Difference between revisions of "GIMP/C2/Comics/English-timed"
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
PoojaMoolya (Talk | contribs) |
Sandhya.np14 (Talk | contribs) |
||
(11 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{| border = 1 | {| border = 1 | ||
− | |||
|'''Time''' | |'''Time''' | ||
− | |||
|'''Narration''' | |'''Narration''' | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 00 | + | | 00:18 |
− | |Welcome to the spoken tutorial of Meet The GIMP. | + | |Welcome to the spoken tutorial of '''Meet The GIMP'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 00 | + | | 00:21 |
− | |My Name is Rolf Steinort and | + | |My Name is Rolf Steinort and I am recording this in Bremen, Northern Germany. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 00 | + | | 00:27 |
− | |In the beginning I will do something that I always forget to mention. | + | |In the beginning, I will do something that I always forget to mention. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 00 | + | | 00:34 |
− | | I always forget to save the image before doing anything to it. | + | | I always forget to '''save''' the image before doing anything to it. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 00 | + | | 00:45 |
− | |So I go to File, Save as and save this as | + | |So I go to '''File, Save as''' and save this as |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 01 | + | | 01:05 |
− | | comic.xcf | + | | "comic.xcf". |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |01 | + | |01:12 |
| ‘xcf’ is the Gimp native file format and it keeps all the layers information in the file. | | ‘xcf’ is the Gimp native file format and it keeps all the layers information in the file. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |01 | + | |01:22 |
− | | Never save anything in Gimp as JPEG or tif or so, if you want to work further with it. | + | | Never save anything in Gimp as JPEG or 'tif' or so, if you want to work further with it. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |01 | + | |01:30 |
− | | You can export from there to every format you want to but for anything you want to do further work with, use XCF. | + | | You can '''export''' from there to every format you want to but for anything you want to do further work with, use 'XCF'. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |01 | + | |01:45 |
− | |So what to do? 1st thing | + | |So, what to do? 1st thing I have to clear up this image a bit. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |01 | + | |01:59 |
− | |There are two problems here, | + | |There are two problems here. First, the guy behind me |
|- | |- | ||
− | |02 | + | |02:15 |
− | | | + | |and second is this clutter, below here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 02 | + | | 02:21 |
|This statue here is very well placed and I think, it is one of the corner points of this image. | |This statue here is very well placed and I think, it is one of the corner points of this image. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 02 | + | | 02:31 |
− | |So let me | + | |So, let me first take away this stuff here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 02 | + | | 02:36 |
|So I zoom into the image and select the Pen Tool. | |So I zoom into the image and select the Pen Tool. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 02 | + | | 02:50 |
− | |This is best done by Cloning Tool and I don’t have to work very precise here because all this little stuff will vanish in the final image. | + | |This is best done by '''Cloning''' Tool and I don’t have to work very precise here because all this little stuff will vanish in the final image. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 03 | + | | 03:05 |
− | |So | + | |So I select the '''Clone''' tool and change the size of the '''Brush'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 03 | + | | 03:13 |
− | | Now I press Ctrl and | + | | Now, I press '''Ctrl''' and click to get a starting point and now I simply start to paint. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 03 | + | | 03:24 |
− | | But before starting that | + | | But, before starting that I change the '''Overlay''' mode to '''Normal''' mode, '''Opacity''' to 100 and now let’s start painting. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 03 | + | | 03:42 |
− | |Image | + | |Image gets a little bit cloudy, so I select another '''brush''' to paint. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 03 | + | | 03:57 |
|And now I go here to the border and paint. | |And now I go here to the border and paint. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 04 | + | | 04:37 |
− | |So the guy is gone. | + | |So, the guy is gone. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 04 | + | | 04:41 |
|That leaves the clutter here. | |That leaves the clutter here. | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 04 | + | | 04:44 |
|I want to keep the flower pot here but this stuff here has to go. | |I want to keep the flower pot here but this stuff here has to go. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 05 | + | | 05:03 |
− | |I will take care this border of the flower pot in a moment. | + | |I will take care of this border of the flower pot in a moment. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |05 | + | |05:24 |
− | |If I would keep this image in this way, you would see the traces of cloning but they will vanish when I switch on the comic mode. | + | |If I would keep this image in this way, you would see the traces of cloning but they will vanish when I switch on the '''comic''' mode. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |05 | + | |05:43 |
− | |So now | + | |So, now let's do a bit about the flower pot here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 06 | + | | 06:06 |
− | |I think | + | |I think, I should clone from this point. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 06 | + | | 06:26 |
|It doesn't look very convincing in this zoom step but I think it will work. | |It doesn't look very convincing in this zoom step but I think it will work. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 06 | + | | 06:34 |
− | |The comic image basically | + | |The comic image basically consists of three parts. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 06 | + | | 06:39 |
