awesome!

thanks for the great tutorial!

Looks very good Gimper. I'll give it a try tonight.

Fantastic tutorial, your tutorials are very easy to follow so that is great. thanks

I got lost on step 5.

I don't understand the direction.

Where can I download mdp-watercolour60.jpg? Can I get it from the link "zip file", cause when I click that, it only directs me
to Shopping.com

Hop someone clarifies this for me.

And I have problems in the Step 5 because when I resize my picture ant put the numbers 700 and 990 it goes like 700 and I by mause click on the other Height it turns 525 and when I edit to 990 the weight numbers (700) goes in 1320

thanks guys :)

@ healers_charm: the link was mentioned in the biggining of the tutorial, here is the watercolor image http://www.gomedia.us/arsenal/freestuff.php

@"i don't know what your doing wrong with the resizing". are you sure you downloaded the image of the watercolor from Gomedia's site?, because if your using the one i have in this tutorial then it doesn't need to be resized.

Oh well I did it some how and thats what I get when I put the layer on Voluje mode

http://www.failai.in/P/1208123919_mano.png

Re: the resizing problem

I think you need to click the chain link symbol next to the sizes. They're scaling in ratio, you need to unlink them.

~ http://www.kristarella.com ~

hi Kristarella.
your right but it shouldn't need to because the correct width when resizing the hight to 700x is 990x using the ratio chain.

at the first part when you are supposed to put the nuke in the middle, i use File>open as layer and it doesnt give me a nuke sign layer, only the background layer. how should i add the nuke sign?

dragging the file from your desktop to your canvas works just fine.

Hey gimper, I did everything at the start, but on page 4 I got lost a little, I set all the options correctly and then it overlapped my Nuke Icon? Please help.

when doing step 4 make sure you still have the nuke icon under selection by right clicking on the nuke icon layer and click on Alpha to Selection.

you might want to download the source file just to help with the layers order.

nice tut, ill try when i get home from amsterdam :P

Hey Gimper,

How do u add the glow to ur path?

I followed your instructions exactly, but it doesn't make the line glow like in the sccreenshot.

Help plz?

Thx

A nice effect to try at Step 5, is to go to Filter>Render>Line Nova .... Use default settings (200 lines) may take a while, but the outcome on the drop shadow is superb. I will get an image up soon.

http://s285.photobucket.com/albums/ll63/Orion619/?action=view&current=Ch...
I changed it to blue and I didn't put in all the water mark crap..or the bubble stuff..I don't like the look of it anyways...thank you
-R34P3R

Note: This is user "Clover" but I'm really too lazy to log in...

Amazing tut, thank you! It is great how you can find imgs and textures and put them together with standard tools to create a great effect. -goes off to try tutorial-.

Thanks again,
Clover

I got stuck on step 15.
I don't think I have a spark brush?????

My bad...
Its the big red one. Sorry!

Haha! Done!
Mine is kind of different then yours, because when you did the lines-around-icon part, I couldn't get it exactly right. It didn't look the same as yours, because I didn't know which layer to put it over, under, etc.
You didn't specify that, or i'm just a noob! :D. I also added some dissolved text.
To see what I did click [url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Leprachaun56/Complete-1.png]here[/url].

well you can just move the layer so its above the others. good work :)

Where is it??

Im stuck on step 10, whenever i make the new layer and change the foreground color, it goes over all the pics!! HELP!!

Where is the Spark brush?

Awesome tut mate :)

One thing I'd suggest though:

For the ends of the lines, rather than using the 'Circle Fuzzy' brush do this:

-Right click on the layer then 'Add Layer Mask' (select 'White Full Opacity').
-Select the Blend tool, set your foreground colour to black and then use the FG->Transparent gradient. Apply this to the end of your lines.
-Right click on the layer then 'Apply Layer Mask'.

It gets a better result or less effort I think.

erm ... can you tell me where is the circle fuzzy ? kindda lost ...

its in the brushes dialog.

I am new to all of this, how do I put the watercolor in overlay mode in step 7. I have been looking for a good hour now and can't find it...sad, I know. Thanks

Look in your layer tab in the GIMP window with all your tools, if u don't see this tab, press Ctrl+L. So once in the layer tab, just go to the drop down menu at the top next to mode and you will see the whole list of modes, including overlay! ;)

By the way, this effect is amazing, great tutorial and great results! thx a lot, so many possibilities this opens.

