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**ZETAX101**

I haven't seen many good tutorials on how to touch up an image on The Gimp, so I thought I might as well create one. I'll be using the Gimp photo-enhancing program, along with a few scripts you can grab off their site. (all free) I'll only be using scripts for today for the sake of time. To start with, you'll need a base image. The good thing about the Gimp is all the scripts you can download for it, it makes enhancing a photo a lot easier. To start, first open up your base image, I'll be using a character screen capture I took using FRAPS.

Your first step in touching up any good white balanced photo, is to use a dodge and burn script, to give the image a more 3-d feel. I use the standard 5/25 setting, on my script.

Remember to Merge your layers, else the scripts will not work to your demands. Next, you'll be using another downloadable script for the gimp, called Sharpen Smart Redux. Again, don't bother setting any of the settings on these, unless you know what you're doing. Don't bother on your first time around, So I'll use my standard settings for the sake of the tutorial.

If you merged your layers correctly before you used Sharpen Redux, it should look more realistic, now. I'm going to go ahead and use the built-in Anti-Alias tool to bring some of the aliasing off the image.

Your image should look alot less jagged around the edges, now. If not, feel free to go in and use a blur tool on any residual alising, such as on Hairlines in MxO.

Last, put any finishing touch on that you desire. I usually use a softglow, and/or video distortion.

Once you put that last (custom) touch on, you're finished.

Enjoy your finished image, and bask in its glory. Don't forget to save your file as a GIF, otherwise, Quality may be diminished.

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**ZETAX101**

Feel free to add this to the directory if deemed worthy.

**Zerotolerance**

ZETAX101 wrote:

Feel free to add this to the directory if deemed worthy.

I made the panels for this in GIMP, but moved it all over to Photoshop for assembly and the little details.

It may not be Matrixy, but I think it's close enough.

**Phluff**

That is SO kewl!
(adding to MxOSpace) SMILEY

**MotorZ** · 07/16/2008 10:59:11

Yeah, Gimp is all I can ever use, it's quite useful for a free program. It was definitely confusing the first few time I used it, though.

edit: why are usernames underlined now? XD

**Zerotolerance**

MotorZ wrote:

Yeah, Gimp is all I can ever use, it's quite useful for a free program. It was definitely confusing the first few time I used it, though.

edit: why are usernames underlined now? XD

I was used to Photoshop for the longest, and Paint Shop Pro before it. GIMP is capable of a lot of really cool things. It even has lots of really sweet logo renders.

**letsrock**

I have had Gimp program on my computer for like 2 years and only make like 5 sigs lol anyhow its a awesome and fairly easy program to use, if you goto the main Gimp website they have detailed instructions on how to do stuff which is really cool.

This animated sig below I made myself ( took me like 2 hours to set it the way I wanted though). if someone has a question send me a PM and I can try to help.

**ZETAX101**

I'll be taking requests for the subject of my next Gimp Tools Tutorial, just PM me with a request. I'll do anything from Logo/sig creation, to advanced animation.