Hey guys,
A couple of people have asked me for a tutorial on Gimp so here it is.
I highlyrecommend anyone who is using Paint to have a go at Gimp because it is free and can take your designs to a whole new level. It is more sophisticated than Paint, and it is a lot less constraining. So please give it a try, especially if you have always wanted PS but have never had the money/didn't want to go illegal etc.
EDIT: The latest version of Gimp is available to download for Mac and PC here
The version of Gimp used in the following tutorial can be found here for PC and here for Mac
Had to break it up due to the 20 images rule.
For this tutorial we will be making the same jumper made on Ganty’s Photoshop tutorial.
Note: This tutorial was made on a Mac with a slightly older version of Gimp. However, as far as I know, these instructions wil work well enough to understand with any computer/program.
Copy and paste this template into Gimp.
It will appear on your screen like this.
We will now colour the front of the jumper and the shorts. Select the bucket fill tool (On the toolbox or Shift + B). Click on the black square (foreground colour) to open the colour selection. Chose a shade of blue similar to the one shown, then press ok.
Now look to where it says “threshold” on the toolbox (underneath Finding Similar Colours). This is an integral part to designing Guernseys on Gimp as it determines the maximum colour difference while using bucket fill. As we want our shorts and the jumper to be blue, make the threshold 80.0 then click anywhere on the front of the jumper or shorts. The more you click, the cleaner the edges will look. However you will notice that the AFL logo and the manufacturers label are now look weird. Don’t worry; we will sort that out at the end.
Now do the same to the back of the jumper and shorts. This is what the jumper should now look like:
We will now colour the cuffs and collar. Using bucket fill, again choose a red similar to the one shown. Now click on the cuffs to colour them red.
Now colour the collar white by selecting the colour as before.
Note: To swap between the two colours in the boxes quickly, press X.
As white is the secondary colour already, simply press X to use it. Make sure you only click once while colouring the front of the colour as the threshold is very high.
We will now put the hoops onto the guernsey. I recommend using the ones in the Universal Template Thread for Jethro’s template. Copy the image (CTRL C) then paste it onto the guernsey (CTRL V).
You will notice a white background. We will get rid of the white background by using the bucket fill tool again. However this time you must select Colour Erase as the mode instead of Normal. This is under Bucket Fill. As the primary colour is still white, click on any white area of the pasted image. This will remove the white and give you a transparent background.
Note: Using Colour Erase allows you to remove the selected colour from a pasted image. This creates a transparent background.
Now change the bucket fill mode back to Normal. Select the same red used for the cuffs and colour the top hoop red. Now colour the bottom hoop white.
Select the Scale tool and tick Keep Aspect (at the bottom). Now resize the hoops by clicking and dragging them to a size similar to the one shown. Try to make it so the edges of the hoops don’t fully reach the sides of the jumper.
Now click anywhere outside the yellow and black dotted box around the hoop to anchor the layer.
Now select Pencil and change the brush size to Circle 03. Zoom in to 400% on the guernsey by using the zoom function along the bottom of the window.
As the primary colour is still red, click anywhere along the top of the red hoop. While holding shift (to help make a straight line) click on the edge of the guernsey in line with your previous dot. If the green line is completely straight then they are in line. Once it is straight, click to make a line.
Now, again holding shift, do the same thing to the other side of the guernsey.
Do the same thing along the bottom of the hoop.
Now using white as the primary colour, do the same thing along the top and bottom of the white hoop.
Now use the bucket fill tool and colour the sides of both hoops using red and white, respectively.
If any little dots remain, colour them in using the pencil tool.
A couple of people have asked me for a tutorial on Gimp so here it is.
I highlyrecommend anyone who is using Paint to have a go at Gimp because it is free and can take your designs to a whole new level. It is more sophisticated than Paint, and it is a lot less constraining. So please give it a try, especially if you have always wanted PS but have never had the money/didn't want to go illegal etc.
EDIT: The latest version of Gimp is available to download for Mac and PC here
The version of Gimp used in the following tutorial can be found here for PC and here for Mac
Had to break it up due to the 20 images rule.
For this tutorial we will be making the same jumper made on Ganty’s Photoshop tutorial.
Note: This tutorial was made on a Mac with a slightly older version of Gimp. However, as far as I know, these instructions wil work well enough to understand with any computer/program.
Copy and paste this template into Gimp.
It will appear on your screen like this.
We will now colour the front of the jumper and the shorts. Select the bucket fill tool (On the toolbox or Shift + B). Click on the black square (foreground colour) to open the colour selection. Chose a shade of blue similar to the one shown, then press ok.
Now look to where it says “threshold” on the toolbox (underneath Finding Similar Colours). This is an integral part to designing Guernseys on Gimp as it determines the maximum colour difference while using bucket fill. As we want our shorts and the jumper to be blue, make the threshold 80.0 then click anywhere on the front of the jumper or shorts. The more you click, the cleaner the edges will look. However you will notice that the AFL logo and the manufacturers label are now look weird. Don’t worry; we will sort that out at the end.
Now do the same to the back of the jumper and shorts. This is what the jumper should now look like:
We will now colour the cuffs and collar. Using bucket fill, again choose a red similar to the one shown. Now click on the cuffs to colour them red.
Now colour the collar white by selecting the colour as before.
Note: To swap between the two colours in the boxes quickly, press X.
As white is the secondary colour already, simply press X to use it. Make sure you only click once while colouring the front of the colour as the threshold is very high.
We will now put the hoops onto the guernsey. I recommend using the ones in the Universal Template Thread for Jethro’s template. Copy the image (CTRL C) then paste it onto the guernsey (CTRL V).
You will notice a white background. We will get rid of the white background by using the bucket fill tool again. However this time you must select Colour Erase as the mode instead of Normal. This is under Bucket Fill. As the primary colour is still white, click on any white area of the pasted image. This will remove the white and give you a transparent background.
Note: Using Colour Erase allows you to remove the selected colour from a pasted image. This creates a transparent background.
Now change the bucket fill mode back to Normal. Select the same red used for the cuffs and colour the top hoop red. Now colour the bottom hoop white.
Select the Scale tool and tick Keep Aspect (at the bottom). Now resize the hoops by clicking and dragging them to a size similar to the one shown. Try to make it so the edges of the hoops don’t fully reach the sides of the jumper.
Now click anywhere outside the yellow and black dotted box around the hoop to anchor the layer.
Now select Pencil and change the brush size to Circle 03. Zoom in to 400% on the guernsey by using the zoom function along the bottom of the window.
As the primary colour is still red, click anywhere along the top of the red hoop. While holding shift (to help make a straight line) click on the edge of the guernsey in line with your previous dot. If the green line is completely straight then they are in line. Once it is straight, click to make a line.
Now, again holding shift, do the same thing to the other side of the guernsey.
Do the same thing along the bottom of the hoop.
Now using white as the primary colour, do the same thing along the top and bottom of the white hoop.
Now use the bucket fill tool and colour the sides of both hoops using red and white, respectively.
If any little dots remain, colour them in using the pencil tool.
