Hi,
I've installed gimp and the html/pdf versions of GUM
(by Karin Kylander and Olof S. Kylander). After that
I tried to create some picture with some techniques
that are described in the GUM. Without success.
As in the manual I want to make a bezier selection of
a horse rider. Then I wanted to create this glow.
In GUM they say: "The glow layer was made by filling a feathered horse and
rider selection with red, yellow and white, each time with
lower feather values, and setting the layer to Screen
Mode."
That's what I tried to do.
First I selectet the bezier tool. I created the bezier curve. Then clicked
inside the curve. The selection was saved to an alpha channel. So
far everything went fine. But after that I tried everything to get
this glow:
- I did alpha to selection. I chose a feather value and filled the
selection: I had a sharp border and no feather.
- I did alpha to selection, filled the selection and did a copy named. Then I
did another alpha to selection, chose a feather value and pasted the filled
selection into the feathered selection. Again I had a sharp border and
no feather.
....
I don't know what else I tried but I tried a lot.... It's driving me crazy....
I like GUM and I appreciate the effort that the authors took in
writing that book but I simply cannot understand how to reproduce the
effects that are described.
Can anybody help me with the problem described above? What have I done wrong?
Is there a more detailed tutorial out there that explains every single step
that has to be performed (something like: "You want a glow? Then do the
following:
0. load picture
1. <menu>-><popup>-><popup2>-><selection>
2. <menu>->....
3. ...
...
)
Thanks. Every help is much appreciated!!
Jan
