Re: [Gimp-user] Looking for another technique
Thanks Andrew. I gave this a shot but it does not seem to work ... I think maybe because the foreground and background colours are not distinct enough. I think I will look at using bezier curves ... got some reading to do! Andrew Wilson wrote: Mark, Have you tried using the threshold tool (rightclick-image-colors-threshold)? That will break the photo down into black and white based on the levels. So long as the object I want is the focus of the image is usually does pretty well. You can then use fuzzy select to change the colors to whatever you want. Regards, Andrew On Thursday 31 October 2002 02:58, Mark Drummond wrote: Going back to the desktop wallpaper I created for myself: The wallpaper utilises only two colours, one for the background and one for any graphics/objects on the background, basically a black white background but using two differant colours instead of b w. I would like to take a photographic image and convert the image to only two colours ... with the subject of the photograph (say, a person) in the foreground colour and the rest in the background colour, effectively making a silouette(sp) of the photo's subject. So basically I need to rubber band the subject of the photograph (I would assume some method of masking would be best here) and convert the photo to only the two colours I am using, but my fiddling around has so far not gotten me anywhere. Any tips? Sorry, I am an absolute novice with image editing/manipulation. I am reading some of the online gimp guides/manuals but that only gets me so far! Thanks! -- Mark Drummond Technical Specialist STANTIVE Solutions Inc. - Kingston, ON, Canada Sun Microsystems Independent Sales Organization (ISO) T] 613.634.7410 ext.226 E] [EMAIL PROTECTED] F] 613.634.7412 W] www.stantive.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Looking for another technique
Going back to the desktop wallpaper I created for myself: The wallpaper utilises only two colours, one for the background and one for any graphics/objects on the background, basically a black white background but using two differant colours instead of b w. I would like to take a photographic image and convert the image to only two colours ... with the subject of the photograph (say, a person) in the foreground colour and the rest in the background colour, effectively making a silouette(sp) of the photo's subject. So basically I need to rubber band the subject of the photograph (I would assume some method of masking would be best here) and convert the photo to only the two colours I am using, but my fiddling around has so far not gotten me anywhere. Any tips? Sorry, I am an absolute novice with image editing/manipulation. I am reading some of the online gimp guides/manuals but that only gets me so far! Thanks! -- Mark Drummond Technical Specialist STANTIVE Solutions Inc. - Kingston, ON, Canada Sun Microsystems Independent Sales Organization (ISO) T] 613.634.7410 ext.226 E] [EMAIL PROTECTED] F] 613.634.7412 W] www.stantive.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] mimicking gnome desktop feature
Hi all, The gnome desktop background config widget lets you (used to let you? I don't see it in my gnome control center any more) take an image and blend it into your background with a hammered out look. Sorry, I cannot explain it better. I want to mimic that effect with the gimp. I have a desktop background and I would like to blend a photo into the background. The idea is for the photo to have that hammered out (like an image made of hammered out copper) look using the existing background color. Any ideas? -- Mark Drummond Technical Specialist STANTIVE Solutions Inc. - Kingston, ON, Canada Sun Microsystems Independent Sales Organization (ISO) T] 613.634.7410 ext.226 E] [EMAIL PROTECTED] F] 613.634.7412 W] www.stantive.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] mimicking gnome desktop feature
Nope. Maybe I can explain better. I created a desktop wallpaper for myself using the gimp. It is saved as an xcf file for further editing, and as a jpg for actual use. The machine I am doing this on is a Sun box using CDE. I use xv to set the desktop wallpaper. I want to make an addition to the wallpaper I created. Specifically, I want to take a photographic image and incorporate it into the wallpaper. That is easy enough, just add a layer to my xcf file with the photo in it, but it is the particular visual effect I want that has me lost. The effect I want is that of hammered out metal. You may have seen artistic works made of hammered out copper sheeting. That is the effect I want (but using the color of my wallpaper) which visually gives you a hammered out 3 dimensional view of the photograph. Mark Cruz, John J wrote: Is the same as right clicking on the mouse to change the image? john -Original Message- From: Mark Drummond [mailto:mark.drummond;sun.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] mimicking gnome desktop feature Hi all, The gnome desktop background config widget lets you (used to let you? I don't see it in my gnome control center any more) take an image and blend it into your background with a hammered out look. Sorry, I cannot explain it better. I want to mimic that effect with the gimp. I have a desktop background and I would like to blend a photo into the background. The idea is for the photo to have that hammered out (like an image made of hammered out copper) look using the existing background color. Any ideas? -- Mark Drummond Technical Specialist STANTIVE Solutions Inc. - Kingston, ON, Canada Sun Microsystems Independent Sales Organization (ISO) T] 613.634.7410 ext.226 E] [EMAIL PROTECTED] F] 613.634.7412 W] www.stantive.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] mimicking gnome desktop feature
Excuse me while I slap myself ... must need more coffee. The effect I was looking for was embossing. Mark Drummond wrote: Nope. Maybe I can explain better. I created a desktop wallpaper for myself using the gimp. It is saved as an xcf file for further editing, and as a jpg for actual use. The machine I am doing this on is a Sun box using CDE. I use xv to set the desktop wallpaper. I want to make an addition to the wallpaper I created. Specifically, I want to take a photographic image and incorporate it into the wallpaper. That is easy enough, just add a layer to my xcf file with the photo in it, but it is the particular visual effect I want that has me lost. The effect I want is that of hammered out metal. You may have seen artistic works made of hammered out copper sheeting. That is the effect I want (but using the color of my wallpaper) which visually gives you a hammered out 3 dimensional view of the photograph. Mark Cruz, John J wrote: Is the same as right clicking on the mouse to change the image? john -Original Message- From: Mark Drummond [mailto:mark.drummond;sun.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] mimicking gnome desktop feature Hi all, The gnome desktop background config widget lets you (used to let you? I don't see it in my gnome control center any more) take an image and blend it into your background with a hammered out look. Sorry, I cannot explain it better. I want to mimic that effect with the gimp. I have a desktop background and I would like to blend a photo into the background. The idea is for the photo to have that hammered out (like an image made of hammered out copper) look using the existing background color. Any ideas? -- Mark Drummond Technical Specialist STANTIVE Solutions Inc. - Kingston, ON, Canada Sun Microsystems Independent Sales Organization (ISO) T] 613.634.7410 ext.226 E] [EMAIL PROTECTED] F] 613.634.7412 W] www.stantive.com ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
