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Chromed text with the GIMP

waltermilner — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:58:06 +0000

Chrome Text For GIMP 2.6.7 – thanks to Penguin Pete

1. Write your text, in white on a black background

2. Blur it a bit by Filters..Blur.. Gaussian blur.. 5 pixels: (This is for the bump map we make later)

3.Do Select..By color, then click on the black. Then Select Invert. This gives a selection around the text:

4. Add a new transparent layer, select it and hide the rest. Do a gradient blend, using black to white:

5. Bump map – Go Filters..Map.. Bump Map. Use the black and white layer as the bump map:

6. Go Colors..Curves, and use a curve on value somethink like this:

The result:

Chromed button by similar process:

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