− | | | + | |First, there are the black patches or dark patches with no colours which give structure to the image. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 06 | + | | 06:50 |
− | |Then there are the lines which | + | |Then there are the lines which define forms and items in the image. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 06 | + | | 06:57 |
|And then there is colour and we will start as in the tutorial with the patches. | |And then there is colour and we will start as in the tutorial with the patches. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 07 | + | | 07:04 |
− | | And for that | + | | And for that, |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 07 | + | | 07:15 |
− | | I double this layer and call it ink. | + | | I double this layer and call it '''ink'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 07 | + | | 07:25 |
− | |I select the Threshold tool and click into the image and pull the info window into the image. | + | |I select the '''Threshold''' tool and click into the image and pull the info. window into the image. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 07 | + | | 07:37 |
− | |You see here the image is black and white. | + | |You see here, the image is black and white. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 07 | + | | 07:43 |
| This tool divides the image into black and white. | | This tool divides the image into black and white. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 07 | + | | 07:48 |
− | | | + | |If the pixel is lighter than, at the moment, 82 then the combination of average value of red, green and blue is white. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 08 | + | | 08:02 |
| And if the level is below 82 it becomes black. | | And if the level is below 82 it becomes black. | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 08 | + | | 08:14 |
− | |Now we face the | + | |Now we face the first problem here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 08 | + | | 08:19 |
− | |When I draw this slider around the effect is very dark. | + | |When I draw this slider around, the effect is very dark. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 08 | + | | 08:26 |
− | |This value here 129 would be nice for the left part of my face, the shoulder and for the statue. | + | |This value here, 129, would be nice for the left part of my face, the shoulder and for the statue. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |08 | + | |08:40 |
|This would be nice for the eyes here | |This would be nice for the eyes here | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 08 | + | | 08:48 |
− | | | + | |and this for other eye. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 08 | + | | 08:53 |
− | |Now | + | |Now I have to use different '''ink''' layer for this image. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 09 | + | | 09:01 |
− | |So | + | |So, let's start from the lighter side, like this one here and go back into the image to 100%. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 09 | + | | 09:14 |
− | | I double this here and select the | + | | I double this here and select the '''Threshold''' tool and pull this slider down. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 09 | + | | 09:29 |
− | | But before that | + | | But before that I have to make the top layer invisible. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 09 | + | | 09:46 |
|I think this value is good for this part of the face. | |I think this value is good for this part of the face. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |09 | + | |09:56 |
| I make a copy of this layer and make it visible and now I am working on this layer. | | I make a copy of this layer and make it visible and now I am working on this layer. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |10 | + | |10:08 |
| I have to look for the middle terms here. | | I have to look for the middle terms here. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |10 | + | |10:13 |
− | | This part of the face, I think this works quite good so | + | | This part of the face, I think this works quite good; so I look around in the image. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |10 | + | |10:23 |
|The statue is fine too. | |The statue is fine too. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |10 | + | |10:26 |
− | | This image has a good definition here and near my hand the line is invisible and that is called optical illusion | + | | This image has a good definition here and near my hand the line is invisible and that is called optical illusion. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |10 | + | |10:41 |
| I think this is fine and it should be in the image. | | I think this is fine and it should be in the image. | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | |10 | + | |10:49 |
− | |Now | + | |Now, I select the '''Threshold''' tool, make the line here visible and look at the bright parts to get little bit of definition. So I slide this up. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |11 | + | |11:08 |
|This looks better. | |This looks better. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |11 | + | |11:12 |
− | |Now I have 3 copies of my ink layer. | + | |Now I have 3 copies of my '''ink''' layer. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |11 | + | |11:17 |
− | | | + | |First is '''ink light''' . |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 11 | + | | 11:28 |
− | |Top layer is ink dark. | + | |Top layer is '''ink dark'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 11 | + | | 11:34 |
− | |And | + | |And let's name the middle layer simply '''ink'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 11 | + | | 11:40 |
− | |Now | + | |Now let's look at the 3 layers and decide which one is to use mostly. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |11 | + | |11:49 |
− | |I think ink layer is a good base | + | |I think '''ink''' layer is a good base because this is too light and this is too dark. |
+ | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | |12 | + | |12:01 |
