Love your sig, Rod

Oregonian · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:18 pm **(#1)**

That is most cool. Tut?

2-ton · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:08 pm **(#2)**

I second the motion!

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:27 pm **(#3)**

All in favor say "Aye Captain!"

Aye Captain!

pogogogo · **Joined:** Apr 22, 2010 **Posts:** 123

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Aye Cap-i-tan! Me too.....

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14709 **Location:** USA

Sorry folks it wasn't done in Gimp, i created it with 3-D Text Commander. I suppose it could be done in Gimp though.
I just bought the Pro version and wanted to play with it.I liked the results of the rendering so i used it as a sig here.
Mama bear has been letting me go crazy for my B-Day (which isn't until the 17th)

So far i have gotten -
45 gallon fish tank for my Piranha
Rollins amp for my Ibanez guitar
About $200.00 in assorted software i have been wanting to buy.
Going for more RAM next. heheh

mikethedj4 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:20 pm **(#7)**

Still looks cool, I'm gonna give it a try in Gimp when I have time.

PhotoMaster wrote:

Aye Captain!

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14709 **Location:** USA

mahvins tutorial seems to come pretty darn close.
I would try that and see how it comes out.

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4045

Actually, 3D Commander does a great job, I just wanted to see how close I could get using GIMP quickly. I'd rather use Inkscape and the motion extension, which is very detailed.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14709 **Location:** USA

Here is one i did in GIMP you would just have to add path lines for better definition of the text and set the opacity accordingly.

What i did was create a GIMP CHAT brush, and just stacked the letters.Then on the last (Top) layer i added a stroke and set the opacity real low.You could probably make the top layer of text a bit darker instead or the bottom layer, whichever.It didn't turn out too bad though.

Kudos to the text brush idea.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14709 **Location:** USA

One with shadow and reflection