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 Post subject: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:31 pm  (#1) 
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There are several of these floating around, all of them quality and well worth checking out. This one is basic.

1) Open a New Image of any size you like. The size is dependent upon the size of the result you desire. For the tutorial I used a size of 1000 by 1000 pixels at 300 DPI resolution.

2) View / Show Grid. View / Snap To Grid. Image / Configure Grid (set to increments based upon desired result.) The tutorial uses a Spacing of 50 pixels for both Width and Height.

3) New Layer. Name it "Square." Rectangle Select Tool. Tool Options / Expand From Center + Fixed Aspect Ratio selected. Draw a square of desired size. Bucket Fill tool. Tool Options / FG Color Fill / Fill Whole Selection.

4) New Layer. Name it "Circle." Rectangle Select Tool. Tool Options / Expand From Center + Fixed Aspect Ratio selected. Draw a circle of the same size as your square. Bucket Fill tool. Tool Options / FG Color Fill / Fill Whole Selection.

5) Duplicate your Circle layer. Move Tool. Tool Options / Move The Active Layer. Move your circle layer up exactly one-half of the circle diameter. If your circle is 500 pixels, as it is in the tutorial, then move it up 250 pixels.

6) Move your circle2 layer left exactly one-half of the circle diameter. If your circle is 500 pixels, as it is in the tutorial, then move it up 250 pixels.

7) Merge Down your circle 2, circle 1, and square layers.

8) Rotate Tool. Rotate the merged layer 45 degrees.

9) Layer / Autocrop Layer.

10) Alignment Tool. Tool Options / Relative To Image. Align Center Of Target. Align Middle Of Target.

This works with any size image.

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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:42 am  (#2) 
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Nice tutorial Mike, Although, I think you have missed off the last part about flipping one half of the layer over.

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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:04 pm  (#3) 
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mike: nice with another technique for making nicely symmetrical hearts :).

he4rty: nice heart! i like that the point of that arrow is heart shaped too.

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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 8:01 pm  (#4) 
Hi Mike,

Thanks for this tutorial. It is a nice simple method for hearts :bigthup

I did find some cut and paste errors in your tutorial.
4. Should read 'Ellipse Select' tool not 'Rectangular'.
6. Should read move it 'Left' 250 pixels not 'Up'.

In my case when moving the Circle layers Up and Left, the moves extended beyond the Canvas boundaries, therefore I needed to Image->Fit Canvas to Layers, before proceeding with the next steps.

Also before the Rotation in step 8. I still had a circular selection active.
I had to 'Select None', otherwise only the circular selected area was rotated.

Not sure what He4rty meant by his comment about flipping over, I didn't notice any other issues.
Here is my result.
Enjoy! :)
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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:01 pm  (#5) 
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That's really cool Fluffy. I love the way you added all those tiny hearts
Did you use bump map to make the hearts 3D?

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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:14 pm  (#6) 
molly wrote:
That's really cool Fluffy. I love the way you added all those tiny hearts
Did you use bump map to make the hearts 3D?

Hi molly,
The tiny hearts were done on the completed tutorial using G'mics 'Pack Sprites' filter and a mask.
I then used Layer-FX Bevel and Emboss.
Then I wanted to test out Graechan's latest release of Plastic and Glass, so gave them a once over with that too. Turned out a little to much for the small hearts, but I was mainly trying out the tutorial, so I didn't spend too much time on the effects.
Thanks for your interest though. ;)
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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:17 pm  (#7) 
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Fluffy - Nice Work. I was wrong about the flipping, I had skimmed through the tut and was thinking about the tut I had done so create a curved oblong rathar than a heart.

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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:59 am  (#8) 
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Thanks-Mike
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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:12 am  (#9) 
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Very nice Tony.
Thanks Fluffy, I forgot all about that Pack sprites filter.

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 Post subject: Re: Easy Heart Tutorial
PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:04 pm  (#10) 
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molly wrote:
Very nice Tony.
Thanks Fluffy, I forgot all about that Pack sprites filter.

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