i need the help of you Gimp technicians and wizards
from studying PS tutorials, i have learned that metallic highlights on a stroke can look great
im trying to incorporate that in my text effect stuff and sometimes i get it right and sometimes not
i guess one needs the right gradient for the job
tonight i had the idea to stroke a selection with a 75 brush, and then apply a layermask, but that was difficult to get right
also the angel is too random, because it depends on the outer lettersize
![Image](http://www.gimpchat.com/files/2051_Stroke%20with%2075%20Brush.jpg)
so i tried to make another gradient (attached below) and stroke it with the Repeat on Triangular
![Image](http://www.gimpchat.com/files/2051_Metallic%20Highlights.png)
![Image](http://www.gimpchat.com/files/2051_Metallic%20Highlights%20Gradient%20Editor.png)
any ideas how to improve this technique ?
I found this tut on you tube. It's called, "Gimp : Chrome Metal Texture Tutorial' it's interesting how he didn't use a gradient, but instead he simply used a fuzzy paintbrush to create the different colors that give the text it's metallic look around the edge of the text.