alexandre suzuki wrote: > Something is probably missing in the Golden Text > tutorial,in the www.gimp.org website.The best I can > get is flat,uninteresting golden text following > the steps in the tutorial,and trying with several > parameters.The beautiful,rich,surface lighting(the > complexity of the golden light effects on the text > surface) presented seems so distant to reach.
Why? You are getting the flat text because you didn't blur the bump map (see further below). I usually copy the b/w text layer and blur the copy, So I can use the original text layer as a layer mask, to "cut out" the final text. This looks smoother than in the example, where there's a white 'halo' around the text. > I used the same environment map image of the tutorial, > and I did not do the gaussian blur on the bumpmap > image > (grayscale) the filter was not available. ??? 'Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur'. This step is essential; otherwise, you don't get the 3D effect. > I used gimp-2.6.4 and the lighting effects plugin > (standard in 2.6.4). > It seems the "story" was not completely told and some > kind of "secret" remains uncovered. IMHO, there isn't a "secret" to it; it's just a technique everybody can learn. If you're still stuck, feel free to ask me again. Greetings, Claus -- .:: Claus Cyrny - Webdesign | Grafik | Fotografie ::. :: Website: http://home.arcor.de/ccyrny/ :: :: Fotos: http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=714471 :: :: MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/claus_01 :: :: Qype: http://www.qype.com/place/189992-Claus-Cyrny-Stuttgart :: :: Xing: http://www.xing.com/profile/Claus_Cyrny :: _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
