Re: [Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-20 Thread Steve Kinney


On 11/19/2016 01:53 PM, rich2005 wrote:
> Guilty of being over-complicated
> 
> With the limited grey - blue - black colours you can color-select the splodges
> with color-select in additive mode reasonably easily.
> 
> To save a lot of writing, a short video demo, only 2 and a half minutes
> including explanations.
> 
> https://youtu.be/qk5qJLUszzU
> 
> hope it helps
> 
> rich: www.gimp-forum.net 

Just for grins I took a copy of the sample image that was uploaded and
made the gold bits transparent.  It was easy, because I selected
everything /but/ the "gold" and then inverted the selection.

Using the Select By Color tool, click once to select all the black, then
hold down the shift key to select the blue and etc.

There will be stray pixels that did not get selected, due to color
variations produced by anti-aliasing.  So, zoom WAY in and start
selecting those strays with the same tool, holding the shift key down of
course, until everything you want to keep is selected.  That took me a
minute or two.

Then do Select > Invert and viola, a precise selection of the "gold"
only, to do with as ye will.

:o)


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[Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-20 Thread rich2005
Guilty of being over-complicated

With the limited grey - blue - black colours you can color-select the splodges
with color-select in additive mode reasonably easily.

To save a lot of writing, a short video demo, only 2 and a half minutes
including explanations.

https://youtu.be/qk5qJLUszzU

hope it helps

rich: www.gimp-forum.net 

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[Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-19 Thread rich2005
Sorry, totally misread the subject.

Same procedure using indexed mode, this time change all the gold-ish colours to
the same basic colour, I used red.

Back to RGB mode, Add an alpha channel

Color select that colour red and cut.

That gives the attached. Put a new layer under that and fill with your pattern.

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[Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-19 Thread rich2005
>Can someone tell me if/how I can use Gimp to replace the goldish
>splotches with my own pattern? I've been able to get the pattern into
>Gimp. But can't figure out if I can replace the splotches and dots
>with it. Any input is greatly appreciated!!!
>

Not the easiest to either color-select or create a mask, due to the 'pattern'
effect in the gold.

A quick way

Covert the image to indexed mode with a reduced palette - say 16 colours.

Edit the colormap to remove the gold-ish colors. There is about  6 of them.

Put the mode back to RGB.

There is still a scattering of light colored pixels in the background, use
Filters -> generic -> erode to shrink to nothing.

The grey lettering can be improved a little, color select, grow a pixel, fill
the selection with the grey.

The the black 'boutique' is the same as the background, put it in manually in
some other colour.

rich: www.gimp-forum.net 

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Re: [Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-19 Thread Steve Kinney


On 11/17/2016 02:14 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:

Nuts.  I was re-reading this thread and I noticed that below, I
duplicate the instructions to create a layer mask.  The second one
doesn't count, that's the price I pay for carelessness in cut and pasted
editing.  Ouch.

:o/

> Another alternative, a bit more complicated but possibly worth it if you
> have to make adjustments to your selection, or tweak the pattern
> independently of the rest of the image, is to use a layer mask:
> 
> Put your pattern on a layer of its own, put your image on a layer above
> that, and add a layer mask to the top layer (your original image).
> Right click the top layer in the Layers dock, select Add Layer Mask,
> accept the white / full opacity default.
> 
> 
> Select the gold regions as above, then add a mask to the layer:  Right
> click the top layer in the Layers dock, select Add Layer Mask, accept
> the default White option in the dialog that opens, and hit OK.
> 
> Then drag and drop black from your color selector to the canvas to make
> the selected areas of your image layer transparent.  The pattern on the
> layer below your image will show through "holes" created in the original
> image by the black parts of its layer mask.  Now you can dismiss your
> complex selection, and make adjustments to the mask as necessary.  For
> instance, if you see a gold fringe around the edges of your "deleted"
> regions, you can do Filters > Generic > Erode to expand the black
> regions on the mask, removing the fringe.
> 
> This method is non-destructive; you can "bring back" bits of the
> original image layer by painting with white on its mask, or eliminate
> bits of the original image layer by painting with white on the mask. In
> the case at hand that may not be necessary, but being able to adjust the
> edges of "deleted" regions comes in handy quite often.  This method also
> enables you to adjust the brightness, color, etc. of the pattern layer
> independent of the original image layer, change it to a different one
> or etc., without having to leave your complex selection in place through
> subsequent editing processes.
> 
> :o)
> 
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Re: [Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-17 Thread Steve Kinney


