[GIMP] How to render

Andrew(AP) · [GIMP] How to render

Heres a gimp tutorial on how to render.

1. open up a new image example: 400 x 400 would be good.
2. paste your render you want into your first layer.

you may use

3. select your path tool Tools>Paths B
4. take your path and go all the way around the image and you can move it to touch the object, like this.
http://outdoorworld.myfreeforum.o...outdoorworld1/images/picture1.bmp
5. go all the way around the image with your path like shown in the image.
6. once you get all the way around and get to the end, hold crtl c and click on the very last one.
7.now that its all pathed up now you need to go to your path box, and click on Create Selection from Path.
8.now that the back ground is away right click on the rendered image and click on Edit>Copy
9. now get your back ground and then paste the image onto it by hitting ctrl v whihc will paste it it

10. next you can do what ever you want to the image, moving it around flipping it around, etc.

11. next you ened to mearge the layers together Layer>Anchor Layer or Merge Down either one will work.

12. please tell me if this tutorial is to hard to follow Very Happy

Bravo

Same tutorial in Photoshop....

1. Select the magic wand tool and press on the black bit.
2. Press backspace.

Erm...thats it Laughing

Andrew(AP)

welll there is another way to render in gimp and its the same way as you just said but usually you dont get the hole image that y want rendered you get half of it.

DSi

Andrew(AP)

you dont have to press ctrl k if you use the path and did it the way i do.

DSi

11 steps vs. 2 steps, I'd rather do the 2 step process where you click only once.

Bravo

its still a useful tutorial for instances where the render isn't so easy to get via a colour selector.

Well done for posting it up, Andrew Wink

DSi

Yeah, I think I might try this when I need to render something a bit harder.

Thanks Andrew! Very Happy

Notre

Who did I teach this to? Someone here but I forget.

DSi

Probably me lol. I have been trying to learn how to render for a long time, but nothing seems to work for me Very Happy

Bravo

Wait til you see the quick mask thingy that photoshop has. You just roughly draw a big green line round the edges and photoshop does it automatically. Even gets individual hairs from peoples heads and everything. Absolutely brilliant.

DSi

Wow, Photoshop sounds really great, if only I could get it...