aa-gimp presents new tutorial in special effect, this tutorial called Supernova Effect (abstract), this tutorial is very usefull to make a desktop background. the steps in this tutorial is very simple, although for beginner..lets do it guys…
1. make a new document 800×600 px, or up to your desire…with black as a background
2. make a new layer, by pressing Ctrl + Shift + N
3. then add a filter>light and shadow>supernova, choose the number and position like this
4. repeat step 3 and make it in other position
5. copy this layer, make a distort using filters>distorts>whirl and pinch
6. change the blending mode to lighnten only
7. for next step, you can make a other color effect by colorize
8. you have done this supernova effect using GIMP tutorial, easy..is’n it (^^,)
Stunning artwork!
keep up the good mood dude…
hasilnya keren banget! GIMP, baru tau di blog ini. thks atas info n tutorialnya
The topmost nova doesn’t want to pinch when I do it. Any idea why?
*a_gimper:
how did u do it??maybe u didnt select the layer you want to pinch…
Don’t I feel a fool. I went back over it and realized that the tutorial was 800×600 while I did mine 1280×1024. I used the same values as the tutorial just to see it in action first hand but didn’t think about the size. I think it was too close to the edge or something. When I tried again (this time following everything exactly, especially the size) it turned out right. I just have to find a good position for 1280×1024.
Hey everyone! I am working on doing almost the same tutorial in video! This is awesome so keep it up! I have been using gimp for almost 6 years now and I am still learning about tools like this! Keep it up! Thanks!
[...] something that didn’t take much time. I decided to use Gimp and came across a neat and quick tutorial. I liked that is was called Supernova so that kind of helped me decide to go with [...]