On 10/18/2016 16:19, Steve Kinney wrote:
On 10/18/2016 04:38 PM, Jan Kandziora wrote:Am 18.10.2016 um 22:22 schrieb Joseph A Nagy Jr:Does anyone know of a good source for random camouflage patterns for use in GIMP? I'm looking to make a firearms related image and am wanting to use a camouflage background for the entire image.Camouflage patterns aren't random. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_camouflage_patternsThis is exactly the kind of thing the resynthesizer plugin does best. I don't recall if it's a stock part of the GIMP installation or has to be obtained via a separate package. If you don't have a menu item for Heal Transparency as indicated below, check your package manager or the GIMP plugin registry.
Thank you for the kind response.
First, find or make a camo pattern that suits you. The example below was made from an image from wikimedia (see quote above), scaled down to 300x300 pixels to get quicker results. The process: 1) Open your sample camoflage image in the GIMP, save as XCF. 2) Do Image > Canvas Size, and set it to the size you need your finished background to be, with the existing layer centered. 3) Do Layer > New Layer. Select the sample layer, do control+c to copy it, select the transparent layer, do control+v to paste the copied layer, and click the "anchor" icon in the layers dialog to merge the pasted copy into the transparent layer. 4) Do Filters > Enhance > Heal Transparency. If the "outward from center" option is not already selected, select it. In the sample below, the 50px sample radius (default) worked quite well. Hit OK and go make a cup of coffee or something - this is a very complex and therefore rather slow filter. When you come back, you should like what you see. Before: http://pilobilus.net/xfer/camo.jpg After: http://pilobilus.net/xfer/camo.large.jpg :o)
I will definitely look into this for future projects (and may use it on this one if I don't like what I've found), but I did manage to find this: http://registry.gimp.org/node/24331 I do, however like your results. Definitely will look into that process as I'm fleshing out exactly how I want the final product to look (or just to have multiple options). -- Sincerely, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. Owner Boo-LaLa(Enterprises) d.b.a. Trinity Electrical & Handyman Services Need a website? Go with the pros: http://www.bluehost.com/track/janagyjr
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