I wasnt sure where to post but could some help me with some thing.. Im making a Bio Hazard Tattoo for Second life and i wanted to make orange parts of it with camoflauge for example (pic) Is it possible? if so could some one help me lol thanks!

RedSpirit1

Do you want the whole symbol filled with camouflage?

to Gimp Chat Red Spirit. Yes, you posted your question in the right place.

The outlines of your symbol look a bit rough. Was that intentional? If not, you can download a font that has the biohazard symbol in it. The symbol has a circle in the center that can be erased.

You can get the font here

Here is an example of the original font plus one I removed the center circle from and filled with a camouflage pattern you can make in gimp. You can make the camouflage any colors you wish.

"File->Create->Patterns->Camouflage" -- Change the image size to match the largest dimension of yours (284 for the example) and click OK.

After the camo image has been created, drag its thumbnail preview in Layers dialog to your image and drop it (alternately, you could use copy-n-paste).

"Layer->Stack->Lower Layer" so that the camo layer is underneath the hazard layer in the layerstack.

"Layer->Mask->Add layermask" -- in the dialog box that appears, click on the "Grayscale copy of layer" option and then OK.

"Colors->Threshold" to convert the grayish color in the mask to pure black.

This can be done several ways:

Welcome RedSpirit! You definitely found the right place! As mike above said, there are many ways to do this. Another would be to create a blank layer and making the entire layer camo with File>Create>Patterns>Camouflage. On your original layer, select the white area in your original image, and cut that off of the camo layer. I could probably list several more ways of doing it, too. Have fun and play!

Greg

Many ideas have already been listed for you so i am just going to say Welcome to Gimp Chat!

+1 and if you need any help post it here

Great tips thanks you guys! I did make the pattern camoflauge in a new window and used the elipse tool and cut and pasted and Its not working for me lol and @oregonian yea i want the bio hazard in my picture in camo.