Textured Design
In this tutorial i will create a textured background with a very neat abstract touch to it. the end results probably isn't that useful for anything other then wallpapers, but nonetheless if your still learning how to use gimp then this tutorial is another great exercise for you.
Getting Started
Before i get started ill just remind you that my original image size it 1024x678 but I've resized the images for the sites width.
Step 1
Create an image area of 1024x768 or if intend to use it as your wallpaper then which ever resolution your on will do.
Step 2
Set your foreground color to 931818 and your background color to 000000

Step 3
Brab the "Blend tool" and in the Tools option dialog make sure your Gradient is set to FG to BG (RGB) and the shape to Radial.

Step 4
Apply the Gradient from the center of the image area to the bottom corner.

Step 5
Still with the blend tool selected, create a new layer then change the Gradient to a pre made gimp gradient named Abstract 2. now apply it from top to bottom.

Step 6
Now make sure you have the last layer we created highlighted then go to Filters>Distorts>Emboss.
Now in the Emboss window set the Azimuth to 256.76 Elevation to 132.35 and depth to 84 then press ok.

Once you've done step 6 your once rainbow looking gradient is now a cool texture like with some cool abstract lines.(image is zoomed at 100%)

Step 6
Now set the layer mode to "OVERLAY"

This is how it should look once you set the mode to overlay. ( image zoomed at 100%)

Here it is with the image at %50

Step 8
We're almost done, create a new layer and game your foreground and background color to black and change the gradient to FG to Transparent and the shape to Liner.

Step 9
Apply the gradient from the lower right corner to the centre of the image area, this is where the text will go so adding the extra dark shade would help the text blend in more.

Finally pick a nice font for the text, i used "Diavlo" which you can download from Here ,the colors i used are white as you can see :)
Here is my outcome, you can click on the image below to enlarge it.
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love it!
I love it!! Its amazing!
nice!
nice tut there. thanks for posting it up :)
Re: Textured Design
Very nice, thanks for sharing it.
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your welcome :)
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I don't understand how you import the new font into Gimp?
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You guys make some great stuff with ridiculously easy-to-follow tutorials. I just wish there was more on here.
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Amy: if your on windows place your fonts inside your windows folder folder. you should see it inside gimp once you do that.
flytrap: thanks always nice to see people appreciating it :) and i also wish more people would explore gimps capabilities.
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Hey, great tutorial ! Absolutely simple to follow and amazing results (at least for a newbie like me).
Keep up the good work ;)
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Wow, i underestimated that. Thats a really nice effect. I suppose you could make the text look textured too, would give a cool effect, I'll have to try it out. When I get to grips with some of the more complex options I'll be sure to post a few tuts on this site, it'd be cool to contribute. Theres one thing I'm trying to accomplish at the moment and can't find any tuts for itgso when I finally manage it, I'll show it off.
Anyway again, nice work.
Also, the captcha needs some work, I don't know when 8 plus 5 didn't make 13 :D
Outcome! http://i35.tinypic.c
Outcome!
http://i35.tinypic.com/igwz8i.png
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Thank you much for this tutorial!
I tried it out and loved the outcome of it so much I tried a few more designs!
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Another great one Gimper. Here's my result
http://http://24-7entertainment.synthasite.com/contamination.php
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sorry. bad link. here you go
http://24-7entertainment.synthasite.com/contamination.php
Pretty neat!! But I'm stuck
Pretty neat!! But I'm stuck on Step 6. =/ How do you overlay?? o_O
To set your layer to overlay
To set your layer to overlay mode go to the layers tab and you will see a mode drop down, inside that drop is the overlay mode.
good one are you doing any
good one
are you doing any more?
Very nice tutorial. I'm just
Very nice tutorial. I'm just a beginner and I found it easy to follow your directions. Taught me some new tricks.
Good Tutorial, Can I get
Good Tutorial,
Can I get another nice text maker different from diavlo?
Thanx
My
My result!
http://hackuity.deviantart.com/art/Abstract-circles-113344866
Nice work Hackuity :)
Nice work Hackuity :)
excellent work i understood
excellent work i understood everything. Nicely done ^^
nice job
nice job
Nice! :D Cool tutorial
Nice! :D Cool tutorial :)
Outcome:
http://cmol.dk/imgplay2.png
I like yours better than mine
I like yours better than mine :) nice work
hay thanks dude i did really
hay thanks dude i did really well and actually made it :)
heres how it went:
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/4438/wowd.gif
thanks so much i havent used gimp for ages and
now i feel like ive used it all my life :)
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