Gimp Art Challenge (USB Cable Text Effect)...

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:16 am **(#61)**

steven8 wrote:

Wallace wrote:

steven8 wrote:

I can not get the brush to change color from black.
I can paint with another color using the brush,
but when I go to stroke the path...black.

The brush was not made to paint in color.
Also, before you stroke a path with the brush.
Zoom in on the path at about 800 and make sure that it is at the size you want it to be once it's stroked.
You can click once or twice to check that the brush is the size you want.

Then how do you change it's color? Sorry for being obtuse, yet again, but I can not get another color.

You can adjust the brightness and contrast of the cable.

Then use Colorize to color the cable.

steven8 · **Joined:** Jul 04, 2015 **Posts:** 256

Colorize. I honestly never would have thought of that. Thank you.

Just a query, what is it about this brush that it does not take on the selected foreground color?

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:40 am **(#63)**

steven8 wrote:

Colorize. I honestly never would have thought of that. Thank you.

Just a query, what is it about this brush that it does not take on the selected foreground color?

Only brushes saved with an image mode format setting of "Gray Scale" will paint in the chosen foreground color.
Any brush which is saved with an image mode format setting of "RGB", will retain it's original colors.

For instance...
Lets say you saved a picture of a red rose as a brush.
If you wanted this image to retain it's original colors.
You would need to save the brush with an image mode format setting of RGB.
If you saved this brush with a "Gray Scale" image mode format setting,
it would then be able to paint with the chosen foreground color.

steven8 · **Joined:** Jul 04, 2015 **Posts:** 256

Wallace wrote:

steven8 wrote:

Colorize. I honestly never would have thought of that. Thank you.

Just a query, what is it about this brush that it does not take on the selected foreground color?

Only brushes saved with an image mode format setting of "Gray Scale" will paint in the chosen foreground color.
Any brush which is saved with an image mode format setting of "RGB", will retain it's original colors.

For instance...
Lets say you saved a picture of a red rose as a brush.
If you wanted this image to retain it's original colors.
You would need to save the brush with an image mode format setting of RGB.
If you saved this brush with a "Gray Scale" image mode format setting,
it would then be able to paint with the chosen foreground color.

Hmm. So, if I were to open your brush in GIMP, change it to grey scale and re-save it, then it would take on the foreground color. I may rename it, so I have both brushes.

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:47 am **(#65)**

steven8 wrote:

Wallace wrote:

steven8 wrote:

Colorize. I honestly never would have thought of that. Thank you.

Just a query, what is it about this brush that it does not take on the selected foreground color?

Only brushes saved with an image mode format setting of "Gray Scale" will paint in the chosen foreground color.
Any brush which is saved with an image mode format setting of "RGB", will retain it's original colors.

For instance...
Lets say you saved a picture of a red rose as a brush.
If you wanted this image to retain it's original colors.
You would need to save the brush with an image mode format setting of RGB.
If you saved this brush with a "Gray Scale" image mode format setting,
it would then be able to paint with the chosen foreground color.

Hmm. So, if I were to open your brush in GIMP, change it to grey scale and re-save it, then it would take on the foreground color. I may rename it, so I have both brushes.

That is correct and if you would like to do that,
be my guest and go for it.
You also might want to adjust the brightness and contrast a bit as well,
before saving it to gray scale.

steven8 · **Joined:** Jul 04, 2015 **Posts:** 256

Wallace wrote:

That is correct and if you would like to do that,
be my guest and go for it.
You also might want to adjust the brightness and contrast a bit as well,
before saving it to gray scale.

I will do that tomorrow afternoon. I've never worked with a brush file. Cool!

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 2:09 am **(#67)**

steven8 wrote:

Wallace wrote:

That is correct and if you would like to do that,
be my guest and go for it.
You also might want to adjust the brightness and contrast a bit as well,
before saving it to gray scale.

I will do that tomorrow afternoon. I've never worked with a brush file. Cool!

Okay,
good luck. :bigthup

RJKD · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:00 pm **(#68)**

great discussion, covered many questions I didn't quite know how to put into words, learned a lot - thank you guys RJKD

RJKD · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:02 pm **(#69)**

no Wallace, however, when I went to the shop, I found a whole range of 'Sharpie' goodies - RJKD

RJKD · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:06 pm **(#70)**

interesting Issabella, write with a mouse ? I'll google it - RJKD

Issabella · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 12:35 pm **(#71)**

RJKD, I don't understand you. I wrote my try in this thread using a font named "NEON"

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:01 pm **(#72)**

I guess a font can be used to help create the USB Cable Text Effect.

If I were going to use a font.
I would use a "Script" type of font as a guide and create my path from it.
That is basically how I went about it, but I hand wrote and then scanned my own handwriting to use as a guide.
Either way you do it, is six of one half dozen of the other.

RJKD · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2016 5:40 am **(#73)**

I'm getting there, any critique/suggestions welcome - in Peace RJKD

Issabella · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:56 am **(#74)**

No critique RJKD, on the contrary you got a very nice result writing with a mouse (you did it!) :bigthup

I like the shadows too.

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2016 4:12 pm **(#75)**

Issabella wrote:

No critique RJKD,
on the contrary you got a very nice result writing with a mouse (you did it!)
:bigthup

I like the shadows too.

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Wow RJKD! Really great work on that gradient and mouse writing! Very nice! :clap