− | |So I put this layer in the bottom and I add a layer mask to the dark layer and the light layer. | + | |So, I put this layer in the bottom and I add a '''layer mask''' to the dark layer and the light layer. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |12 | + | |12:12 |
− | | I add a layer mask in black which is fully transparent. | + | | I add a '''layer mask''' in '''black''' which is fully transparent. |
|- | |- | ||
− | |12 | + | |12:18 |
− | |So everything here gets invisible. | + | |So, everything here gets invisible. |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 12 | + | | 12:26 |
− | | When I draw white on this layer mask of the light layer, the image will be revealed in it. | + | | When I draw '''white''' on this layer mask of the light layer, the image will be revealed in it. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 12 | + | | 12:45 |
− | | So I select the | + | | So, I select the '''Brush''' tool here with '''Normal''' mode and '''Opacity''' 100%. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 12 | + | | 12:55 |
− | | I think I shall use a hard brush and the | + | | I think, I shall use a hard brush and the '''Pressure sensitivity''' should be the '''Size'''. So, when I press the brush on the surface, the dot will be larger. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 13 | + | | 13:20 |
− | |My foreground colour is white. | + | |My '''foreground''' colour is white. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 13 | + | | 13:24 |
− | | So | + | | So let's start. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 13 | + | | 13:28 |
|I think the left part of the face should be brightened. | |I think the left part of the face should be brightened. | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 13 | + | | 13:34 |
|I press 1 to zoom into the image. | |I press 1 to zoom into the image. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 13 | + | | 13:39 |
− | |I think this brush is too small, so | + | |I think this brush is too small, so I '''scale''' this a bit up. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 13 | + | | 13:53 |
|That looks better. | |That looks better. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 14 | + | | 14:00 |
|But perhaps it is too bright. | |But perhaps it is too bright. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 14 | + | | 14:05 |
|This has to be either black or white. | |This has to be either black or white. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 14 | + | | 14:47 |
− | |So | + | |So, I switch the colours with ‘X’ key and paint this over again, here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 14 | + | | 14:57 |
− | | But | + | | But I think, I can leave this out here and put the next layer above that. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 15 | + | | 15:14 |
− | | Now we are more | + | | Now, we are more concerned about the areas and about the structure. So, I should forget about the lines and just look at the structure here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 15 | + | | 15:30 |
|Simply leave it as it is. | |Simply leave it as it is. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 15 | + | | 15:34 |
− | |I can add another layer easily and now | + | |I can add another '''layer''' easily and now I paint for the dark parts with the white colour. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 15 | + | | 15:44 |
− | | | + | | Let's see if I can reveal here a little bit. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 15 | + | | 15:51 |
| I think this is too much. | | I think this is too much. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 15 | + | | 15:56 |
|I want to make the face a bit darker. | |I want to make the face a bit darker. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 16 | + | | 16:08 |
|And here also. | |And here also. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 16 | + | | 16:19 |
− | |I think | + | |I think that is too dark. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 16 | + | | 16:31 |
− | | Here there is some work still to be done but I will leave it to this here and look at it after I am done with the next step with the lines and then I can adjust here. | + | | Here, there is some work still to be done but I will leave it to this here and look at it after I am done with the next step with the lines and then I can adjust here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 16 | + | | 16:46 |
| This has to be brightened up. | | This has to be brightened up. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 16 | + | | 16:49 |
− | |So we | + | |So, we will look at the edit there. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 16 | + | | 16:53 |
− | |In this step | + | |In this step, I have to add some lines and this can be done by doubling the '''Background''' layer and putting it on top and naming it '''lines'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 17 | + | | 17:08 |
|The lines are the edges between different colours. | |The lines are the edges between different colours. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 17 | + | | 17:15 |
− | |So | + | |So, I go to '''Filters''', then we have '''Edge-detect''' and here I have '''Difference of Gaussian Edge Detect'''. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 17 | + | | 17:33 |
− | |The relevant slider is the Radius and if you decrease the number the lines get finer. | + | |The relevant slider is the '''Radius''' and if you decrease the number, the lines get finer. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 17 | + | | 17:45 |
− | |If you increase the number the lines get wider and you get more of the details in the image. | + | |If you increase the number, the lines get wider and you get more of the details in the image. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 17 | + | | 17:56 |
− | |I would prefer something around 10 but | + | |I would prefer something around 10 but I can go to 30 and then decide where exactly I should stop. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 18 | + | | 18:10 |
− | |When | + | |When I go to 30, I don't get the edges but areas and 12 would give this here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 18 | + | | 18:27 |
|And I think I will settle at 10. | |And I think I will settle at 10. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 18 | + | | 18:37 |
