Learning to make an image of a gear in Gimp



File_New Image
Image Settings: 512x512 pixels
Advanced Options_Fill With:Transparency
Layer Is Named "Background" Automatically
Change Foreground Color to 004660
Toolbox_Bucket Fill Tool: Click background layer

New Layer_Layer Fill Type:Transparency; Name Layer "Gear"

Paintbrush: Circle(19)
Scale Paintbrush: 10
Foreground Color: 808080
Place Cursor At The Center Of The Image: 256x256
Left Click Once

New Brush
Settings:
Name: Gear Spikes
Shape: Square
Radius: 12
Spikes: 20
Hardness: 1.00
Aspect ratio: 15
Angle: 0
Spacing: 20

Place Cursor At The Center Of Image: 256x256
Left Click Once

Ellipse Select Tool
Place Cursor At The Center Of Image: 256x256
Left Click And Hold; Press Shift/Control
Drag Size: 80x80
Release Left Click
Press Delete Key On Keyboard

Select Gear Layer In Layer Window
Right Click Gear Layer
Left Click Alpha To Selection

Filters_Light And Shadows_Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset X: 4
Offset Y: 4
Blur radius: 0
Color: Black
Opacity: 100
Allow resizing checked
Click Ok

Right Click Drop Shadow Layer In Layer Window
Left Click Merge Down

Filters_Light And Shadows_Drop Shadow
Settings:
Offset X: -2
Offset Y: -2
Blur radius: 0
Color: White
Opacity: 100
Allow resizing checked
Click Ok

Right Click Drop Shadow Layer In Layer Window
Left Click Merge Down

Select_None (Or Shift/Control/A)

Select Gear Layer In Layer Window
Right Click Gear Layer
Left Click Alpha To Selection

File_Save
Name: Gear 04_26_2012.xcf
Select where you what the file to be saved
Click Save

File_Save As
Name: Gear 04_26_2012.jpg
Select where you what the file to be saved
Click Save
New window opens_Click export
New window opens_Click save

File_Save As
Name: Gear 04_26_2012.gbr
Select where you what the file to be saved
Click Save
New window opens_Click save

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Nice work. You might want to look through some of Draconian's tutorials - the Master of metal.

Very nice tute Brazos42. good job

Thanks for the kind words Molly and Erisian. It's always helpful to hear some feed back. Erisian, you are so right about Draconian's tutorials - the Master of metal.

Molly you were looking for the "Fairy Dust" font and found it. I would like to know how you got the effect on the text after you found it.



That is sooooooooo cool looking.

That is very nice Brazos. thank you, BTW, I did find it.

Good job Brazos 42, and thanks to everyone for the all the "Metal Meister" praise.

I can't remember who posted it but I had it bookmarked anyhoo. This is one of the best gear tuts I've seen around -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njkVfvut ... e=youtu.be

Another excellent one is the one Rod posted a couple of months ago -

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=321&hilit=Gear

@ Molly, I would like to know how you did the effect on the image I attached to my last reply.

@ Draconian, I'm checking out those tutorials you suggested. I believe you know about installing python or have info on that. Can you share a link about that with me?

Sorry Brazos42,
I have no idea how I did that except I used a satin background, but for the text, it has been so long. I might have used the filters > distort > bevel for the M and the same for the olly.
I will try to recreate it cuz I am not sure.

To install Python, there is a great text tutorial in the tutorial section by Rod. It was very easy for me to follow so should be easier for you

I know I used the bevel filter, but I forget what I used next, except I did a little colors > curves

That's a beautiful font. I've installed it myself now.

Yes it is one of my faves.

You may be able to get that effect with the Chisel Script also which doesn't require python. Created by Rob A.

I was fooling around with Mollys text and here's what I came up with. the first one is text layer duplicated, blur the dup about 20, bumped the original at 65 and uncheck compensate for darkening.
Turnoff the blur layer. Did this on two text layers as Molly described, then did a glossy stroke on both bumped layers, set to fill at 10 for the 3D amount and the color set to white, then deleted the stoke layers.

For the glass one, I duped the bump layer, alpha to selection, shrink by 2 and hit delete to sort of cut out the middle and make an outline. Blured the outline layer by 5 then alpha selected the bumped layer, Inverted the selection, re-selected the outline layer and hit delete. I set the duped layer (outline) Opacity to 50% and the bumped text layer to about 20%.

Little different, but the results ain't half bad.


...and after all the kind words, I could't help myself......I had to do one in gold and bronze.

Very cool and imaginative

Thank you very much.

Thanks. I'm kinda partial to the galss one as well, and I like the "dust" behind the text on yours.

Sorry Brazos 42, didn't mean to hi-jack your gear tut thread. Just wanted to expand on the text "how to" part you asked Molly about.

This is great. Got some feed back on all I inquired about. Thought of some good ideas to try from the efforts of everyone. Our imagination is truly the only limit to what can be done with Gimp.