This will allow us to make use of transparency. Now, under the transparency menu, Add Alpha Channel to the layer. To mirror the text, you simply Duplicate Layer and then Flip Vertically. Once I was certain the text was how I wanted, I stacked the two text layers to become a single layer, making them easier to work with. I then chose the dodge/burn tool to alternately dodge and burn the pink letters: Once that was completed, I used the text tool to write moon in blue and then rock in pink. Play around with this for a little to get a feel for the tool. Then choose the gradient tool and drag it vertically from the top of the image to the bottom. Select one color of gray as the foreground and another as the background. To begin the logo, I created a gradient background. Basically that means they were asking for gradients, mirrored surfaces, reflections, and shiny or glossy images. Moon Rock came to us and wanted a “cliché web 2.0 design”. In this post, I will show you how I created the logos for Lumidant and Moon Rock Media using GIMP. Using GIMP, I have been able to create several graphical effects with little effort.
#GIMP GRADIENT EFFECT TEXT FREE#
If you’re not familiar with GIMP, it is an extremely high quality free alternative to Photoshop. I experimented a bit more on the layer masks – you’ll get different states of the dissolved text – some parts are dissolved more than others.Īnd here’s another one without gradients.In my last post, I mentioned that I installed GIMP to read a Photoshop. This is the final version of our dissolving text. Now you should have a very cool glowing ashes effect ) Set the layers mode to “Lighten only” (the option is found above all layers in the layers dialogue). To add more glow duplicate the layer and use Filter / Blur / Gaussian Blur: 8px. I’m going a step further and make the text look like glowing ashes:įot that choose the Blend tool again and select the “Incadescent” gradient from the drop down menu. On this layer you can now add color to the scene. Now click the top layer and choose “New from visible”.
On this layer you can experiment with gradients on mask if you want to make differently strong effects of dissolving.įor the layer where the text is well readable make a gradient from the bottom edge of the text to the top edge of it. It will be black on the top of the layer mask and white at the bottom.ĭon’t change the “very fine” layer. For the “fine” (see image) layer create the gradient on the layer mask from the top edge (where you can only see the dust particles a little bit) to the bottom where the dust begins to disappear. Use the standard gradient (FG to BG color). All masks should be totally white so that everything on the layer is visible.Ĭhoose the Blend Tool to create gradients. At the bottom edge of the text the dust should look fairly unvisible and it should look more and more dissolving into ashes as you come to the center of the text.Ĭreate layer masks for all the dust layers (Layer / Mask / Add layer mask), or just right click each layer and choose “Add layer mask”. Next we need layer masks to create a nice dynamic looking dissolving text. Now you should have 3 layers with 3 different types of dust followed one by another. Repeat step 4 using these values: 120 / 20 / 1 / 1 This time use these values: 80 / 90 / 1/ 1 Create another transparent layer above the first dusty layer.Choose “Alpha to selection” again from the text layer.What we need now is a layer with dust that is not as fine or widley distributed as the previous one and we need a third one where the text is still a little bit readable. Next we’ve to repeat these steps, but with other values. Name the layer “very fine” or something like that. deactivate the selection (Select / None).To do this very fast press D to activate the default colors. Choose values from the image (100, 150, 1, 1, checked, checked) create a new transparent layer and click on it to make it active.Make the text layer disappear (click the eye symbol).Rightclick the textlayer in the layers dialogue and choose “Alpha to selection”.Next you need to make a selection from the text shape. Use a font size of 60-70, however size doesn’t really matter (you know don’t you )) Nevertheless it shouldn’t be too small :) Choose black as background color and add some text in white color. Tutorial detailsĬreate a new file: 800×600px. The text should not have equal amount of same-sized particles/dust, instead it should look like as it dissolves more and more into even finer dust until it finally disappears.
#GIMP GRADIENT EFFECT TEXT HOW TO#
Motivation This tutorial shows you how to dissolve text into fine particles of dust.
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