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Author:  newtogimp [ Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Need outline help
GIMP Version: 2.8.14
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I am creating a book cover image for a new program called Vella that Amazon is creating. (Basically read a novel in installments on your iphone.) The book is about a monster with silver-rimmed green eyes. I have the green eyes, but everything I do to create the silver rims just comes out looking like a flat gray outline. Does anybody have (very!) specific instructions on how I might be able to do this? Much appreciated.

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Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
Hi; depends on how large an outline you want and the shape of the outline itself, curved or flat. I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but have posted a couple of quick mock ups below, a flatter one using a silver gradient and a curved one using a silver e-map with BRL.

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Author:  newtogimp [ Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
I would love to know how to do that silver rim.

The book is a sequel to the one below, but this time the bedmonster has green eyes, not blue, and they have a silver rim. I'm just going to put the eyes on the same background.

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Kindle cover BM.jpg
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Author:  Nidhogg [ Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
I've not done much rims or shiny, and it shows. This looks more like tinted glass than monster eye.
Stroked path with light gray and used Alpha-to-Logo Chrome on it to create the rim.

Bed monsters? Dio: Dream Evil.

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Author:  newtogimp [ Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
That's EXACTLY what I wanted. Can I use it?

(p.s. BedMonster is a very loveable guy! Y'know, for a creature from the underworld'n all.)
Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
I did another mock up of a solution using your eye image. That eye is quite small and has jagged edges, which I have covered with the silver outline. Let me know if you want to take this further.

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Author:  newtogimp [ Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
That's perfect! Can I use it? I'll post the Vella cover so you can see it. ( Below is what I've got and it's kinda bad.)

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Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
Yes of course you can use it. To help you out I have posted a zip file below that contains my xcf file, in which I created the above image. There is also a note on just what I did to get that result.

In the xcf file both the left and right eyes are on separate layers with a transparent background, if you wish to adjust their position and/or use/place them individually in your image.

Good luck.

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Author:  newtogimp [ Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
Thank you SO MUCH!

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Author:  Nidhogg [ Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Need outline help
newtogimp wrote:
That's EXACTLY what I wanted. Can I use it?

(p.s. BedMonster is a very loveable guy! Y'know, for a creature from the underworld'n all.)

Yes, but now I see it's already done by OMG. Nice work.
My sunglass-monster will creep back into the dark corners of its own library, to read King, Koontz, Poe and others till next autumn...
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