'Luneta' Texture Tutorial
How to Make a Texture Like This: 
As used in this texture set. Requested by wunderkind_lucy .
Made in GIMP, but it should be translatable.
1. Open up a new 100x100 image.
2. Use your Fill tool to fill your image with black.
3. Now I dug through my photography file and chose one of my own pictures.
I used flower photographs for all of these, but with a bit of fiddling you could probably make it work with other photos as well. I like flowers because there is (for the most part) one main colour and even a bit of texture from the petals. Ones with dark centres work best because of the black background in the texture. You’ll want to use a picture with bright, vibrant colours since you want your colours to stand out - not blend in with the background.
4. Once you’ve chosen your photo, open it as a layer on your texture.
5. Use your Scale tool to make it very small - at least one side of your photo should be less than the 100 pixels of your texture. Mine now looks like this:
6. Now go Filters>Blur>Motion Blur. You’ll want to use the ‘Zoom’ Blur Type. You can leave Blur Centre the way it is, or you can change it - it shouldn’t make a huge difference. I had ‘Blur outward’ checked for all of these, but once again, you can do either, depending on your preference. Under Blur Parameters, move the ‘Length’ up pretty high. I set mine to about 146. Mine now looks like this:
7. Now, remember where the centre of your flower is, because you’re going to erase the whole thing. Yes, that’s right. Make sure your photo layer is selected, and select your Eraser tool. I like to use a 100x100 fuzzy brush to erase the whole picture.
8. In your tool options, check ‘Anti-erase’. With the same fuzzy brush, click once about where the centre of the flower was. Mine now looks like this:
9. That looks fine, sure, but it needs a bit more pizzazz for my liking. Go Colours>Brightness-Contrast. Move your Brightness down and your Contrast up. I used these settings for mine:
Brightness: -12
Contrast: 84.
It’ll be different depending on your image, but for the most part, you’ll want to move the Brightness down a little and the Contrast up a lot. Mine looks like this:
10. From here you can play with the colours a bit more if you like. I like mine the way they are so all I’m going to do is lower the opacity of my photo layer to 90% and erase a bit of the bottom edge to get this:
^Now that’s more better yet!
And there you go!
As used in this texture set. Requested by wunderkind_lucy .
Made in GIMP, but it should be translatable.
1. Open up a new 100x100 image.
2. Use your Fill tool to fill your image with black.
3. Now I dug through my photography file and chose one of my own pictures.
I used flower photographs for all of these, but with a bit of fiddling you could probably make it work with other photos as well. I like flowers because there is (for the most part) one main colour and even a bit of texture from the petals. Ones with dark centres work best because of the black background in the texture. You’ll want to use a picture with bright, vibrant colours since you want your colours to stand out - not blend in with the background.
4. Once you’ve chosen your photo, open it as a layer on your texture.
5. Use your Scale tool to make it very small - at least one side of your photo should be less than the 100 pixels of your texture. Mine now looks like this:
6. Now go Filters>Blur>Motion Blur. You’ll want to use the ‘Zoom’ Blur Type. You can leave Blur Centre the way it is, or you can change it - it shouldn’t make a huge difference. I had ‘Blur outward’ checked for all of these, but once again, you can do either, depending on your preference. Under Blur Parameters, move the ‘Length’ up pretty high. I set mine to about 146. Mine now looks like this:
7. Now, remember where the centre of your flower is, because you’re going to erase the whole thing. Yes, that’s right. Make sure your photo layer is selected, and select your Eraser tool. I like to use a 100x100 fuzzy brush to erase the whole picture.
8. In your tool options, check ‘Anti-erase’. With the same fuzzy brush, click once about where the centre of the flower was. Mine now looks like this:
9. That looks fine, sure, but it needs a bit more pizzazz for my liking. Go Colours>Brightness-Contrast. Move your Brightness down and your Contrast up. I used these settings for mine:
Brightness: -12
Contrast: 84.
It’ll be different depending on your image, but for the most part, you’ll want to move the Brightness down a little and the Contrast up a lot. Mine looks like this:
10. From here you can play with the colours a bit more if you like. I like mine the way they are so all I’m going to do is lower the opacity of my photo layer to 90% and erase a bit of the bottom edge to get this:
^Now that’s more better yet!
And there you go!