On 11/16/2016 01:21 PM, Liam R. E. Quin wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 17:44 +0100, lanierprintables wrote:
>> Can someone tell me if/how I can use Gimp to replace the goldish
>> splotches with
>> my own pattern?
> 
> One way might be to use select by colour (shift-O) on the gold until
> you have all of it. You might need to deselect the human outline on the
> left. To do that,
> (1) in tool options, with select-by-colour active, reduce the threshold
> probably to 1 or 2
> (2) hold control down and click in that outline, on one of the whitish
> lines.
> This may leave 1-pixel holes in the selection of the gold. That's OK,
> grow your selection by 1 pixel. select->grow.
> 
> Now feather the selection by 1 pixel (select->feather) to blur the
> edges slightly.
> 
> Now, if you have your patten as a layer in the image below the main
> part, edit->cut will make holes in the top layer and you'll see through
> to the pattern. If it just makes the gold solid background colour,
> undo, show the layers dock (control-l), right-click on the layer's name
> and "add alpha channel" which is gimp-jargon for "allow transparency on
> this layer". Then do the cut again.
> 
> An alternative is to use the bucket fill tool and fill with pattern.
> You can have the pattern open as anothe image and do edit->select all
> (control-a) and then edit->copy (control-c), and then go back to the
> main image and one of the patterns in the Tool Options dock for the
> bucket fill tool will be the clipboard.

Another alternative, a bit more complicated but possibly worth it if you
have to make adjustments to your selection, or tweak the pattern
independently of the rest of the image, is to use a layer mask:

Put your pattern on a layer of its own, put your image on a layer above
that, and add a layer mask to the top layer (your original image).
Right click the top layer in the Layers dock, select Add Layer Mask,
accept the white / full opacity default.


Select the gold regions as above, then add a mask to the layer:  Right
click the top layer in the Layers dock, select Add Layer Mask, accept
the default White option in the dialog that opens, and hit OK.

Then drag and drop black from your color selector to the canvas to make
the selected areas of your image layer transparent.  The pattern on the
layer below your image will show through "holes" created in the original
image by the black parts of its layer mask.  Now you can dismiss your
complex selection, and make adjustments to the mask as necessary.  For
instance, if you see a gold fringe around the edges of your "deleted"
regions, you can do Filters > Generic > Erode to expand the black
regions on the mask, removing the fringe.

This method is non-destructive; you can "bring back" bits of the
original image layer by painting with white on its mask, or eliminate
bits of the original image layer by painting with white on the mask. In
the case at hand that may not be necessary, but being able to adjust the
edges of "deleted" regions comes in handy quite often.  This method also
enables you to adjust the brightness, color, etc. of the pattern layer
independent of the original image layer, change it to a different one
or etc., without having to leave your complex selection in place through
subsequent editing processes.

:o)


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[Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-16 Thread lanierprintables
Than you so much for the great information! When you say CUT can you be more
specific? Thank you so much for your time!

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Re: [Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-16 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 17:44 +0100, lanierprintables wrote:
> Can someone tell me if/how I can use Gimp to replace the goldish
> splotches with
> my own pattern?

One way might be to use select by colour (shift-O) on the gold until
you have all of it. You might need to deselect the human outline on the
left. To do that,
(1) in tool options, with select-by-colour active, reduce the threshold
probably to 1 or 2
(2) hold control down and click in that outline, on one of the whitish
lines.
This may leave 1-pixel holes in the selection of the gold. That's OK,
grow your selection by 1 pixel. select->grow.

Now feather the selection by 1 pixel (select->feather) to blur the
edges slightly.

Now, if you have your patten as a layer in the image below the main
part, edit->cut will make holes in the top layer and you'll see through
to the pattern. If it just makes the gold solid background colour,
undo, show the layers dock (control-l), right-click on the layer's name
and "add alpha channel" which is gimp-jargon for "allow transparency on
this layer". Then do the cut again.

An alternative is to use the bucket fill tool and fill with pattern.
You can have the pattern open as anothe image and do edit->select all
(control-a) and then edit->copy (control-c), and then go back to the
main image and one of the patterns in the Tool Options dock for the
bucket fill tool will be the clipboard.

Liam

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> ull.107043823_salut2fnu0go0cks8www.jpg
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[Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-16 Thread lanierprintables
Can someone tell me if/how I can use Gimp to replace the goldish splotches with
my own pattern? I've been able to get the pattern into Gimp. But can't figure
out if I can replace the splotches and dots with it. Any input is greatly
appreciated!!!

Jamie

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