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 Post subject: GIMP Layers:The Fundamentals.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:42 am  (#1) 
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Hello.in my previous tutorial I showed to you a simple rays effect.to this I am going to show you some things about layers that they are fundamentals for a GIMP starter.if you learn this things,then you are a step closer to start creating designs.


1.)For the begining of this tutorial,we are going to open a new document,in 460 width and 400 high,image size.
We are going to fill it with the bucket tool,in black color.
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Then,we are going to the layers window,we click at the layer,we go to Edit layer attributes,and we name the layer background.
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2.)Next we are going to open a new layer from the layers window,and we are going to fill it with purple color
,#701991.then we click at:Layer>Scale layer,in this size:width 386,high 336,and we click o.k.we name
this layer,layer 1.
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You see now we are have two layers and this very important result!
3.)As you should learn from this tutorial,is that the Text,if we try to type a word with the Text tool,is a
separate layer in our layer dialog.first choose the Text tool.for size put 100 value.choose a yellow color.
I choose # ffdc1a,ant type with caps the word GIMP to the center and top,(a little).
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4.)Next we are going to learn how we can manage the layers from the Layers window,with the arrows.
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First we lower the Text layer we created,with the right arrow and we bring it to the center between the two other layers.then we choose the named layer 1 Layer,the purple one,and we change his mode from normal to
Grain Extract.we will see that the word GIMP and the layer 1 will appear,but different this time,thanks to the change we made.
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This is it.we made it!you can choose any color you like,any number of layers you want and anything else to make a beautiful design.I made a quick one! :)

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 Post subject: Re: GIMP Layers:The Fundamentals.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:08 am  (#2) 
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Nice tutorial, alek. Yes, knowledge of layers is a must for using GIMP.

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 Post subject: Re: GIMP Layers:The Fundamentals.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:15 am  (#3) 
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simple and nice :clap :clap :clap


cought...here i could not resist to a shameless plug, :cu even if word "layer" doesn't appear in the title, i believe this tut may help a lot to understand the effect of layer modes
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=106&start=0

It is something totally different

but i believe useful to have fun and simultaneusly deepen the matter..

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