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 Post subject: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:33 am  (#1) 
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I really like the way metallic text turns out when using Lighting Effects, similar to RobA's Gold Objects tutorial.

I made a tutorial spin-off for doing text. It really gives a realistic metal look.

http://www.mahvin.com/2011/04/gimp-tuto ... ilver.html

http://silent9.com/blog/archiv ... -Gimp.html
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 Post subject: Re: Golden Text in Gimp-2.6.11
PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:29 am  (#2) 
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very nice tutorial. If you make the gold pattern an actual gimp pattern, would there be any change to the tutorial?


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 Post subject: Re: Golden Text in Gimp-2.6.11
PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:12 pm  (#3) 
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All you would need to do is open the pattern as an image before doing the tutorial. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:20 am  (#4) 
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Mahvin, this is such a nice tutorial; I made it a separate tutorial. - O

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 Post subject: Re: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:52 am  (#5) 
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quite impressive! Here my result...Pauline is my actual name.. Might help if I turn on anti alias next time for text.

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 Post subject: Re: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:18 am  (#6) 
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Sweet! You can also use text path selections to trim the font a little bit, if its too wide. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:45 am  (#7) 
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bookmarked that until it imprints on my tiny brain! thanks for that tutorial

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 Post subject: Re: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:59 am  (#8) 
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quite impressive! Here my result...Pauline is my actual name.. Might help if I turn on anti alias next time for text.

Looks more like chocolate to me... but looks very palatable:)

Anyway, it's time e stop faking hard materials and start doing something organic. How about faking the texture of the flesh of an apple?

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 Post subject: Re: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:29 am  (#9) 
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Anyway, it's time e stop faking hard materials and start doing something organic. How about faking the texture of the flesh of an apple?


Before that i will like to see good emulations of not existing metals (i.e."Superman" Kriptonite,"Ka Zar" Vibramium, more to be found in old Flash Gordon and Micky Mouse comix..)

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 Post subject: Re: Make Awesome Gold, Silver, Brass, or Copper Text
PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:02 pm  (#10) 
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Love the new sig ofnuts. :)

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