− | |I set the | + | |I set the '''Layer''' mode of this layer to '''Multiply''' and for the colour rising I will later need to reduce the white in the image. |
+ | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 18 | + | | 18:50 |
− | |Now | + | |Now let's checkout if we have got this right up to now. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 18 | + | | 18:56 |
− | |So I will switch the lines layer on and off and you see here there is some definition when the | + | |So, I will switch the '''lines''' layer on and off and you see here there is some definition when the '''lines''' layer is on. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 19 | + | | 19:08 |
− | |And now I de-select the dark ink layer and keep the light ink layer. | + | |And now I de-select the '''dark ink''' layer and keep the '''light ink''' layer. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 19 | + | | 19:20 |
− | |The structure that I wanted to have in with my dark ink layer is visible in the lines layer. | + | |The structure that I wanted to have in with my '''dark ink''' layer is visible in the '''lines''' layer. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 19 | + | | 19:30 |
− | |So I will leave the dark ink layer switched off. | + | |So, I will leave the '''dark ink''' layer switched off. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 19 | + | | 19:42 |
− | |I | + | |I don't think there is a need to combine these layers here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 19 | + | | 19:50 |
− | |I will leave it as it is | + | |I will leave it as it is so that I can change something and it will be in the final image. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 20 | + | | 20:09 |
− | |Next step as I said I have to reduce the | + | |Next step, as I said, I have to reduce the '''White channel''' here and it can be done with the '''Levels''' tool and I reduce the level up to 240. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 20 | + | | 20:28 |
− | |When | + | |When I switch off this layer, you can see that I have a gray background and little bit of colour information in here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 20 | + | | 20:40 |
− | |For getting the colour in the image I copy the | + | |For getting the colour in the image, I copy the '''Background''' layer and name it '''colour''' and put it on the top and set the layer mode to '''Colour'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:00 |
− | |But it | + | |But it doesn't look good, so I should change the mode. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:07 |
|The image has got little bit of colour in here. | |The image has got little bit of colour in here. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:12 |
− | | But I want more saturation so again | + | | But I want more saturation, so again I make the copy of '''Background''' layer and name it '''saturation'''. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:24 |
− | |I set the layer mode to Saturation . | + | |I set the layer mode to '''Saturation'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:29 |
− | |I think this | + | |I think this '''Saturation''' mode already works and the effects are very good. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:38 |
| There should have been more flatness in the colour and the hand is not looking comic. | | There should have been more flatness in the colour and the hand is not looking comic. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:47 |
− | | I will look where this comes from . | + | | I will look where this comes from. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:51 |
− | | So I can now start to play with | + | | So, I can now start to play with these sliders. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 21 | + | | 21:58 |
− | | Going down with | + | | Going down with '''Saturation''' gets little bit flatter and looks more like water colours. So, this is a strange effect. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 22 | + | | 22:19 |
− | |Now I can start to play with the layers here. | + | |Now I can start to play with the '''layers''' here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 22 | + | | 22:26 |
− | |So I switch off the lines layer and you see here that this is not the effect from the lines but from | + | |So, I switch off the '''lines''' layer and you see here that this is not the effect from the '''lines''' but from '''colour''' and '''saturation'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 22 | + | | 22:39 |
− | |Now I can make some adjustments because | + | |Now I can make some adjustments because I still have the layers here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 22 | + | | 22:47 |
− | |I want to lighten the face, so I select my ink light layer, select a brush with white foreground colour. | + | |I want to lighten the face, so I select my '''ink light''' layer, select a '''brush''' with white '''foreground''' colour. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 23 | + | | 23:12 |
|I zoom into the image. | |I zoom into the image. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 23 | + | | 23:18 |
− | |Reduce the size of the brush and scale it a bit and now I start to paint the eye here. | + | |Reduce the size of the brush and scale it a bit and now I start to paint the eye, here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 23 | + | | 23:34 |
|That's too much. | |That's too much. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 23 | + | | 23:50 |
|This looks better. | |This looks better. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 23 | + | | 23:54 |
− | |Now | + | |Now I paint in this part. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 24 | + | | 24:00 |
|This is too much. | |This is too much. | ||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 24 | + | | 24:03 |
− | |You can imagine there can be lot of modifications in here you can make in the image | + | |You can imagine, there can be lot of modifications in here you can make in the image by changing these areas here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 24 | + | | 24:47 |
− | |This is | + | |This is OK. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 24 | + | | 24:51 |
