[Courses][gimp] Lesson4: Basic selection tools, and copy/paste

[Kjersti Bjørnestad Berg]

søn, 27.02.2005 kl. 21.27 skrev Wendy Mores:
> Drop shadow was used for the text on the valentines cards but the
> shadow behind Elmo on Mars was a little bit more complicated.  It is
> essentially just a copy of the Elmo layer.  On the copy, I changed the
> contrast to minimum to make it grey, selected the Elmo area with the
> magic wand and then filled it with black with the bucket.  Shadow was
> dragged out and put to the side with a perspective tool on the tool
> bar and to finish it up, I played with the opacity bar so you see the
> rocks.
> 
> The shadow proved a bit challenging because I guess I've never really
> had a  good look at shadows that people throw.  I want to  take a few
> pictures of people and their shadows at different times of day to get
> a better idea of how long they would be and where they fall in
> relation to the light. Elmo's shadow is just a shot in the dark.   I
> 

Thanks for the tip! I suspected there was more work behind the last one.
*applause*

Kjersti

> Thanks Wendy
> 
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:40:22 +0100, Kjersti Bjørnestad Berg
> <kjersti.b.berg at start.no> wrote:
> > søn, 27.02.2005 kl. 11.55 skrev Wendy Mores:
> > > I'm finally getting a bit caught up on the lessons.  I've really
> > > enjoyed seeing everyone's pictures.  Keep it coming, it is extremely
> > > informative.  These have been the best exercises.  I've spent hours
> > > and hours messing around with all this stuff.  It is just incredible!
> > >
> > > Here are my pics from lesson three. I love that drop shadow feature.
> > >
> > > http://www.angelfire.com/emo2/travellingelmo/homework3.html
> > >
> > > Here is my pic from lesson four.  This was really difficult, but a lot
> > > of fun to do.  It is just amazing what you can do with Gimp.
> > >
> > > http://www.angelfire.com/emo2/travellingelmo/homework4.html
> > >
> > 
> > Wow! Very cool. Is that shadow done with drop-shadow?
> > 
> > Kjersti
> > 
> > 
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