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Author:	FlutteringBy [ Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:13 pm ]
Post subject:	Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
GIMP Version: 2.10.8 Operating System: Windows GIMP Experience: New User Windows 10.....Gimp 2.10.8 Hi All, Gimp newbie here.... I'm attempting to replicate a super easy picture frame that I used to do in Psp 10, using the kaleidiscope effect.....the psp. kaleidiscope settings are: Image Area: - horizontal offset - 0 - vertical offset - 0 - rotation angle - 0 - scale factor - -90 Kaleidiscope settings: - number of petals - 4 - number of orbits - 0 - radial suction - 0 Edge mode is set to: Repeat Here is my original image... This is what it should look like after the kaleidiscope has been applied... I can get close in Gimp but not close enough... Any suggestions on how I should set the gimp kaleidiscope to get the same results?.... Many thanks,

Author:	racer-x [ Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:47 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Maybe something like this? Attachment: Kaleidoscope.png [ 69.65 KiB \| Viewed 4575 times ]

Author:	FlutteringBy [ Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:43 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Yes racer-x, that's exactly what I was trying to do..... .... Here's the results....it's just a quick & easy frame that uses the actual image for the colors... I do appreciate your help, have a great weekend.... ....

Author:	sallyanne [ Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:01 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Cool, didn't know you could do frames with Kaliedescope. Not sure how I got the shape i eventually got but with half of racer's help I did this Almost got it.

Author:	rich2005 [ Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:36 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
@sallyanne I can see the join Are you using layer offset? Layer -> Transform -> Offset -> By width/2,height/2 eg:

Author:	sallyanne [ Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:41 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
No I wasn't. I thought you may see it. I wondered how to get the + into a frame seamlessly Which is why I put 'almost'. _____________ Thanks rich, Now I have got it:)

Author:	racer-x [ Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:14 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
This is actually a cool way to make a frame. Someone should write a script to automate the this.... Attachment: frame.jpg [ 421.59 KiB \| Viewed 4500 times ]

Author:	FlutteringBy [ Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:27 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Looking good sallyanne & racer-x...its a handy little frame to make... Yes, I've also thought it would make a good script but that's not up my alley... ...

Author:	racer-x [ Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:38 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Patterns like this gold pattern, can also be used to make great frames. Attachment: frame.jpg [ 349.38 KiB \| Viewed 4486 times ]

Author:	sallyanne [ Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:09 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Lovely racer i had to do another, Is quick when the settings are saved as a preset Flutterby. Almost as quick as a script. Although if you ask dinasset or tran nicely they might do a script for you.

Author:	trandoductin [ Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:07 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
I would to a script but kaleidoscope has many options that lets you preview the result before applying so a script it not really useful here to automate all that as users might want to play around with kaleidoscope settings first as it's more flexible to do it manually.

Author:	2-ton [ Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:07 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
If not a script, then perhaps a tutorial would be nice???

Author:	racer-x [ Sun Dec 16, 2018 2:36 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
1st duplicate the layer and work on the second layer. You can use the settings I posted earlier and save the preset as "Frame". You can tweak it a bit to your liking. Then go to layers\Transform\Offset and click the divide by 2 button. Then delete the middle empty section. Attachment: frame-tut.jpg [ 716.07 KiB \| Viewed 4432 times ] Here's the ScreenCast tut: Attachment: Frame_Tut.mp4.7z [5.54 MiB] Downloaded 312 times

Author:	FlutteringBy [ Sun Dec 16, 2018 2:52 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Good idea sallyanne...I did save the kaleidiscope settings as a preset....thanks for the suggestion... Great tut, racer-x...that will help a lot people... I've still been playing with it.... This is the same image using G'Mic, on the Stained Glass setting...

Author:	teapot [ Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:59 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
What a great idea. Thank you for the settings racer-x. Love the stained glass FlutteringBy. For this go I've gone for simpler corners by setting Centre X to 1 and drawing diagonal lines by hand.

Author:	sallyanne [ Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:30 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
FlutteringBy wrote: Good idea sallyanne...I did save the kaleidiscope settings as a preset....thanks for the suggestion... Great tut, racer-x...that will help a lot people... I've still been playing with it.... [ Image ] This is the same image using G'Mic, on the Stained Glass setting... [ Image ] I also found if you do the original frame twice before offsetting it will be thinner

Author:	RJKD [ Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:10 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Thankyou FlutteringBy for this thread, racer-x for the tutorial, 2-ton for asking the question and sallyanne and teapot for your input, I've had great fun so far... Attachment: Space2.jpg [ 2.42 MiB \| Viewed 4388 times ] Attachment: Space.jpg [ 2.4 MiB \| Viewed 4388 times ]

Author:	nelo [ Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:56 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
What a lovely idea for making frames.

Author:	FlutteringBy [ Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:07 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Great suggestions & images everyone... .... This is one of those tuts that the more you work with it, the more idea's you get... ...and some images will produce a more vibrant frame, like this one....

Author:	teapot [ Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:00 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Needing Help With Kaleidiscope Settings
Really lovely results from everyone Have stumbled on a frame with more than 4 sides but forgot to keep the source picture

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