![]() Alternatively you could enter 120 to the left and 215 to the right. Next go to: (Layer/) Colors / Threshold and move the little triangle-controls to similar places as I did. That step is not totally necessary but i helps us to higher the amount of gray tones in the picture. Now choose #aeaeae as FG-Color and press CTRL+, ( EDIT / Fill FG) to fill the selection with that color. Make a selection around your face, invert the selection (Select / Invert) and remove the parts.Īgain, it is not important to be too exact. ![]() Maybe the fastest way to this us the free selection tool. You don’t have to take special time being very exact. To get an optimal effect you’ve to mask your face. Take a picture of yourself or anyone else. To create such an effect for your own it is only necessary to take a few minutes of time. Then, paste your logo in the document.Motivation Probably the most popular picture that uses this black/white-effect is one of the famous revolutionist of Cuba: Che Guevara. Simply go to Page Layout and change the background colour. Since we went for a transparent background, it is better to see the logo on a black or coloured background for instance in Microsoft Word. Logo of SWAPALOOZA in GIMP 2.10.10Īnother great way to test the logo, is to paste it on a black or coloured background. In this case, the S was blurred out by the erasor but when I looked at it from a distance, I quite liked it with the right font, namely Chiller Semi-Expanded. On top of that, it is important to take a step back and look at your creation from a distance. For instance, since my S was becoming more curly, I had to decide on a more corresponding font. Keep playing with the font of the letters because it really makes a difference if you’re not happy with your creation. You can always click CTRL Z or use the Drawing Tool (indicated with red in the image below). To create the arrows in the S, choose a curly font and erase some parts until you created two arrows with the Erasor Tool on the left (indicated with yellow in the image below). In that way, it is possible to play with the arrows on the S without messing with the text. Then, create two layers: one for the S and one for the rest of the text. Again, start with a transparent, rectangular base of 1920 x 1080. Now, let’s try something different and include the arrows in the S (instead of the two O’s). You don’t want it to be lost forever … Logo of Swapalooza in GIMP 2.10.10 Lastly, don’t forget to export your file as a PNG or JPG and save your creation. ![]() However, this positioning made the two O’s hard to read and readability is quite important for a logo. On top of that, I played around with the positioning of the arrows because initially I wanted them to point at each other. If you’d like to know more about duplicating a layer, read my previous blogpost (Becoming a logo maker: try-out). Once I made one arrow, I duplicated that layer so the two arrows look the same. I followed my creative idea and replaced the two O’s of SWAPALOOZA with two arrows. Moreover, you can create more starting lines with the Path Icon to elongate the existing arrow or to create a bend in the arrow. Arrow Set-up in GIMP 2.10.10īy playing around with the set-up, you can create the arrow you like. Right-click on the line and play with the Arrow set-up in the folder Tools (indicated with red in the image below). Now, let’s make that line look like an arrow. Now, you see a line with two little circles at the ends (indicated with red in the image below). After you’ve downloaded the file in GIMP Scripts, you can add arrows by clicking the Path icon on the left (rope connected to a quill pen, indicated with red in the image below) and then, by clicking once to set a point for the head of the arrow and then again to set a point for the end of the arrow. To add an arrow drawer in GIMP, simply download the arrow.scm file which you can find online. Unfortunately, GIMP does not have a built-in arrow drawer but don’t worry, I found a solution on the internet. By playing around with the font, colour and size of the text, I found a unique and fun design: Unique and fun design of text made in GIMP 2.10.10 After clicking OK, I decided to add some text. To make this base, follow the steps of the previous blog post (Becoming a logo maker: I created a transparent, rectangular base with the default size of 1920 x 1080. GIMP is a digital photo manipulation tool for Windows (and many other platforms) that’s considered to be the open source (free) answer to Adobe Photoshop. ![]() First, I decided to play with the O’s as arrows. Now, let’s turn these ideas into reality with GIMP. Ideas for logo of SWAPALOOZA The logo of SWAPALOOZA
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