Ice Effect (Photoshop tutorial done in Gimp)

iDerz · **Joined:** Jun 21, 2011 **Posts:** 5

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/text- ... photoshop/

I followed this but did the tutorial with the Gimp program O=

It was really tough to get the icy effects with the tree brushes in this since I don't have a way to tilt the brushes while using it (I don't know if Gimp has that).

^^ I did the effect with the name of a game I want to play when it comes out in CB (closed beta).

I assumed this is where I should post since I'm just posting something I did. I wanna try something else with the ice effect.
Sorry if this is the wrong spot :oops:

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:09 am **(#2)**

Ohhhhh! That is most awesome! Blocks of ice with cracks in them.

GnuTux · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:19 am **(#3)**

Good one!! :coolthup

Amanda47 · **Joined:** Mar 08, 2011 **Posts:** 155

It looks great! Excellent use of tree brushes lol.

I think GIMP 2.8 is going to have rotatable brushes, I thought I read that somewhere... Maybe it was just a suggestion that sounded good to me.

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

great job there!! thats the kind of thing I like to do...tutorials from other programs using GIMP

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

iDerz, that is very nice.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16170

Very nice!

iDerz · **Joined:** Jun 21, 2011 **Posts:** 5

^-^ Thanks for the comments guys

I love that I did this with a photoshop tutorial~ Just means that Gimp isn't bad like people tend to think.
I love Gimp~

I found other tutorials on that site O= And thought about doing the effects on the text and pictures with Gimp.

cecilia · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:28 pm **(#9)**

That is Quite lovely!

cecilia · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:29 pm **(#10)**

I know GIMP can have animated brushes so maybe this is a way to get that Rotation you need ????

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:07 pm **(#11)**

Oy, spent hours trying to figure this out, but it just didn't look anywhere as nice as the tut.

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:00 pm **(#12)**

That is absolutely awesome!!! I need to add that to my list of tutorials to try! I too, love the look of the ice blocks! Amazing!

iDerz · **Joined:** Jun 21, 2011 **Posts:** 5

Yeah it took forever for me to get it to work entirely right with the tree brushes not being able to tilt and change.

I don't know about the animated brushes o.o
I could look up that and give some research to it.

I wanna try this tutorial again now that I know what I'm doing with the effects.

Thanks for the comments guys~

cecilia · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:38 am **(#14)**

iDerz wrote:

Yeah it took forever for me to get it to work entirely right with the tree brushes not being able to tilt and change.

I don't know about the animated brushes o.o
I could look up that and give some research to it.
...............

I could be hallucinating but I thought some default brushes that come with a standard GIMP are animated. It's been so long since I paid attention to what a basic GIMP install looks like I can's say for sure. When I have time I'll look for them and list them.

KnyhtShayyd · **Joined:** May 20, 2010 **Posts:** 2

Just a thought.... You could always rotate the layer you are applying the brush to in order to change the angle. Several different angles with the free rotate ought to do the trick.

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

http://silent9.com/blog/archiv ... ushes.html

There are several tutorials on how to make animated brushes on link below.
http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=how ... 97&bih=837

cecilia · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:25 pm **(#17)**

well Those links are useful! I just got imported the "Translucent Colored Orb Tubes" brushes from Paint Shop Pro and now have them in my GIMP

whoopie! :hi5

gotta try that rotating brush script!

cecilia · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:51 pm **(#18)**

I just tried making a rotating brush using the photoshop branches

http://www.mediafire.com/?b9ggz4pi2gx4s

it rotates all right but I'm not sure it's "perfect"...does it need transparency? etc....

anyway, there it is to play with. frankly, using that script it's easy to make.

cecilia · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:13 pm **(#19)**

Same brush with transparent background

http://www.mediafire.com/?b9ggz4pi2gx4s

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:59 pm **(#20)**

Thanks for making that brush, Celilia. I just snagged it!