Gold Rings

Peter · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:03 am **(#21)**

@OMG:
Thank you very much for this info.
This IS EXACTLY what I was looking for.
Total fun for me...
I will definitely get into it this week.
I'm tickled to death. :rofl

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:29 pm **(#22)**

Peter - no worries, enjoy yourself.

Pat - OK I will knock something up along similar lines, probably next week though.

Meanwhile, from inside the magic, golden ring mirror, somebody is watching us ...

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Very nice gold rings, OMG.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:36 pm **(#24)**

Pat - thank you.

The bright gold ring lights up the catacombs ...

Peter · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:54 pm **(#25)**

@omg:
Fantastic rings. :kpix

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:27 am **(#26)**

Did this last year - too lazy to put anything with it.

Well. Something different

Peter · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:38 pm **(#27)**

@sallyanne:
A lady bug with bling????
I like it, a lady bug with class.
Really cool. :coolthup

Peter · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:53 pm **(#28)**

Spent hours playing around with the path
tool to make a 3D ring and wasn't happy with it.
Then I had light bulb moment. I made this
ring in 15 minutes. It was fast and accurate
and I did not use the path tool.
Totally happy with this one. Now I can move on.

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

I really enjoyed all of the rings! Very nice all. Very good creativity and work.

oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:21 am **(#30)**

Peter - excellent gold ring, but I agree with you that paths can be both awesome and extremely frustrating.

Here are a couple of different style images, I think my last for this particular thread and hopefully, they still qualify under the gold rings title, as they are designed to fit on fingers..

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

Peter wrote:

Spent hours playing around with the path
tool to make a 3D ring and wasn't happy with it.
Then I had light bulb moment. I made this
ring in 15 minutes. It was fast and accurate
and I did not use the path tool.
Totally happy with this one. Now I can move on.
[ Image ]

And what's your secret, Peter ??? :wizdance

Peter · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:41 pm **(#32)**

Okay, Here's a quick explanation.

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

I decided to try. .

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oldmangrumpy · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:58 pm **(#34)**

Pat - some neat golden rings there.

Peter - I had one more set of WIP rings, then saw your focus had changed to cute fauna; so I combined those two subjects ...

Peter · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:35 am **(#35)**

@Pat: Love your Midas touch. Nice job OMG.
I'm definitely not done with rings, just wanted
to do something different when I posted the pic
of the deer. I have a finished ring I don't know
what to do with, but I'll figure it out. Really
lovin' all the "ring ideas" I've seen in this thread.

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

I understand your explanation, Peter. But the most difficult part, in my opinion, is making the rounded edge of the rim.

Peter · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:19 am **(#37)**

@Ella:
Okay, I'll do my best here.
Everything is cut out of the same oval shape so I make three or four duplicate layers of the original oval. I cut out the top edge from the same oval shape and fill it with gold. Next, I do another "alpha to selection" of the edge and on a new layer I will "shrink" the selection maybe 1 or 2 pixels and fill the smaller shape with gold again. Then I blur it by 1.5.
Does this make sense?
I'm thinking of making a decent tutorial of this. What do you think?

I'm including the xcf file for your reference. Let me know how you're doing.
Good luck.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wfm50a0ul ... l.xcf/file

Ella · **Joined:** May 17, 2014 **Posts:** 1568

Thank you, Peter. But please can't you upload the xcf-file in a zip folder here on Gimp Chat.
It's the second time I get this warning when I try to download from the site you put in the link.
The first time was when I tried to download the splash screen with the fox.

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I didn't gave my username or password, neither phoned them.
But it worries me to see that screen for the second time

Peter · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:24 pm **(#39)**

For some reason I couldn't upload the zip file.
Try this link.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uh9r7retyzfo8 ... l.xcf?dl=0

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Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

That warning looks like those who hijack your net, never give them information.

OMG and Peter, thank you for your kind words. Also nice if you make your method into a tutorial and remember to include it in the tutorials section so all can find it easily.

Thank you again.