[Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images
Thanks Seth - Candice >I've done this for pictures of my family - my daughter loves coloring us. > It works best on pictures without a lot of noise to them, but my "recipe" >assuming a flattened (1 layer) image is: >1) Blur->Selective Gaussian Blur - use parameters to get rid of details but >keep main subject sharp >2) Colors->Desaturate (I usually use Average, but not sure it matters) >3) Edge-Detect->Difference of Gaussians with about 8/33 as the 2 radiuses >gets me some basic lines that work good for this on SLR-size photos, use >smaller for values near the same ratio for smaller pictures. Goal is to >get an outline of the salient features only. >4) Colors->Levels... to make sharp black lines >5) Blur slightly if necessary >6) Save As.. & Print >7) Open box of crayolas and go nuts >If you want to do more of a fake-crayon drawing to wow your friends, change >the levels step to have very light grey output instead of dark black; then >trace the light grey with heavy crayon before coloring in/shading with >lighter shades. As a bit of warning, eyeballs and cheekbones are amazingly >hard to get right! >Happy GIMPing, >Seth Burgess >On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Chris Mohler wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NoviceGimper >> wrote: >> > deally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book >> picture or a stamp. >> >> Try: >> >> Filters->Edge Detect->Edge... >> Use defaults, click OK >> Image->Mode->Grayscale >> Colors->Invert >> >> Possibly adjust Levels/Curves afterward. >> >> HTH, >> Chris >> ___ >> gimp-user-list mailing list >> gimp-user-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >> -- NoviceGimper (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images
Thanks Chris! >On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NoviceGimper wrote: >> deally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book picture >> or a stamp. >Try: >Filters->Edge Detect->Edge... >Use defaults, click OK >Image->Mode->Grayscale >Colors->Invert >Possibly adjust Levels/Curves afterward. >HTH, >Chris -- NoviceGimper (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images
I've done this for pictures of my family - my daughter loves coloring us. It works best on pictures without a lot of noise to them, but my "recipe" assuming a flattened (1 layer) image is: 1) Blur->Selective Gaussian Blur - use parameters to get rid of details but keep main subject sharp 2) Colors->Desaturate (I usually use Average, but not sure it matters) 3) Edge-Detect->Difference of Gaussians with about 8/33 as the 2 radiuses gets me some basic lines that work good for this on SLR-size photos, use smaller for values near the same ratio for smaller pictures. Goal is to get an outline of the salient features only. 4) Colors->Levels... to make sharp black lines 5) Blur slightly if necessary 6) Save As.. & Print 7) Open box of crayolas and go nuts If you want to do more of a fake-crayon drawing to wow your friends, change the levels step to have very light grey output instead of dark black; then trace the light grey with heavy crayon before coloring in/shading with lighter shades. As a bit of warning, eyeballs and cheekbones are amazingly hard to get right! Happy GIMPing, Seth Burgess On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Chris Mohler wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NoviceGimper > wrote: > > deally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book > picture or a stamp. > > Try: > > Filters->Edge Detect->Edge... > Use defaults, click OK > Image->Mode->Grayscale > Colors->Invert > > Possibly adjust Levels/Curves afterward. > > HTH, > Chris > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NoviceGimper wrote: > deally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book picture or > a stamp. Try: Filters->Edge Detect->Edge... Use defaults, click OK Image->Mode->Grayscale Colors->Invert Possibly adjust Levels/Curves afterward. HTH, Chris ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images
Hi there again I want to make colouring book pictures for my students from photographs of themselves (want to see kids get excited about something - give them a picture of themselves to colour in). Right now I am using the cartoon filter, desaturating the image and then painstakingly selecting by colour, each greyscaled set of pixels and then cutting them so that in effect, the image becomes a traced black and white image. I am wondering if there is an easier way to do this - I have tried using the threshold and levels filters - but I find that it makes the image too pop-arty, like those Che Guevara type T-shirt graphics. Ideally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book picture or a stamp. Is there an easier way to do that without having to pick and delete the greyscaled parts of the image? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Candice -- NoviceGimper (via gimpusers.com) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
