This could be good, IF I could find the tutorial you mention. Can you give us the title, the URL, or a term to search for? I tried searching for "Chrome" and for "bumpmap." Both came up dry. Thanks.
>The thing to remember is to use a grey gradient across the text/picture. Then >bump map that, then play with the levels. Make sure you have a fully black >and white blurred picture to use as a bumpmap. I've often gone wrong by just >blurring white text/shapes on a transparent background, which doesn't work >very well, if at all. > >I use this effect quite a lot in my stuff. I'm no hacker or GIMP expert >either, but if you follow that tutorial on http://gug.sunsite.dk to the >letter then you should be fine. > >Tom > >On Wednesday 21 Jul 2004 12:33, Gearoid Donnellan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for reposting this but not sure if the first one arrived and >> I also just read the bit about not adding large attachments to files. >> Could anyone let me know how to replicate the effect shown in the >> images here http://www.compsoc.nuigalway.ie/~drakon/images/ >> >> I have been trying to replicate an effect I have used in Photoshop >> with the Filter>Sketch>Chrome Tool that it has but I havent been >> successful. I have tried to apply the tomcat chrome text tutorial but >> Im a noob to gimp so I may have been doing it wrong >> >> The first image is banner1.png >> The second is the photoshop tool and the third is roughly what the end >> result should look like. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> -- Mongoose (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user