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Quick Tips for Gimp:
These tips are for GIMP, but I have been learning from tutorials for PS as well, and have been applying them in GIMP. I found these two programs to be quite interchangeable, which makes sense, because GIMP was made as a free alternative for PS.

While I was re-learning how to make wall recolors, the og tutorials I saw on MTS were making the same step unnecessarily long, which inspired me to write down this list. Mind you, those tutorials were written many years ago, I don't even know if my way was available in GIMP/PS back then.

I use G'MIC-QT and Resynthesizer add-ons. I’ll update this list if I’ll remember anything else.


A general tip for good measurement:
- work over copies. make a backup of the layer before you make any major changes to it. make a backup copy for each significant change, and name it according to the action you've done ["xxx - contrast +0.5" etc.]
- organize the layers in folders/collections, whatever that's called.
This way I can experiment freely without worrying about making changes. It's easier to delete the redundant copies in the end, than trying to retrace the steps you've made in order to reach a certain result.

Dissecting a texture - Get parts of an image:
Get an Image's uhm, Texture/Details
:
1. Make it Grayscale:
- Colours -> Hue/Chroma -> Bring Chroma to zero.
- Alternatively, Colours -> Desaturate -> Colour to Grey. Change its definitions... Gives better results but is slower.
- Alternatively 2, run it through Nvidia Texture Tools. Colour options -> Greyscale.
I like this result better than 1.
2. High-pass. Under Filters -> Enhance.
(Basically, make an etch template).
- Optional; play with contrast/ color levels/ other def. first.

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Edit: added a part about removing an element from an image, i.e. the Resynthesizer's Heal Selection tool.
Edit 2: added a general tip at the beginning.

 
 
 
 
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Starting this blog with something useful, I hope. [imported from Tumblr, will be updated here].

Sooo this is going to be a long comprehensive list. I got back to this game after a long time and with a different computer, with a dedicated graphics card, hurray! It made me want to return to making things, so while gathering back all the necessary stuff, I’ve complied this list. It might be It is updated as I go along, but these are the main things I use. Maybe one day I’ll even finish something.
So here are my go-to resources & tutorials; I’m posting it here for safekeeping, and hopefully others will find it helpful.
Everything that’s listed is here free.
So many wonderful things for free, under the cut.

 

 

 


 

 
 

 
 

 
 

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