Advanced Drawing CHAPTER 9 In
Advanced Drawing CHAPTER 9 In Chapter 4, you learned the basics of drawing with the GIMP. But there are still quite a few tricks that can give your drawings more polish. In this chapter, you ll learn how to use layer masks, gradients, and layer modes to create great-looking drawings and logos. You ll learn how to control the Perspective tool, and create shadows and highlights. Finally, you ll learn how to create your own brushes, gradients, and other GIMP resources. The chapter will cover: Useful mask tricks Layer modes Creating depth: Drawing with layer modes Drawing realistic shadows Realism and multipoint perspective Adding reflections and shading Creating brushes, patterns, and gradients Useful Mask Tricks You learned about the basics of layer masks in Chapter 5, and saw one use for them. But there are all sorts of interesting effects you can create with layer masks. Making Text Fade Out One of the easiest uses of a layer mask is to make some text (or any other layer) fade out. Just follow two easy steps: add a layer mask to the text layer, and then draw a gradient on the text layer: 1. Add a layer mask. Right-click on the layer in the Layers dialog and choose Add Layer Mask…. Initialize it to White (full opacity), the default setting. 2. Draw a gradient. The layer mask should already be selected since you just created it. If not, click on its thumbnail in the Layers dialog. Choose the Gradient tool in the Toolbox, and the standard foreground and background colors of black and white, respectively.
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