On Sunday, June 19, 2011 10:44:17 pm Michael J. Hammel wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 09:30 +1000, Owen wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:36:34 -0400 > > > > John Culleton <j...@wexfordpress.com> wrote: > > > The excellent book by Michael J Hammel "The Artist's Guide to Gimp > > > Effects" > > Thanks for the kudos. > > > > The bad news is his list has 37 steps. And his book was written in > > > the days of Gimp 2.2, looking forward to 2.4. > > The 2nd edition for 2.8 is expected to be out in early 2012. I'm trying > to coincide the update with the 2.8 release so the book is relevant. > I'm almost done with updating all the text, including quite few new > tutorials. I've been putting off making new screenshots to give the > developers as much time as possible for UI updates. But I'll be > starting in on those very soon. > > > Are you sure that File->Create->Logos->Chrome wont do what you are > > looking for? > > Kind of. But understanding how to do it manually allows you the > flexibility of making your own flavor of the effect. That's the purpose > of all the tutorials in the book - to teach technique without falling > back on too many pre-built effects.
Well that was an authoritative set of responses! I will look forward to the new edition. In addition to being most informative it is a very handsome book. I write, publish, index and lay out books. Your book sets a very high standard and I salute your product. In the meantime I will look at Chrome more carefully. Sometimes I use the routines under logos and modify the results to suit my needs. For example I almost always eliminate the background layer. Chrome may or may not match up to the routine taken from "The Artist's Guide to Gimp Effects" Stay tuned :<) -- John Culleton "Death Wore Black" Police procedural: http://www.deathworeblack.com/ "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://booklocker.com/books/4055.html
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