OK, so I found that...with your help. Thanks. However, when I turn it on, the watercolor just disappears. Is that supposed to happen? I am thinking it has something to do with the way I am adding the watercolor image. I am just pasting it in, should it work like that? When I paste it in, in the layer dialog it says it is a "floating selection." It doesn't look that way in the tutorial. Should I be changing it somehow so that it is an actual layer and not a floating selection?

Once you paste it into gimp and you get the "floating selection", you need to click on the "Create a new layer" button.

That should do it.

Awesome tutorial :D I used in my space/techno theme cheers dude (:

Hey Gimper,

Thx so much for the awesome tut!! It was very easy to follow, and it produced a great result.

Plz check out my product -
http://24-7entertainment.synthasite.com/contamination.php

Tell me what u think!

Nice work :)

Seriously awesome! The best effect tutorial i've seen.

MADE OF WIN.

very nice tutorial
but i dont't understand step 11 can someone helpme please?
big thanks

mario

mario,

step 11 is asking you to use the eraser tool to soften the edges of the lines.

For more help use the forum as more users can try and explain it for you :)

ahh now i know it ^^
thank you =)

Since I am new to this, I'll use your guide as a reference to these kinds of stuff. Very neatly done!

Thanks for the great tutorial! Beautiful !

Where is the xcf file, please ?

Regards

I am very new at this, i don't seem to be able to isolate the image of the nuclear symbol so the shadow (green glow) effect appears around a white square that that the image is in and not around the image itself.

Any help appreciated.

Rich

@aikinhdo it's under the tutorial "attachments"

@Visitor. make sure you create every element on a separate layer with transparent background.

thank you very much i have got it to work now.

Rich

Kinda confusing but I did it! Awesome effect! Thanks for sharing!

I like this Tutorial a lot. I got great results.

so i cannot find the XCF to save my life. i just made an account so i could be logged in, yet all there is is you stating that it's attached below, a lot of bookmarker links, and posts. am i doing something wrong here? do i have to have a certain number of "points" before i'm allowed to download stuff? what's the deal?

Ya

thanks for this great tutiroals. I liked

Great!

wow!!! exelent, i am new to gimp, got stuck at a couple of bits but figured it out, awsome results!

Excuse me I am having a little bit of trouble with step 12.
I have completely redone the whole tut 2 times so far as to make sure I didn't do anything wrong and every time I get to step 12 I get this as a result: http://i42.tinypic.com/v4uwlz.jpg
Could you tell me what I am doing wrong? Also, I would like to see you xcf but I do not see it anywhere. Thanks in advance!

Edit: Oh I created a new layer and THEN stroked the path and it worked, you didn't put to add a new layer so I guess that's where I misunderstood. Maybe....:P

lol yea that's it :) btw my xcf file can found at the bottom of the tutorial when logged in.

or you can just click on this link here http://gimp-tutorials.net/files/Contaminated.zip

Very nice tutorial! The steps were laid out and through.
I have to say leaning to use the path tool made me want to pull my hair out.

But I achieved something pretty close to what you'd set up.

Thanks again!

Todd

AHHHHH!!
i'm a super noob and i am trying SO HARD right now.
but step 5 just wouldnt work for me!!!!!><
no matter how many times i try with the shadow things, it just wouldnt appear.
and also, what is alpha on selection?
i dont have that...
i am sorry but can you please explain?
THANK YOU!!!!!!<3

ok..now i know when i googled alpha to selection.
THANK YOU FOR YOU TUTORIAL!
ITS AWESOME!!!
Although i sucked at it~(made a lot of changes cus some steps i didnt understand.)
and i didnt use the nude icon..sorry...wanted to use some guy's face.(hot guy^^)
so..just wanna show you...
http://i40.tinypic.com/2ic5jpl.jpg
here it is.
not really good but i tried.
and this is my first tutorial~!!
thank you!!!!!=D

where can i find that brush the spark brush

Thanks for the fun tutorial.

Could not understand anything after step 7.
You just got lazy and stopped helping and just put what you would do naturally without any help. Like how the hell do I do this whole fuzzy end thing?
No explanation whatsoever.
Actually try to explain things all the way through instead of getting lazy next time.

step 10 does not work everytime i create a new layer and fill it with the foreground colour it blanks out the whole picture, and doesnt make the swirl of yellow line. sadface

anybody got suggestions?