− | |You can do a lot of changes here and | + | |You can do a lot of changes here and I don't know if I am on the right track. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 25 | + | | 25:01 |
− | | But I like it | + | | But I like it up to now. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 25 | + | | 25:06 |
| Let’s see what else we can do. | | Let’s see what else we can do. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 25 | + | | 25:10 |
− | | | + | | First thing is, we can use a different layer than the '''lines'''. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 25 | + | | 25:18 |
− | |So I switch off the lines and I get very strange colours because now I have again a white background | + | |So, I switch off the '''lines''' and I get very strange colours because now I have again a white background. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 25 | + | | 25:31 |
− | |So add another layer here and set it to white and use | + | |So add another layer here and set it to '''white''' and use '''Multiply''' mode and fill it with 240 grey. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 25 | + | | 25:52 |
− | |Now I have got nearly the same image as with my lines here. | + | |Now I have got nearly the same image as with my '''lines''' here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 25 | + | | 25:59 |
| Let me switch them on. | | Let me switch them on. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 26 | + | | 26:03 |
− | |I have the lines information coming out but this comic effect is still there and | + | |I have the '''lines''' information coming out but this comic effect is still there and I can look what’s better. |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 26:21 | ||
+ | |Let's try some different tricks. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 26 | + | | 26:30 |
− | + | |I double the '''colour''' and the '''saturation''' layers and do something with them. | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | |I double the colour and the saturation | + | |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 26 | + | | 26:39 |
− | |Here I just try to get the details out of the image. | + | |Here, I just try to get the details out of the image. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 26 | + | | 26:45 |
− | |So go to Filters | + | |So, go to '''Filters''' >> '''Blur''' and '''Gaussian Blur'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 26 | + | | 26:53 |
− | |And here I choose a value which gives me nice effect. | + | |And here, I choose a value which gives me a nice effect. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 27 | + | | 27:08 |
− | |You see that the colours | + | |You see that the colours have got little bit smoother. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 27 | + | | 27:18 |
− | | So let's do this on the saturation copy also. | + | | So, let's do this on the '''saturation''' copy also. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 27 | + | | 27:24 |
− | | Go to Filters | + | | Go to '''Filters''' >> '''Repeat "Guassian Blur" '''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 27 | + | | 27:29 |
|And now I have really flat image with flat colours. | |And now I have really flat image with flat colours. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 27 | + | | 27:36 |
− | |So | + | |So, I switch on the original '''colour''' and I get a strange effect here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 27 | + | | 27:44 |
− | | Let's rename these layers as saturation blurred and the colour blurred. | + | | Let's rename these layers as '''saturation blurred''' and the '''colour blurred'''. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 28 | + | | 28:04 |
− | |If | + | |If I combine the '''blurred saturation''' with the unblurred '''colour''', I get some colours here which look quite a bit strange. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 28 | + | | 28:16 |
− | |I would like it | + | |I would like it if it was not especially on the nose, here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 28 | + | | 28:22 |
− | |So switching this back on and I have this effect here. | + | |So, switching this back '''on''' and I have this effect here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 28 | + | | 28:29 |
− | |You can imagine if you reduce the blurring you get | + | |You can imagine if you reduce the blurring, you get sharp details. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 28 | + | | 28:37 |
|This is a real play ground. | |This is a real play ground. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 28 | + | | 28:40 |
| You have a lot of possibilities here like how to do this, what to do, what to tinker with. | | You have a lot of possibilities here like how to do this, what to do, what to tinker with. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 28 | + | | 28:50 |
− | | | + | | It's really fun to do this. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 29 | + | | 29:09 |
|The author of the original tutorial has done a tremendous job. | |The author of the original tutorial has done a tremendous job. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 29 | + | | 29:24 |
|I am not so happy with both versions of this image. | |I am not so happy with both versions of this image. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 29 | + | | 29:31 |
− | | I like the structure here and the flower, the statue and the pot here | + | | I like the structure here and the flower, the statue and the pot here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 29 | + | | 29:40 |
| I don’t like all the details near the hand and in the face, this could be little bit more flat. | | I don’t like all the details near the hand and in the face, this could be little bit more flat. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 29 | + | | 29:49 |
− | | | + | |In the blurred on, I like the details in the face and near the hand but I don’t like the flower which is completely blurred away. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 30 | + | | 30:04 |
