for my son

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

I did this sig for my son just to get back in Gimp mode

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

Nifty!!
Have you been away as well???

Erisian · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:07 am **(#3)**

Nice!

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

That is really cool Pirate.

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

akky,yes,working long shifts,things are finally stabilizing

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Thank you Erisian,thank You Molly

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:12 pm **(#7)**

Love that. Is it a font with the flyaway pieces or did you do it all by hand?

merrak · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:36 am **(#8)**

Either way its a neat effect!

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

2ton
used fractal explorer to disintegrate the font

Erisian · **Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:52 pm **(#10)**

An unusual and creative (or destructive) use of FE.

ZWard117 · **Joined:** Jan 20, 2012 **Posts:** 583

Can you explain how you did it and where to find FE?

Erisian · **Posted:** Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:05 pm **(#12)**

ZWard117 wrote:

Can you explain how you did it and where to find FE?

Now there's a point. Gimp's Fractal Explorer is in Filters/render but there is also a separate program called FE. I think he means Gimp's.

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Zward:
Erisian is right it is in Gimp
new image,then add gradient of your choice
then new layer,filter,render,fractal explorer
then chose green place,then type in whatever you want in there,use large font number
then layer to image size
then do filter,map,displace to fractal layer,on X and Y..chose how much you want to displace
when you're done,delete the fractal layer
then alpha to selection
use another gradient to change the black font to what you want then select none
you can also bump map it when you're done

ZWard117 · **Joined:** Jan 20, 2012 **Posts:** 583

Sounds great! I'll give it a shot! Thanks pirate and eris!

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:26 pm **(#15)**

I am going to try it...wish me luck, lol.

OK, first question...what is meant by "green place"?

Erisian · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:43 pm **(#16)**

Maybe he means the background.

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:25 pm **(#17)**

I cannot figure this out, I will need more intermediate steps or explanation of steps...and I had seen a video tut on how to do something similar and now I can't find it, grrrrrr.
Oh wait, I tried green text, that seemed to work, lol. Still, I will need to do better with the fractals, it's really hard to get the right size/shapes.

Ok, got it. Now another question...how would I be able to get fragmented parts to be flying off text or photo in one direction only? Yes, totally different, but similar look.

Erisian · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:00 pm **(#18)**

I forgot he used fractals - oh dear! :hehe

You're in for a wonderful time. You can borrow some of mine if you like from my 2D gallery ( see sig )

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 5:06 pm **(#19)**

I need to figure out how to get the flying off pieces to only fly off in one direction...from a photo rather than lettering. And the bump mapping makes the lettering look even better!

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

under the fractal tab