Quick one following on from a custom font BRL chat with Rod...

Sometimes I create what I feel is a brilliant Emap image for use with BRL custom fonts only to find that the results are rather underwhelming to say the least.

Take this Emap which I have had for such a long time that I no longer can remember where the source image came from.



I was convinced that the result would be spectacular…

...but oh dear me:



A truly disappointing outcome when applied to a custom font using Custom Font Bevel Reflect!

Time for a re-think.

The new plan:

Use Custom Font FaceMaker to apply the same image to a set of custom font characters and then apply the highlights generated by the same Emap by using the desaturate emap result option.

So starting with a trimmed version of a custom font using Custom Font Embossible to apply a base gloss effect.



Add the image to the gloss panel characters with the FaceMaker plug-in.





The new characters still need a touch of BRL highlighting to add some extra detail.



Using a different Emap that I originally saved as iceball with the BRL custom font plug-in:



Setting the ‘Desaturate emap result’ option to ‘Desaturate Average’ (other options are available):



Different emaps obviously produce different highlights when used with the same character layers.



My final look after adding a box outline with Custom Font Embossible…



Although I could easily have produced a 3D version instead using Custom Font Faux 3D…



An overview of the steps involved...



Have fun...

Cool. Be nice to have that script for gimp vs 3 (BRL)
They are nice Skinny

The trouble is that BRL depends on a C-plug-in (MLBevelReflect).
So someone who can do C-programming and compiling would be needed.
Only then it would make sense to adapt BRL to GIMP3

Absolutely QR.
And of course my custom font plug-in only makes use of the MLBevelReflect plug-in.
So yet another reason to use 2.10.