− | |So now | + | |So, now I can combine the two images and I will start with '''colour blurred''' because I like the over all appearance of this more than of the '''saturation blurred'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 30 | + | | 30:20 |
− | |But I switch on all the layers and add layer mask to saturation blurred and colour blurred and I add a | + | |But I switch on all the layers and add '''layer mask''' to '''saturation blurred''' and '''colour blurred''' and I add a '''Black''' '''layer mask''', fully transparent. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 30 | + | | 30:37 |
− | |And now | + | |And now I'll start working on '''saturation layer mask'''. So, I select '''white''' as my '''foreground''' colour and select the '''Paintbrush''' here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 30 | + | | 30:51 |
− | | Now | + | | Now I start painting. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 30 | + | | 30:55 |
|I just paint over the parts where I want to have little bit more flatness in the image. | |I just paint over the parts where I want to have little bit more flatness in the image. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 31 | + | | 31:04 |
− | |This will look a bit strange because now I have the colour layer switched on. | + | |This will look a bit strange because now I have the '''colour layer''' switched on. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 31 | + | | 31:46 |
− | |So now | + | |So now, I select everything by pressing '''Shift+ctrl+A''' and copy it by '''Ctrl + C''', go into the image and press '''Ctrl + V''' and click on insert this '''Floating Selection''' and with '''Ctrl + H''' or with the anchor layer I have my copy here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 32 | + | | 32:20 |
− | |So you can copy these layer | + | |So, you can copy these layer masks too and I think I will leave this image here. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 32 | + | | 32:32 |
− | |I think it’s so quite nice example and in the end | + | |I think it’s so quite nice example and in the end I play a bit with these sliders. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 32 | + | | 32:54 |
|Lets recap this. | |Lets recap this. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 32 | + | | 32:57 |
− | |You first copy the image layer and an inked image with | + | |You first copy the image layer and make an ''inked'' image with '''threshold''' tool. |
− | + | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 33 | + | | 33:05 |
|Look for areas which you want to have black or very dark. | |Look for areas which you want to have black or very dark. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 33 | + | | 33:10 |
− | |Then you copy the base image again and make a line layer with the edge | + | |Then you copy the base image again and make a '''line layer''' with the '''edge detect''' filter and then you set the layer mode to '''Multiply'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 33 | + | | 33:29 |
− | |In this layer you reduce the white to a gray about 240 with the | + | |In this layer, you reduce the white to a gray about 240 with the '''Levels''' tool. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 33 | + | | 33:42 |
− | |Then you copy again the base image and make a colour layer. | + | |Then you copy again the base image and make a '''colour layer'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 33 | + | | 33:49 |
− | |Set the colour mode to | + | |Set the '''colour''' mode to '''Colour'''. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 33 | + | | 33:56 |
− | |And finally you copy the base layer last time and make a saturation layer and here you set the layer mode to | + | |And finally you copy the base layer last time and make a '''saturation''' layer and here you set the layer mode to '''Saturation''' and now you play with the '''opacity''' of the different layers or at some layers. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 34 | + | | 34:20 |
| Just play around. The results are well mixed but some are stunning. | | Just play around. The results are well mixed but some are stunning. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 34 | + | | 34:32 |
− | |For more information | + | |For more information, go to http://meetthegimp.org and to send a comment, please write to info@meetthegimp.org. Good bye. |
|- | |- | ||
− | | 34 | + | | 34:49 |
− | |This is Hemant Waidande dubbing for the Spoken Tutorial | + | |This is Hemant Waidande, dubbing for the Spoken Tutorial project. |
Latest revision as of 15:45, 16 May 2015
Time | Narration |
00:18 | Welcome to the spoken tutorial of Meet The GIMP. |
00:21 | My Name is Rolf Steinort and I am recording this in Bremen, Northern Germany. |
00:27 | In the beginning, I will do something that I always forget to mention. |
00:34 | I always forget to save the image before doing anything to it. |
00:45 | So I go to File, Save as and save this as |
01:05 | "comic.xcf". |
01:12 | ‘xcf’ is the Gimp native file format and it keeps all the layers information in the file. |
01:22 | Never save anything in Gimp as JPEG or 'tif' or so, if you want to work further with it. |
01:30 | You can export from there to every format you want to but for anything you want to do further work with, use 'XCF'. |
01:45 | So, what to do? 1st thing I have to clear up this image a bit. |
01:59 | There are two problems here. First, the guy behind me |
02:15 | and second is this clutter, below here. |
02:21 | This statue here is very well placed and I think, it is one of the corner points of this image. |
02:31 | So, let me first take away this stuff here. |
02:36 | So I zoom into the image and select the Pen Tool. |
02:50 | This is best done by Cloning Tool and I don’t have to work very precise here because all this little stuff will vanish in the final image. |
03:05 | So I select the Clone tool and change the size of the Brush. |
03:13 | Now, I press Ctrl and click to get a starting point and now I simply start to paint. |
03:24 | But, before starting that I change the Overlay mode to Normal mode, Opacity to 100 and now let’s start painting. |
03:42 | Image gets a little bit cloudy, so I select another brush to paint. |
03:57 | And now I go here to the border and paint. |
04:37 | So, the guy is gone. |
04:41 | That leaves the clutter here. |
