154 CHAPTER (Web site translator) 4 DRAWING I picked the
154 CHAPTER 4 DRAWING I picked the birch-like pattern in Figure 4-34, which GIMP rather vaguely names Wood of some sort. Figure 4-34. The first step in making a wooden box: a rectangular selection filled with a woodgrain pattern Now, the box needs sides. You could try to draw a side using the Free Select tool. But really, the side of the box should be just like the front, except rotated so that it looks like it s receding from you. GIMP has just the tool for that: the Perspective Transform tool. First you need another layer. Make a duplicate layer of the box front, from the button in the Layers dialog. GIMP will name it box front copy ; you ll want to rename this to something like box right side. The GIMP s perspective transformations work best if the layer is no bigger than the object you re trying to transform. (The image can be any size; it s only the size of the layer that matters.) You can crop the layer to eliminate all the extra transparent areas using Layer . Autocrop Layer from the image window menus. Note If you still have your rectangular selection now filled with your pattern, another way to make a new layer containing only the selection is to copy, paste, and click New Layer in the Layers dialog to turn the floating selection into a normal one.
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