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2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Nov 03, 2013 9:24 am **(#11)**

nice one Mike...I really like how the letters look like they are raised. All I need to find, now, is a bolt or screw top brush.

Mike · **Joined:** Aug 27, 2010 **Posts:** 491

2-ton wrote:

nice one Mike...I really like how the letters look like they are raised. All I need to find, now, is a bolt or screw top brush.

I have some but apparently .gih files cannot be uploaded. :hoh

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

Here are some nice screw to and other nice brushes by chris if you want them 2-ton, or anyone

Mike · **Joined:** Aug 27, 2010 **Posts:** 491

Thank You, Molly :bigthup

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:21 am **(#15)**

Mike wrote:

I have some but apparently .gih files cannot be uploaded. :hoh

Mike,

Only image files can be "uploaded" via the upload button

. Other files need to be attached. The following GIMP files formats can be attached directly.

gbr, ggr, gih, pat, scm, xcf

You can also attach compressed archives using the following formats: 7z, bz2, gtar, gz, tgz, tar, rar, and zip.

Mike · **Joined:** Aug 27, 2010 **Posts:** 491

Thank you, Tux. I knew it was most likely my fault. :oops:

tonysteele · **Posted:** Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:09 pm **(#17)**

Nice_tutorial.

mackenzieh · **Posted:** Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:36 pm **(#18)**

My plate turned out not so good.. I'll attempt it later.

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Nov 03, 2013 9:03 pm **(#19)**

Thanks for those brushes, and Tony, that is an awesome looking license plate!

mackenzieh · **Posted:** Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:50 pm **(#20)**

Here's my attempt. It doesn't look good since I tried combining both license plate tutorials.

Mike · **Joined:** Aug 27, 2010 **Posts:** 491

@mackenzieh It looks like you did the tutorial correctly. It's amazing what a difference the text color makes to this effect.

Alpha-To-Selection on your original text layer, Bucket Fill whole selection with a bright color (#829DBF used here), Select None, Lower layer opacity to +/- 75% ... Also works with other bright colors.

mackenzieh · **Posted:** Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:35 pm **(#22)**

Mike wrote:

@mackenzieh It looks like you did the tutorial correctly. It's amazing what a difference the text color makes to this effect.

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Alpha-To-Selection on your original text layer, Bucket Fill whole selection with a bright color (#829DBF used here), Select None, Lower layer opacity to +/- 75% ... Also works with other bright colors.

Thanks for the tip Mike, I'll keep that in mind.

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Thank you for the great tutorial.

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

Just a quick tip on making screw heads easily.
Create a new doc and then a new transparent layer. Select the new transparent layer.
Using the ellipse selection tool create a perfect circle any size (smaller looks more realistic IMOH). Select to PATH but keep the selection.
Using the gradient tool, apply a radial gradient (reversed) from about 10:00 down to 4:00 (according to clock numbers) to the selection
That's the head. Now just use a black pencil line across it and another 50% gray line right next to the black one.You can add an optional white line in the center if you wish (very thin).
Now select the PATH and do right click path to selection then select invert and select the line layer and hit delete.
Set the lines layer to 50% opacity.

Results

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Rod, I tried your excellent mini tutorial and, as a newbie, I couldn't even find "path to selection". Took the lazy way out and used a brush. :oops:

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:07 pm **(#26)**

Rod wrote:

Just a quick tip on making screw heads easily.
Create a new doc and then a new transparent layer. Select the new transparent layer.
Using the ellipse selection tool create a perfect circle any size (smaller looks more realistic IMOH). Select to PATH but keep the selection.
Using the gradient tool, apply a radial gradient (reversed) from about 10:00 down to 4:00 (according to clock numbers) to the selection
That's the head. Now just use a black pencil line across it and another 50% gray line right next to the black one.You can add an optional white line in the center if you wish (very thin).
Now select the PATH and do right click path to selection then select invert and select the line layer and hit delete.
Set the lines layer to 50% opacity.

Results
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Nice mini tutorial Rod. :bigthup

PS... Notice my bottom signature image.

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Not one to give up, I gave it a couple of other tries. The first is from somewhere I don't recall where and the second is Rod's tutorial. I really like your tut Rod over the other.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:53 pm **(#28)**

Dalia wrote:

Not one to give up, I gave it a couple of other tries. The first is from somewhere I don't recall where and the second is Rod's tutorial. I really like your tut Rod over the other.

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Well done Dalia! :jumpclap