04:44 | I want to keep the flower pot here but this stuff here has to go. |
05:03 | I will take care of this border of the flower pot in a moment. |
05:24 | If I would keep this image in this way, you would see the traces of cloning but they will vanish when I switch on the comic mode. |
05:43 | So, now let's do a bit about the flower pot here. |
06:06 | I think, I should clone from this point. |
06:26 | It doesn't look very convincing in this zoom step but I think it will work. |
06:34 | The comic image basically consists of three parts. |
06:39 | First, there are the black patches or dark patches with no colours which give structure to the image. |
06:50 | Then there are the lines which define forms and items in the image. |
06:57 | And then there is colour and we will start as in the tutorial with the patches. |
07:04 | And for that, |
07:15 | I double this layer and call it ink. |
07:25 | I select the Threshold tool and click into the image and pull the info. window into the image. |
07:37 | You see here, the image is black and white. |
07:43 | This tool divides the image into black and white. |
07:48 | If the pixel is lighter than, at the moment, 82 then the combination of average value of red, green and blue is white. |
08:02 | And if the level is below 82 it becomes black. |
08:14 | Now we face the first problem here. |
08:19 | When I draw this slider around, the effect is very dark. |
08:26 | This value here, 129, would be nice for the left part of my face, the shoulder and for the statue. |
08:40 | This would be nice for the eyes here |
08:48 | and this for other eye. |
08:53 | Now I have to use different ink layer for this image. |
09:01 | So, let's start from the lighter side, like this one here and go back into the image to 100%. |
09:14 | I double this here and select the Threshold tool and pull this slider down. |
09:29 | But before that I have to make the top layer invisible. |
09:46 | I think this value is good for this part of the face. |
09:56 | I make a copy of this layer and make it visible and now I am working on this layer. |
10:08 | I have to look for the middle terms here. |
10:13 | This part of the face, I think this works quite good; so I look around in the image. |
10:23 | The statue is fine too. |
10:26 | This image has a good definition here and near my hand the line is invisible and that is called optical illusion. |
10:41 | I think this is fine and it should be in the image. |
10:49 | Now, I select the Threshold tool, make the line here visible and look at the bright parts to get little bit of definition. So I slide this up. |
11:08 | This looks better. |
11:12 | Now I have 3 copies of my ink layer. |
11:17 | First is ink light . |
11:28 | Top layer is ink dark. |
11:34 | And let's name the middle layer simply ink. |
11:40 | Now let's look at the 3 layers and decide which one is to use mostly. |
11:49 | I think ink layer is a good base because this is too light and this is too dark. |
12:01 | So, I put this layer in the bottom and I add a layer mask to the dark layer and the light layer. |
12:12 | I add a layer mask in black which is fully transparent. |
12:18 | So, everything here gets invisible. |
12:26 | When I draw white on this layer mask of the light layer, the image will be revealed in it. |
12:45 | So, I select the Brush tool here with Normal mode and Opacity 100%. |
12:55 | I think, I shall use a hard brush and the Pressure sensitivity should be the Size. So, when I press the brush on the surface, the dot will be larger. |
13:20 | My foreground colour is white. |
13:24 | So let's start. |
13:28 | I think the left part of the face should be brightened. |
13:34 | I press 1 to zoom into the image. |
13:39 | I think this brush is too small, so I scale this a bit up. |
13:53 | That looks better. |
14:00 | But perhaps it is too bright. |
14:05 | This has to be either black or white. |
14:47 | So, I switch the colours with ‘X’ key and paint this over again, here. |
14:57 | But I think, I can leave this out here and put the next layer above that. |
15:14 | Now, we are more concerned about the areas and about the structure. So, I should forget about the lines and just look at the structure here. |
15:30 | Simply leave it as it is. |
15:34 | I can add another layer easily and now I paint for the dark parts with the white colour. |
15:44 | Let's see if I can reveal here a little bit. |
15:51 | I think this is too much. |
15:56 | I want to make the face a bit darker. |
16:08 | And here also. |
16:19 | I think that is too dark. |
16:31 | Here, there is some work still to be done but I will leave it to this here and look at it after I am done with the next step with the lines and then I can adjust here. |
16:46 | This has to be brightened up. |
16:49 | So, we will look at the edit there. |
16:53 | In this step, I have to add some lines and this can be done by doubling the Background layer and putting it on top and naming it lines. |
17:08 | The lines are the edges between different colours. |
17:15 | So, I go to Filters, then we have Edge-detect and here I have Difference of Gaussian Edge Detect. |
17:33 | The relevant slider is the Radius and if you decrease the number, the lines get finer. |
17:45 | If you increase the number, the lines get wider and you get more of the details in the image. |
17:56 | I would prefer something around 10 but I can go to 30 and then decide where exactly I should stop. |
18:10 | When I go to 30, I don't get the edges but areas and 12 would give this here. |
18:27 | And I think I will settle at 10. |
18:37 | I set the Layer mode of this layer to Multiply and for the colour rising I will later need to reduce the white in the image. |
18:50 | Now let's checkout if we have got this right up to now. |
18:56 | So, I will switch the lines layer on and off and you see here there is some definition when the lines layer is on. |
19:08 | And now I de-select the dark ink layer and keep the light ink layer. |
19:20 | The structure that I wanted to have in with my dark ink layer is visible in the lines layer. |
19:30 | So, I will leave the dark ink layer switched off. |
19:42 | I don't think there is a need to combine these layers here. |
19:50 | I will leave it as it is so that I can change something and it will be in the final image. |
