GIMP Tutorial #016 & 017

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Going from this:
to this:


Recreating this:

Requested by wunderkind_lucy

1. First, open your base, sharpen, etc. I sharpened mine about 30.

2. Go Colours>Components>Channel Mixer. Use these settings:
Red: 130, -60, 15
Green: -5, 60, 60
Blue: -40, 30, 100
Uncheck ‘Preserve luminosity’.

3. Duplicate this layer. Go Colours>Colour Balance. Use these settings:
Shadows: -15, 20, 30
Midtones: 40, 21, 13
Highlights: 14, 0, 11
Check ‘Preserve luminosity’.

4. Set this layer to ‘Hue’ at 100% opacity.

5. Merge your layers and add text, etc. My text is Garamond, size 18, 1a2c0e. Set to ‘Normal’ at 100%.

Going from this:
to this:


Recreating this:

Requested by wunderkind_lucy

It’s not exactly the same, but it’s as close as I could get it.

1. Follow the first three steps of the tutorial above.

2. Set your second layer (the one you did Colour Balance on) to ‘Normal’ at 40%.

3. Insert this texture:
by _iconographer. Set it to ‘Lighten only’ at 60%. I flipped it vertically.

4. This texture:
by angelalpev. Set it to ‘Normal’ at 15%.

5. This texture:
by evastefania. Set it to ‘Screen’ at 100%. I flipped it vertically.

6. This texture:
by nokitas. Set it to ‘Lighten only’ at 40%. I flipped it horizontally.

7. This texture:
by innocent_Lexys. Set it to ‘Multiply’ at 90%.

8. Duplicate your base, drag it to the top, and set it to ‘Screen’ at 20%.

Done!