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fence-post — Blending Images in GIMP
Published: 2006-07-06 04:04:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 5886; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 1204
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Well, this was my first ever GIMP tutorial. It's a pretty simple technique, but it gets used a lot. This may not even be worth posting here, as most people probably know how to do it, already. But, maybe it will help someone out.I'm not really looking for comments regarding the formatting or anything. It is, what it is!
Enjoy!
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This is so useful! Thank you very much for uploading this.
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Trust me, useful. I knew how to blend in PS and PSP, but am learning GIMP now. Tuts like this are always welcome. Thank you.
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...I don't get how you blend it with ctrl-k or delete?
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I was looking for something just like this! Thanks for the tut
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Thank you so much for putting this up! It's such a big help!
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everytime i try to hit ctrl-k it doesn't do anything. why is that? i'm rather new to gimp. i just downloaded it like 5 minutes ago XD
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Sorry 'bout that....the tutorial was done in an older version of GIMP and the default keystroke for "delete" was Ctrl+K. Now, you can just hit the DELETE key. Hope this helps. Guess I need to update that tutorial one of these days.
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Very helpful. There aren't many tuts using GIMP and I'm glad you've made one. Thank you!
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hey um i dont see the tut anymore? like i remember seeing this like a month ago but now all there is is the eyes....help?
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I switched things around a bit, but it's still there. Just click on the Download link to the left of the preview image and a pdf of the tutorial should open up.
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No problem. I do need to let you know that if you're using the newest version of GIMP (2.4x), the delete key is no longer Ctrl+K, it's now simply hitting the delete key on your keyboard. I realized that I haven't updated the tutorial for the new version yet and will do so later.
Take care.
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o ok sweet man thanx alot!
later
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Inverting the selection means to select everything that's not currently selected and de-select everything that IS currently selected. So, if you create a selection with the lasso tool (or any tool for that matter), everything inside of that area you created is selected. If you invert the selection, everything outside of that area now becomes the selected part and everything inside is no longer selected.
To invert the selection, do a Ctrl+i on the keyboard or go to the Select Menu and Choose Invert. I think my tutorial shows the keyboard combination as Ctrl+"I", which looks like a lowercase 'l' (el) and could be cause for some confusion. Maybe I should fix that.
Sorry if I confused you. Did my answer help you out?
Cheers.
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THank you!But now I'm stuck at the "Clear" part when I select clear it desapears.I'm confused.
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Well, that's part of the process. Everything that is selected after you do the invert selection IS supposed to disappear. You're keeping what you want to be blended and deleting the rest.
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thanx so much for dis tut...i was wondering wat u meant wen u said "set the upper layer's blending mode to value", how do i do dat?
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Glad you found the tutorial useful. Sorry, I didn't explain that further...I need to update that thing so it explains stuff better.....I become a better tutorial writer since that tutorial 
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Click on your upper layer in the layer dialog window to make it the active layer. Then, above that you'll see a section called Mode....click on the dropdown window and choose Value (or some other desired mode).
Let me know if you have any questions or need additional help.
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Good! I'm glad you got it.
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Glad you found it useful!
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I was looking for something like this to make my banners different from everyone else. Thanks for tut. It shall come in handy.
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Well, I hope it did the trick for you. Make sure you show me your results! Thanks for commenting.
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Thank you much! Hope you get some use from it!
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I remember this tutorial on Gimp talk 
As always, a good clear tutorial from fencepost
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Thanks surfing-ant! Haven't seen you around much. Was wondering if you fell off the face of the earth. Glad to see you haven't!
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nope, still here, just havent had time for all the forums I've signed up to!
You're more likely to find me on DA than gimptalk lol
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Cool! I'm no longer at gimptalk either. So I KNOW you'll find me here more offten!
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Thanks. Glad you found it helpful.
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