Hello, I know in this forum there are users involved in the G'MIC project. It would be great if they could incorporate an effects like the one shown in the video:

http://youtu.be/neY8RQRgo6I

Thank you.

I'd actually would nominate this to be turned into a script. I think this would be a sweet way of being able to put a caption on an image when attention needs to be drawn subtly to the wording without being taken away from the image.

Perhaps you could get one of the moderators to move this and then edit this thread just a tad to ask!

Although .. the music in the video was starting to make my ears and eyes bleed! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

It's in the proper forum. Could change the subject line to say: "KDE4/Aero Blur Effect. Possible G'MIC filter or script?"

Has to be ok with YAFU though.

Thanks for fixing that, YAFU.

Excellent job on that video. You went slowly enough and paused with the changes so it was easy to see what you were doing.

The video tutorial was made by user "Xgeous" from GIMP Spanish forum:
http://www.gimp.org.es

It would be nice to be able to choose the filter values​​: smoked color and opacity (white, black or any other), level of grain/noise, elevation, shadow.

I know that making this request is very easy. Make the filter is hard work...
Thanks!

O I didn't even know that, my bad! I thought it was in the 'Gimp Help' slot! This is what happens when I don't get my morning caffeine fix!!

I'ma bad boy! I'll just go sit in the corner and keep my mouth shut! ><.O

Still a pretty sweet idea XD

Here are my results. I've attached a pdf file with a very simple text document of the effect.

Image from stockxchng.

That's nice! And that photo is really making me want a really really very very cold glass of water!

<- That's two thumbs up!

@ Oregonian, Great! good idea! I take...

The possibilities are many I see.

Here I used a a little different technique (Really, I still do not understand the use of masks)
I have a base image. Rounded rectangular selection close the outer edge of the base image. Invert that selection. A new small rectangular selection for the title, holding down the Shift key to keep the other selection. Gaussian blur applied on the two selections. I add a new transparent layer keeping the previous selection.
I apply on the transparent layer Xach-Effect with white Highlight. Reduce the opacity of the layer called "Highlight"
I think that adding a noise/grain to the blur can be even better.

Very pretty YAFU! Nice job. I like the idea of blurring outside of the layermask selection and centering the the effect.

Kevin, I had to smile at your description, "Blurry thing," Good description, I like it!

Anyway I had already done this image before you posted your script and I haven't tried the script yet. I used YAFU's way of doing it but I made the selection 100px smaller than the picture and centered it and inverted it. I also blurred by 10 instead of 5. That might be a possibility for your script. In the xach effect, if the selection was 100px smaller than the picture, the X & Y offsets could be 50 ... maybe.

I'll give your script a try.

This is a picture of Bandon Beach that is not far from me. Again, it's from stockxchng.

Nice results!

HEHEH! This makes for a really cool smoked glass effect for many uses.

@ paynekj, excellent! Thank you!

Now would be great an option to add noise/grain to emulate the ground/frosted glass



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Haha, Rod and the cow...

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@Oregonian, nice picture!

Here's my adventure with the script. Very nice, Kevin.

I'll leave that for someone more artistic to develop a method.

I'll say goodnight now:


Kevin

Thanks Kevin, nicely done.

Hey Kevin, great script. works very well, Kudos