20:09 | Next step, as I said, I have to reduce the White channel here and it can be done with the Levels tool and I reduce the level up to 240. |
20:28 | When I switch off this layer, you can see that I have a gray background and little bit of colour information in here. |
20:40 | For getting the colour in the image, I copy the Background layer and name it colour and put it on the top and set the layer mode to Colour. |
21:00 | But it doesn't look good, so I should change the mode. |
21:07 | The image has got little bit of colour in here. |
21:12 | But I want more saturation, so again I make the copy of Background layer and name it saturation. |
21:24 | I set the layer mode to Saturation. |
21:29 | I think this Saturation mode already works and the effects are very good. |
21:38 | There should have been more flatness in the colour and the hand is not looking comic. |
21:47 | I will look where this comes from. |
21:51 | So, I can now start to play with these sliders. |
21:58 | Going down with Saturation gets little bit flatter and looks more like water colours. So, this is a strange effect. |
22:19 | Now I can start to play with the layers here. |
22:26 | So, I switch off the lines layer and you see here that this is not the effect from the lines but from colour and saturation. |
22:39 | Now I can make some adjustments because I still have the layers here. |
22:47 | I want to lighten the face, so I select my ink light layer, select a brush with white foreground colour. |
23:12 | I zoom into the image. |
23:18 | Reduce the size of the brush and scale it a bit and now I start to paint the eye, here. |
23:34 | That's too much. |
23:50 | This looks better. |
23:54 | Now I paint in this part. |
24:00 | This is too much. |
24:03 | You can imagine, there can be lot of modifications in here you can make in the image by changing these areas here. |
24:47 | This is OK. |
24:51 | You can do a lot of changes here and I don't know if I am on the right track. |
25:01 | But I like it up to now. |
25:06 | Let’s see what else we can do. |
25:10 | First thing is, we can use a different layer than the lines. |
25:18 | So, I switch off the lines and I get very strange colours because now I have again a white background. |
25:31 | So add another layer here and set it to white and use Multiply mode and fill it with 240 grey. |
25:52 | Now I have got nearly the same image as with my lines here. |
25:59 | Let me switch them on. |
26:03 | I have the lines information coming out but this comic effect is still there and I can look what’s better. |
26:21 | Let's try some different tricks. |
26:30 | I double the colour and the saturation layers and do something with them. |
26:39 | Here, I just try to get the details out of the image. |
26:45 | So, go to Filters >> Blur and Gaussian Blur. |
26:53 | And here, I choose a value which gives me a nice effect. |
27:08 | You see that the colours have got little bit smoother. |
27:18 | So, let's do this on the saturation copy also. |
27:24 | Go to Filters >> Repeat "Guassian Blur" . |
27:29 | And now I have really flat image with flat colours. |
27:36 | So, I switch on the original colour and I get a strange effect here. |
27:44 | Let's rename these layers as saturation blurred and the colour blurred. |
28:04 | If I combine the blurred saturation with the unblurred colour, I get some colours here which look quite a bit strange. |
28:16 | I would like it if it was not especially on the nose, here. |
28:22 | So, switching this back on and I have this effect here. |
28:29 | You can imagine if you reduce the blurring, you get sharp details. |
28:37 | This is a real play ground. |
28:40 | You have a lot of possibilities here like how to do this, what to do, what to tinker with. |
28:50 | It's really fun to do this. |
29:09 | The author of the original tutorial has done a tremendous job. |
29:24 | I am not so happy with both versions of this image. |
29:31 | I like the structure here and the flower, the statue and the pot here. |
29:40 | I don’t like all the details near the hand and in the face, this could be little bit more flat. |
29:49 | In the blurred on, I like the details in the face and near the hand but I don’t like the flower which is completely blurred away. |
30:04 | So, now I can combine the two images and I will start with colour blurred because I like the over all appearance of this more than of the saturation blurred. |
30:20 | But I switch on all the layers and add layer mask to saturation blurred and colour blurred and I add a Black layer mask, fully transparent. |
30:37 | And now I'll start working on saturation layer mask. So, I select white as my foreground colour and select the Paintbrush here. |
30:51 | Now I start painting. |
30:55 | I just paint over the parts where I want to have little bit more flatness in the image. |
31:04 | This will look a bit strange because now I have the colour layer switched on. |
31:46 | So now, I select everything by pressing Shift+ctrl+A and copy it by Ctrl + C, go into the image and press Ctrl + V and click on insert this Floating Selection and with Ctrl + H or with the anchor layer I have my copy here. |
32:20 | So, you can copy these layer masks too and I think I will leave this image here. |
32:32 | I think it’s so quite nice example and in the end I play a bit with these sliders. |
32:54 | Lets recap this. |
32:57 | You first copy the image layer and make an inked image with threshold tool. |
33:05 | Look for areas which you want to have black or very dark. |
33:10 | Then you copy the base image again and make a line layer with the edge detect filter and then you set the layer mode to Multiply. |
33:29 | In this layer, you reduce the white to a gray about 240 with the Levels tool. |
33:42 | Then you copy again the base image and make a colour layer. |
33:49 | Set the colour mode to Colour. |
33:56 | And finally you copy the base layer last time and make a saturation layer and here you set the layer mode to Saturation and now you play with the opacity of the different layers or at some layers. |
34:20 | Just play around. The results are well mixed but some are stunning. |
34:32 | For more information, go to http://meetthegimp.org and to send a comment, please write to info@meetthegimp.org. Good bye. |
34:49 | This is Hemant Waidande, dubbing for the Spoken Tutorial project. |