jgrimmond@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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>
> In the process of learning what all those operations
> do, I had a stab at the "Golden Text" tutorial at the GIMP
> website
>
> http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Golden_Text/
>
> I can get a nice environment (not any different from what is
> shown) and the text part. But, when I get to the thrid step
> in Part I, things are very different. I do
>
> <Image>Filters -> Light and Shadow -> Lighting Effects
>
> and set the parameters suggested, I can straight away
> see in the preview window that what I am going to get
> is very different than what is shown in the tutorial. What
> I end up with is coloured text, with some shadings and
> the text looks "flat" -- that it is, it looks like plain old
> text with some washed out pattern on it, rather than
> the very 3-d type of text shown in the tutorial.
>
> I suspect that I am not getting the blurred text set
> right. Any suggestions?
>
> I did use the environment map and "self bumped'
> it (used it to bump itself) and got an image that is
> much more like I would expect to see -- dark
> shadows and bright highlights with all kinds of
> sinuous channels (almost like a topo map of a canyon!).
> Blurring this gives the kind of thing that I would like to
> see on the text, though not quite it.
>
> Perhaps a short explanation of what the tool does
> would be nice. Is there a place that I can find it?
>
> thanks
>
> JG
If you look at the tabs in the Lighting Effects dialog you'll see one
titled 'Bump Map'. Check the 'Enable Bump Map' check box and look at the
preview window. Different 'Curve' settings change the type of bumping and
you can select which layer to use to bump with. Also note that you will
want to adjust the amount of bumping !! A setting of 2 or 3 will usually
be enough.. Also note that on the 'Light' tab you can adjust the number
(up to 6) of light sources as well as type of light, light color,
intensity
and postion. On the 'Material' tab you can adjust the look by adjusting
its surface lighting characteristics including giving it a metallic
effect.
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