On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:15:56 -0700, Michael Soibelman
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> wrote:
>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.
I think that the 'Material' tab has a lot of effect and this is not at
mentioned in the "tutorial". I found a couple of other approaches on
the net and the best one, in terms of getting what is advertised. is
http://gug.sunsite.dk/tutorials/tomcat8/
As my main aim is to learn about the workings of GIMP rather than
just get through a recipe, I find all this different techniques
interesting, but am yet to understand what is really going on.
Can you suggest any books (I see some pretty expensive
ones on the net) that I could read to get a look under the hood,
so as to speak.
Thanks for all your advice and help.
JG
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