Here is an example of what I would like to create:
How can I create a graphic similar to this with GIMP?
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Sign up to join this communityHere is an example of what I would like to create:
How can I create a graphic similar to this with GIMP?
To create my own "textile" patterns, I do:
For the second part of your question: Filters>Light and shadows>Lighting effects
just as the other answers say, but there's a more intelligent and time saving way to do this: take/make your texture, and instead of manually replicating them around. open it, go to edit > define pattern then you have two options: - a new layer filled with the pattern and then apply the layer effects mentioned - fill a layer and then add the pattern overlay style to it. then you apply the proper blending effects accordingly.
it is pretty much like the other answers here, just less time consuming.
Here's what I ended doing:
I used this one: http://subtlepatterns.com/real-carbon-fibre/
The image from subtlepatterns.com is a small square, something like 50x50 px so I needed to repeat the pattern.
To do this goto:
and specify final image size, that gave me this
At this point I wanted to change the color by adding a colorized semi-tranparent layer over the above image, but first I needed to desaturate the image as it existed above:
image
, Mode
switch from indexed
to RGB
colors
, curves
and use levels
tool to desaturateThen add a transparent layer at the top of the layer stack
Then to get a lighting effect
filters
-> light and shadow
-> supernova
and apply