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Clear Globe Containers in GIMP by ~fence-post:iconfence-post:

Categories Resources & Stock Images > Tutorials > Application Reference > The Gimp

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This was a very challenging accomplishment for me. I tried to mimic a PS tutorial, but with a different method for creating the globe. The difficult part was not creating the sphere, but turning it somewhat transparent. I was really new to GIMP when I attempted this, but I think I did alright. Hope you enjoy it.

The tutorial is in html format. Just download the zip file to your hard drive, double-click to open, extract to your desktop (or some other convenient location) and double-click on the html file. The tutorial will open up in your browser.

Let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.

Cheers!

Art

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=Fusion-Defiance Jul 5, 2006, 8:12:09 PM
that is so wicked

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~lifebtb Jul 5, 2006, 10:29:31 PM
Ahhh, cool! I had read this tutorial a while ago on GimpTalk.com, knew it was familiar. Then I realized it was you that wrote it in the first place. :) Great stuff, really enjoyed it. Helped me a lot with different spheres and bubbles. Thanks!

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~lifebtb Jul 5, 2006, 10:33:27 PM
BTW, your original tutorial is still up and available at GimpTalk. Here's the direct link: [link]

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~fence-post Jul 9, 2006, 5:46:52 AM
Thank you. Maybe one day I can improve on it. I know so much more now about GIMP than I did way back then!

Art

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~fence-post Jul 9, 2006, 5:49:26 AM
Thanks for the comments and the post of the original link to the tut. I'll probably be directing all future tutorials at gimptalk to here.

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=Fusion-Defiance Jul 9, 2006, 5:49:47 AM
hehehehe! yeah.

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~geminigriffin Sep 7, 2006, 1:32:46 AM
I think this is great but I was wondering how to make totally glass globe like a crystal ball. I would need a tutorial on it. Do you know where I can find one/ this was the closest I found of to it on GIMPTalk. I am still going to make this. But I am making a picture that requires a globe that is more like a crystal ball. So I hope you can direct me or show me how to make a crystal ball from a tutorial you make. I am not picky as long as I get to make it.

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~fence-post Sep 7, 2006, 7:19:38 PM
No, at the moment I don't have anything definitive for you. A couple of things I suggest, however, might add to the realism. Try add some "reflections" of an object or objects in the upper regions of the globe. This will give the appearance that the globe is actually reflecting objects in front of it. Another thing you might try is using the displace map or the I-Warp filters to distort anything "behind" the globe a little bit. This will give the appearance of the glass refracting light entering it and distorting the image behind it due to the differences in densities (I think I've described that correctly) Don't know if this helps or not, but it's all I've got at the moment.

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~geminigriffin Sep 7, 2006, 8:47:55 PM
Well once I make the globe I will try that out if I can figure out how to do it. thanks take care
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