10 February 2011 at 1:08 PM
Salve, congratulations for the article.
I have a problem when they apply the lights: in the panel as an image for the bump map should select the channel created just before? In my list there is the channel. What do you mean “Let's create a bump map of the channel that we have blurred a little while ago”?