Hi, Thanks Jikku! I am happy that you like it. Anyway, the native GIMP format is XCF. I tried saving it and sending it to you - but it was no different from the final PNG that I sent you. XCF doesn't save any of the manipulation history - so it is practically useless for analyzing the steps involved in the process. What XCF does store are GIMP layers, paths, channels, vectors etc. But I didn't use any of these features. I will send it to you if you still think you can make something of it.
Actually in this case, it is alright to be lame! Even though it looks like a 2 step 10 min work, it took me over 2 hours to figure out how to do it. I admit it! I never used Gimp before! The problem is that we were trying to copy an effect, not create one by random experimentation. The image you sent had to be analyzed - once even down to pixel level - to find out what was done on it. And then I had to experiment to get similar results. I will summarize the operation as follows: The 'blend' tool settings were the following: Colour: FG: White, BG: Black Mode : Overlay (this was required to create the gloss effect - especially over white areas of flag) Gradient: FG to Transparent (this was required to avoid darkening patches of the old blend operation) Shape: Bilinear Repeat: None Before doing the blend, the entire image had to be darkened (Step 1). The Paint bucket in 'hard light' mode was used for this. The foreground colour used for the operation was a dark gray colour. This step was necessary because the final image didn't have enough contrast without it. I don't know how to save and pass on the manipulation history. If there is any way to do that- please let me know. Otherwise, a live demo is the only way to pass it on. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
