Wave Tutorial
I’ll show you how to make an abstract wave, its really simple!
WAVE
In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a cool wave with some colour. Made in GIMP.
Redone in GIMP, original idea from Fabio:abduzeedo.com
Begin by opening up Gimp –> making a 1600 x 1200 with 300dpi page and its transparency.
opening up Gimp
Now grab the paint bucket and fill it black:
fill it black
Now select a colour (mine is FG:Blue BG:Black).
select a colour
Then use the Gradient Tool (set to FG or FG and BG) and set to Radial.
Gradient Tool
Then do a stroke like below (middle to bottom right corner):
Stroke Path
Should look like this:
Like this
Now create a new layer (call it: Lines):
Create a new layer
Then go Filters –> Render –> Clouds –> Solid Noise:
Solid Noise
Then choose Seed: Randomize , Turbelant, Detail: 15, X: 16 Y: 0.1
Settings
Then grab the lasso tool and draw a wavy outline, should look like this:
Draw a wavy outline
Then go Selection –> Invert or (Ctrl + I):
Selection --> Invert
Now press Delete!
Delete
Now create a New Layer, name it Colour:
Colour layer
Then grab the Gradient Tool (Linear), and set to Full Colour Spectrum, and set to Overlay
Gradient Tool: Overlay
Stroke across the wave, like below:
Stroke across the wave
Should be like this:
Like this
Now Selection –> Deselect or (Ctrl + Shift + A)
Selection --> Deselect
Add some text (mine: scottphotographics.com)
Add your text
Now apply some Filters –> Sharpen –> Unsharp Mask
Unsharp Mask
Settings
And that’s it!
Finished
I hope you like it and credit goes to Fabio: abduzeedo.com
The final result!
Written by Mike
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Michael Scott is the publisher and photographer behind Scott Photographics! He is very passionate about his photography and enjoys sharing the best of his experiences for others to enjoy too! Contact Mike via email!
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Thx for the tutorial. It’s very helpful :)
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Hi Jason,
To Unsharp Mask on the ‘Lines’ Layer (coloured wave), go Filters>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask and the settings are around: Radius: 60, Amount:.5, Threshold: 2.
Sorry about the poor screenshots, I’ll have to redo this sometime.
Michael
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Can’t figure out how to do this unsharpen mask thing–which layer are you supposed to be on? What settings do you use for this???
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Hey,
You need to set the new layer (COLOUR) to OVERLAY mode (on the layers tab)
I hope it works now :)
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It didn’t work…
I did everything up until the part where it said add a new layer and name it COLOUR but after that part with the line going through…it didn’t work >_<; help plz?