Well i had the same problem but wat u do is make a new layer with no colour and then set the colour in the colour box to yellow then go to paths and right click and stroke path.

Very cool tut, thanks.
This is my result:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b99/vinzone/Atomicwithname.gif?t=12379...

I like the effect, the outcome looks cool. I think I may have missed something in step 12 cause I couldn't get my lines to have that glow to it. They only had the fuzziness kind of glow.

Hehe, I used this as my dA ID. :p

My result is here:
http://x4r4x.deviantart.com/art/Contaminated-X4R4X-117374066

Click it to make it full size ;).

nice page

I LOVE THIS PLACE! This is one of my favorite tutorials. I have been using GIMP for a year but this tutorial was handy in showing how to fancy up and old Icon! Woot ICON SPREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Gimper can I have permission to use this on another fourm but I will give all credit to you?

You can't copy paste it else where but you can re write it if you want.

Please I need this if I don't I'll get banned I'll give you full credit I will take no credit at all please!

This is the coolest thing ever! If you know how to make a logo similar to the radioactive sign, do you think that you could make a tutorial? This is by far my favorite tutorial.

Didn't you find any other solution of the problem on the net?

Uh, excuse me;
this tutorial was posted out of pure helpfulness, don't slag off people for trying to help you. And don't call people lazy, just because your understanding lacks.

Please be more considerate.
Great tutorial, thank you.

Fantastic tutorial. I actually managed to follow your simple steps and the result was beautiful. I guess all i can say is, give me more? :)

I'm sorry but if you couldn't follow the steps, it's probably your on fault, or lack of skills etc. Because I though it was really easy and a wonderful tutorial... Though I did use about 45 minutes ^^ My advice to you is, don't give up so easily...

i also got stuck at step #12. i dont get the:

"Next will add a glow to our stroke by going to the path dialog then "right click to > Path tool" on the path we previously drew.
then select Circle Fuzzy (17) from the brushes dialog and go to Edit>Stroke Path and select "Stroke with paint tool. finally set the layer to overlay. "

could you explain it?

help mee,
im changing eye colour on gimp, ive changed an eye colour but i still have the dotted line around the eye, and im trying to change the mouth but because theres a dotted line around the eye it changed the eye colour too. HELPP !!

when i try to stroke path, nothing happens. it looks the same

i made a small version, cause my base image was small. Here it is:

Then a blue version:

Ok I'm having trouble with Step 12

"Next will add a glow to our stroke by going to the path dialog then "right click to > Path tool" on the path we previously drew."

Where is path dialog??? And right click to > Path tool???? I've never heard of this before D:

New to Gimp, had to figure some things out but finally made it. Good Gimp tutorials are rare but you have a sense for good design.

awesome

Just a suggestion, if you make a new layer and set the background to white and then go to filters>artistic>gimpressionist>ballpark and then motion blur it and set the layer to overlay it adds a more rugged look to the picture. Thanks for a great tutorial!! :)

Hello everyone.

Just so you would know, I am in love with this site, as it utilizes the very purposes for which the GIMP was created, even in '96.

On thing I may recommend, as a more stable and controllable way to fade out the "rays" in the image.

Add a layer mask (white - full opacity) to the layer. This is done by right-clicking the layer and clicking "Add Layer Mask..." and leaving all fields unchanged from their defaults.

With the MASK selected (not the layer), select the area around the tips of the rays. Use the gradient labeled "FG to BG (RGB)", with #000000 (black) as your foreground and #ffffff (white) as your background (we call this the 'default blend').

Blend from the tip of the ray to the end of the selection. For a more gradual fade, select a larger area of the ray. For a more abrupt fade, vice versa. This method was the one intended for fading from hue to alpha.

A loyal contributor to The XCF Program,

Spencer Kimball

Ok so whenever i tried to put the green around the nuclear sign, it wouldn't show up.

Great tutorial, I am just having issues with step 11 and 12 where you add the glow and fade effect, I tried using the different brushes either I'm doing something wrong, or I just dont have a steady enough hand to trace the path with the eraser.....if anyone could help that would be great ^_^