Pokemanz
dont be such a sour wolf
I'm working on a banner for a friend and I'm using GIMP for the first time (although not entirely, I'm using PSP8 to plan out stuff then transferring to GIMP for effects), but I'm having some trouble with a few things.
Obviously the main problem here is the shadow. It's the wrong way but GIMP won't allow me to move it behind (negative placement) and I can't seem to flip it behind either. I really don't like how I don't get a preview of this effect either, so I'm left to guess what values might make the shadow appear flat on the ground and Ctrl-Z when it doesn't work. Is there a way to fix the shadow?
Also, the lens flare. I swear I dove through Google trying to find an editor that would allow me to make a nice realistic-ish lens flare effect but I could not find one. I was hoping for something similar to this:
PicMonkey has a really nice one but of course that's a paid option. GIMP doesn't even allow for resizing of the flare... what's up with that? I could really use some help with it, maybe there's another program out there that could help? I tried downloading the trial of Adobe After Effects (which seemed really cool) but it seems as though the page for it is down? Either way I couldn't download it.
I was also wondering about some kind of tint/color that I could apply to the image to give it a bit of a cinematic feel... or whatever. I'm sure it's possible in GIMP, I'm just not sure how to do it...
The final piece will also be animated, meaning that the background can't be messed with. Because GIMP is such a pain with animations, I use an outside editor for that. When I'm done I'll simply delete the background layer, save as transparent, and apply the edits on top of the animated gif (just like I do with all the sigs I make). If I need to edit the background I'll probably just put it on another layer or something.
I could probably search online for this, but after spending two days looking for lens flare programs I'm sick of searching. I figure asking actual GFX artists who know what they're doing will yield better results.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
Obviously the main problem here is the shadow. It's the wrong way but GIMP won't allow me to move it behind (negative placement) and I can't seem to flip it behind either. I really don't like how I don't get a preview of this effect either, so I'm left to guess what values might make the shadow appear flat on the ground and Ctrl-Z when it doesn't work. Is there a way to fix the shadow?
Also, the lens flare. I swear I dove through Google trying to find an editor that would allow me to make a nice realistic-ish lens flare effect but I could not find one. I was hoping for something similar to this:
PicMonkey has a really nice one but of course that's a paid option. GIMP doesn't even allow for resizing of the flare... what's up with that? I could really use some help with it, maybe there's another program out there that could help? I tried downloading the trial of Adobe After Effects (which seemed really cool) but it seems as though the page for it is down? Either way I couldn't download it.
I was also wondering about some kind of tint/color that I could apply to the image to give it a bit of a cinematic feel... or whatever. I'm sure it's possible in GIMP, I'm just not sure how to do it...
The final piece will also be animated, meaning that the background can't be messed with. Because GIMP is such a pain with animations, I use an outside editor for that. When I'm done I'll simply delete the background layer, save as transparent, and apply the edits on top of the animated gif (just like I do with all the sigs I make). If I need to edit the background I'll probably just put it on another layer or something.
I could probably search online for this, but after spending two days looking for lens flare programs I'm sick of searching. I figure asking actual GFX artists who know what they're doing will yield better results.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
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