This tutorial has been a long time coming. I hope it's been worth the wait. The goal is to produce lightning that outlines shapes or follows paths. Like in this picture;
Or to produce a GIF like this;
The technique is identical. And both the PNG and the GIF require multiple layers to produce. So really the only difference is the animation.
The ZIP contains the PDF tutorial as well as two GIFs showing a slight variation in the technique. I'm not sure I could replicate the information as a post here since it would take several posts to do it.
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Just a short while ago I was a complete idiot when it comes to GIMP. Today, after many hours of practice, reading, and watching tutorials, I am proud to say I am an incomplete idiot.