Creating an Andy Warhol-like Effect with GIMP

°❑ Includes:

• ❑ Using guides

• ❑ Resizing the canvas

• ❑ Threshold dialog

• ❑ Anchoring a Layer

• ❑ Part 1 - Prepare the base image to copy

❑ From an existing image, make a square selection that will be the image used in your creation

❑ Use the Rectangular selection tool

• ❑ Select 'Fixed aspect ratio'

• ❑ Set Width and Height to equal numbers ( I don't think it matters what numbers)

❑ Apply Filters - Enhance - Unsharp Mask to the selection

• ❑ Set the amount between 2 and 3

❑ From the image menu, Layer - Colors - Threshold

• ❑ After you select Threshold, click anywhere in the image to open the dialog

• ❑ Set the middle slider so the lower bound (on the left) is 100

• ❑ Edit - Copy (Ctrl+C)

• ❑ Part 2 - Create a new image

❑ Create a new file, File - New

• ❑ By default, the Width and Height should be equal to the dimensions of the base image

❑ Now resize the new image to fit four copies

❑ Image - Canvas Size

• ❑ From the drop-down, select 'percent' instead of 'pixels'

• ❑ Change Width and Height both to 200

• ❑ You should now have an image with a white square in the upper left and the rest transparent

❑ Next, expand the white square to fill the image

• ❑ Layer - Layer to Image Size

• ❑ Save in xcf format

• ❑ Part 3 - Position the guides

❑ From the image menu, Image - Guides - New Guide (by Percent) ...

• ❑ Select 'Horizontal' from the drop-down, set at 50%

• ❑ Repeat the two previous steps, this time selecting 'Vertical'

• ❑ Part 4 - Paste, position, and color the base image

❑ Edit -Paste (Ctrl-V)

• ❑ This places one copy of the base image in the center

• ❑ Select the Move tool and position the image in one corner

❑ Filters - Colors - Colorify ...

• ❑ Select red

❑ Edit -Paste (Ctrl-V)

• ❑ This places another copy of the base image on top of the red one

• ❑ Select the Move tool and position the image in another corner

❑ Filters - Colors - Colorify ...

• ❑ Select green

• ❑ Repeat these steps to fill and color the other two corners

• ❑ Part 5 - Closing out

• ❑ Anchor the copies to the background by using Layer - Anchor Layer (Ctrl+H)

• ❑ View - Show Guides (deselect)

• ❑ Save your finished creation

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Create a Realistic Looking Ticket (GIMP)

❑ Create a new image

• ❑ Default size (300 x 420)

• ❑ Portrait orientation

• ❑ Use the View menu to show the grid and snap to grid

❑ Select a rectangular region using the Rectangle selection tool

• ❑ Use the Bucket Fill tool to color the rectangle

• ❑ Use a muted primary color

• ❑ Remove the selection (Ctrl+Shift+A)

❑ The next step is to cut quarter-circles from each corner

❑ Use the Elliptical Selection tool

• ❑ Select fixed aspect ratio (drop down box)

• ❑ Be sure to choose Add to Selection mode (second button)

❑ Draw a circular selection centered on each corner of the rectangle

• ❑ Click-hold the left mouse button on one of the corners

• ❑ Hold Ctrl while making your selection

• ❑ Edit - Clear (Crtl+K) to cut out the corners

• ❑ Delete the selection (Ctrl+Shift+A)

❑ Now the semi-circular perforation holes in the middle of each end of the ticket will be cut out

• ❑ Using the same procedure as in the last step, make a circular selection in the middle of each short side

• ❑ Use Ctrl+K or Edit - Clear to cut out the semi-circles

• ❑ Again, remove the selection as previously described

❑ Now we'll add a very slight drop shadow for a realistic effect

❑ Use Select Regions by Color tool to select the body of the ticket

• ❑ Threshold should be pushed all the way down to 0.0

❑ Script-Fu - Shadow - Drop-Shadow

• ❑ I used these settings to get a very slight effect.

• ❑ Remove the selection

• ❑ You should now have the body of the ticket completed

❑ Now you can add text, lines, etc

❑ Adding some lines

• ❑ Create a new transparent layer

❑ Use the Path tool to draw some lines on your ticket

• ❑ Select Design mode and check Polygonal so your lines will be straight

❑ Stroke path with the Paintbrush tool

• ❑ Choose a small brush and default colors

❑ Add the serial numbers

❑ Select the Text tool

• ❑ Use default colors

• ❑ Select a font that would be appropriate for the serial number

• ❑ Position the numbers near the end of the ticket with the Move tool

• ❑ Duplicate this layer (Layer - Duplicate)

• ❑ Move this layer (the duplicate) to the other end of the ticket

❑ Right click on this layer in the Layers dialog, choose Merge Down

• ❑ This places both sets of serial numbers on the same layer

• ❑ Now dial down the opacity of this layer to about 70

❑ Finally, put some text in the middle of the ticket

❑ Turn the ticket on its side

• ❑ Image - Transform - Rotate 90 CW

❑ Use the Text tool to create some appropriate text

• ❑ Use default colors

• ❑ Use a heavy font

• ❑ Set Opacity for this layer at about 70 to get a faded look

• ❑ Turn off the grid.

• ❑ You're finished!

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