Re: !!.:GIMP~art:.!!
PHOTO POPOUT:
A simple but cool effect where pixels appear to popout of the image.
1) Start off by selecting the area of the image which will popout, in this case, the car. How you select depends on your selecting method,
freehand,
scissors or something else. I tend to use a mixture of these along with the
eraser to soften out edges. Once the selection is done, do a
Ctrl+C (copy) and
Ctrl+V (paste) upon which a
floating layer appears on top of the current one. Just click the
new layer button and it will become a proper layer.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/1-1.png
2) Now
create a new layer on top and fill it with
white. Then select the
vertical ruler and mark at the place where you want the popout to appear. Also reduce the
opacity of the
white layer so that the bottom layer is visible.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/2-1.png
3) While still on the
white layer, do a
select all (Ctrl+A) and use the
perspective tool to get the desired shape of the layer. Finish off by clicking on
Transform.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/3-1.png
4) Another
floating layer and again click
create new layer and name it something like 'photo'. At this point, the
white layer can be deleted.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/4-1.png
5) If anything is selected on the image,
deselect it by using
Ctrl+Shift+A or from select menu. Using the
magic wand(fuzzy) tool, click on the
white color of the photo layer and apply a
shrink of around 15 pixels from the
select menu.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/5-1.png
6) Hit
delete on this selection and apply a
gaussian blur of 2 rads to this 'photo' layer.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/6-1.png
7) Using
magic wand again with the
add to selection turned on, select the outside regions of the 'photo' layer.i.e, the two triangle shapes, click on one and then click on the other.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/7-1.png
8.) Now make the
background layer active and fill
black on those selections. Similarly do the same on the large central area by selecting it with
rectangular selection tool and fill this with
black too.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/8-1.png
9) FINALLY, put the
car layer on top of the
photo layer and you have the effect. Save it and use it.
*i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb178/ferrous_cranus/boxster_popout.png