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Diva's Displacing Tutorial; A cool tutorial based on d-maps
Topic Started: Jan 7 2008, 09:33 AM (88 Views)
Diva	Jan 7 2008, 09:33 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 82 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jan 6, 2008	Displacing Tutorial This tutorial is going to show you how to make a neat image using primarily displacement maps. You should have something similar to this image when you get done: You'll need: 1) Some basic knowledge of GIMP 2) A brushing layer 3) A C4D 4) A pattern layer 5) An artistic layer 1) Open up a new canvas. I chose 400x150, but you can have yours any way you want. Now, open up your Layers, Gradients, Brushes, and Patterns dialogs. 2) Make a new transparent layer, and name it 'Brushing Layer'. Now get out a paintbrush of your choosing, and start painting with black on the layer. Don't paint all the way, but just enough to get a good idea of what you want. Hide this layer--we're going to use it later. This is the brush I used: 3) Now open up a C4D. I used one from Jsun's C4D render pack, located in the Resource Thread. Scale the C4D to the width of your layer, and copy that to the clipboard, then paste. Go under Tools-->Transform-->Move, and move the C4D where you want. Go under Layer-->Layer to Image Size. This should clean up the unwanted selection, leaving you with only the selection that you'd like to paste. Now paste it to a new layer (this is indicated by a single paper icon at your left in the Layers dialog), and hide it. We're going to use it later. This is the C4D I used: 4) Duplicate your white canvas layer. Now we're going to use the Patterns dialog. Choose a pattern that you would like to use, then go Edit-->Fill with Pattern. This should make your white canvas layer a pattern layer now. Bring this layer up over your other two, and hide it. This is the pattern I used: 5) Get out a cropped stock (or render--cropped stock is really one of the correct terms for an image cut out of its background), and scale it to about the width of your sig. If it's a big crop, scale it down a little further. Now copy it, then paste it to the image. Get out your Move tool again, and move your crop where you would like it. Layer to Image size it again, and then paste it to a new layer. Name the layer after your subject. This is the crop I chose: 6) Now we're going to attempt to give this some color. Duplicate your crop layer, then get out your Smudge tool (this is done by going under Tools-->Paint-->Smudge, or by hitting 'S' on your keyboard), and pick a brush to start smudging with. I used three different brushes for smudging--two bigger brushes and a smaller brush. Name this layer 'Smudging, and do nothing with it. 7) Okay, now we're going to use this to create an artistic layer. Copy visible and paste it to a new layer. Now name this layer to whatever you're going to use. Me, I'm going to name mine Ballpark since I'm going to be giving this layer the ballpark treatment. Go under Filter-->Artistic, and choose whatever floats your boat. If you want to go under GIMPressionist and choose something there, you can. Now set this layer under your smudging layer, and hide it. This is the art I used: 8) Time for some displacing. We're going to copy visible and paste it to a new layer, then duplicate the pasted layer three times so there are four layers. Layer A: This is your original pasted layer from the copy visible. We're going to displace this with the layer we used to paint on. Go under Filters-->Map-->Displace, and choose both dropdowns to the paint layer. The default mode is Cartesian, so leave it there. Leave the x and y axes alone. Then choose whether you want to wrap or smear, and hit OK. Name this layer 'Displace with Brushing', and set it on Darken only at full opacity, so there's something of a base. Now alpha to select your crop layer (right click your crop layer, and on the menu that appears, go to 'Alpha to Selection'), and feather (Select-->Feather) by a healthy amount. I chose 50 pixels. Make the Displace with Brushing layer active, and hit Delete to clear. Then hit Ctrl+Shift+A to dismiss the selection. Layer B: This is the pasted layer named Pasted Layer Copy. We're going to displace this with the C4D layer. Go under Filters-->Map-->Displace again, and this time choose both dropdowns for the C4D layer. Now we're going to switch modes. Click on Polar instead of Cartesian, and make sure both Pinch and Whirl boxes are checked. Hit OK. Now name this layer 'Displace with C4D'. Again, alpha to select your crop layer, feather it, make the Displace with C4D layer active, and hit Delete to clear. Set this layer on Lighten only at 75% opacity. Layer C: This is the pasted layer named Pasted Layer Copy 1. Let's name this one 'Displace with Pattern'. Now we're going to displace this one with the pattern layer filled with the pattern that we chose. Go under Filters-->Map-->Displace again, and this time choose both dropdowns for the pattern layer. Keep this mode on Polar, with Pinch and Whirl boxes checked. Now hit OK. Alpha to select your crop layer again, feather it, make the Displace with Pattern layer active, and hit Delete to clear. Set this layer on Grain Merge at half opacity. Get out a soft brush eraser, and erase any parts that just don't look right. Layer D: This is the final pasted layer. We're going to name this one 'Displace with (name of artistic filter you chose)'. In my case, I'm naming this 'Displace with Ballpark'. Now we're going to displace this layer with the artistic layer. Again, go under Filters-->Map-->Displace, and this time set your mode back to Cartesian. Keep the x and y axes the same like with the first pasted layer. Now hit OK. Alpha to select your crop layer one last time, feather it, make the Displace with (name of artistic filter you chose) layer active, and hit Delete to clear. Make sure you erase any parts that just don't look right. Set the layer on Value at about 80% power. 9) Whew. We're all done with displacing now. Now would be a good time to make adjustments to the hidden layers. Un-hide them, and choose what you want to do with them. Here's what I did. Brushing Layer: I brought it up to the top and set it on Multiply at full opacity. Then I chose two colors from my crop, and ran a gradient map over the brushing layer using those two colors. C4D Layer: I brought it up to the top and simply set it on Screen at full opacity. Alpha to selectioned the crop, made the C4D layer active, and cleared what didn't look right. Pattern: I brought it up to the top and simply set it on Overlay at full opacity. Alpha to selectioned the crop, made the Pattern layer active, and cleared what didn't look right. Ballpark: I brought it up to the top and simply set it on Dodge at half opacity. Alpha to selectioned the crop, made the Ballpark layer active, and cleared what didn't look right. 10) This is the last step. Time for a border, and optional text if you wish. Make a new layer, and fill it with a dark color from your crop. Now go to Select-->All, then Select-->Shrink, and make sure that the Shrink to Image Border box is checked. Hit Delete to clear the rest of the selection. Now we're finished. I would like to see your outcomes if you decide to follow this tutorial.



Diva	Jan 7 2008, 09:37 AM Post #2
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Guest	Jan 19 2008, 11:59 PM Post #3
Unregistered	that's pretty good, random patterns ^.^
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Jason	Jan 20 2008, 09:52 AM Post #4
Posts: 18 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: Jan 20, 2008	Guest Jan 19 2008, 11:59 PM that's pretty good, random patterns ^.^ that's actually me, but forgot I wasn't logged in <_<
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Diva	Jan 20 2008, 10:36 AM Post #5
Administrator Posts: 82 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jan 6, 2008	Not a problem. It's a good thing you've referenced your post, and realized that you were the 'guest' who forgot to log in. It happens everywhere. So don't worry about it.



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