[Gimp-user] Help with colouring book stamp type images

[NoviceGimper <forums gimpusers com>]

Thanks Seth - 
Candice

> I've done this for pictures of my family - my daughter loves coloring us.
> It works best on pictures without a lot of noise to them, but my "recipe"
> assuming a flattened (1 layer) image is:

> 1) Blur->Selective Gaussian Blur - use parameters to get rid of details but
> keep main subject sharp
> 2) Colors->Desaturate (I usually use Average, but not sure it matters)
> 3) Edge-Detect->Difference of Gaussians with about 8/33 as the 2 radiuses
> gets me some basic lines that work good for this on SLR-size photos, use
> smaller for values near the same ratio for smaller pictures.  Goal is to
> get an outline of the salient features only.
> 4) Colors->Levels... to make sharp black lines
> 5) Blur slightly if necessary
> 6) Save As.. & Print
> 7) Open box of crayolas and go nuts

> If you want to do more of a fake-crayon drawing to wow your friends, change
> the levels step to have very light grey output instead of dark black; then
> trace the light grey with heavy crayon before coloring in/shading with
> lighter shades.  As a bit of warning, eyeballs and cheekbones are amazingly
> hard to get right!

> Happy GIMPing,

> Seth Burgess




> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog gmail com> wrote:

> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:45 PM, NoviceGimper <forums gimpusers com>
> > wrote:
> > > deally I want to literally make the image look like colouring book
> > picture or a stamp.
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > Filters->Edge Detect->Edge...
> > Use defaults, click OK
> > Image->Mode->Grayscale
> > Colors->Invert
> >
> > Possibly adjust Levels/Curves afterward.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Chris
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