[cravepain]

Gimp is a Image Manipulation Program, and is a freely distributed Here.

Content

:arrow: The Layers Pallet
:arrow: Downloading Brushes
:arrow: Creating Your Own Brushes
:arrow: Making A Polaroid
:arrow: Smoothing A Meez's Skin
:arrow: Getting Rid Of White Borders
:arrow: Adding Tattoos
:arrow: Reflections
:arrow: Eye Color

The Layers Pallet

If your Layer Pallet is not already open, go to Dialogs - Create New Dock - Layers, Channels, & Paths.



Now lets get to learn the Layer Pallet and all it can do.



01. Opens The Layers Dialog Box.
02. Mode; Does different blending options to the layer selected.
03. Opacity; The amount of transparency a layer has.
04. Lock; Locks and unlocks the alpha channel.
05. Visibility Toggle; Changes if the layer is visible in the project or not.
06. Create a new blank, transparent layer.
07. Moves the layers up in the pallet.
08. Moves the layers down in the pallet.
09. Create a duplicate layer of the one selected in the pallet.
10. Anchor Layer; If you have created a floating selection, a temporary layer, called a floating layer or floating selection is added to the layer stack. As long as the floating layer persists, you can work only on it. To work on the rest of the image, you must “anchor” the floating layer to the former active layer with this command.
11. Delete Layers; Drag the layer you wish to delete over this icon.
12. Options Menu; Click here, and select Layers Menu for other layer options.

Downloading Brushes


1. Go to DeviantART.

2. In the search art box, type in Gimp Brushes for all of your options. If you want to make it more specific, simply put in something along the lines of Gimp Hair Brush or Gimp Blood Brush.



3. Many pages will show up with different brushes you can download. For this example I will be downloading this Scratches set.



4. On the left of the page you will see quite a few links. Click on the Download button.



5. A box will then appear and start to download the brush.



6. Once it is done downloading, right click on the Start menu on the bottom left corner of your screen, choose Explore.



7. Go to where you saved your file. In my case, it's in C:\Downloads. Once there, double click on the ZIP file you just downloaded to extract the file.

8. This step may look a bit different depending on the program you have, but it's the same concept. I use a program called WinRAR for extracting. Once in there, simply click "Extract To" and select the location you wish for it to go to. I always send it back to the Downloads folder to make it easy.

9. Once your ZIP file is extracted, you will see either one of a few GIMP brush files. They look like this:



Grab only those files, cut and paste them into your Brushes folder where Gimp is located. For me, this is the location. C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\brushes. Yours should be similar.

10. Once they are in there, go to your Gimp program and click on the Paint Brush Tool, click on the Brush options, and select the Brush Selection Dialog.



Your brushes should be set in there already. If they are not, hit the Refresh button in the dialog box.



If your brushes are still not showing up, close out Gimp and restart the program. If you are still having problems, either you didn't extract the file and inserted the ZIP file, or you placed them in the wrong folder.

You can now enjoy your new brushes!

Creating Your Own Brushes

1. Open up a new, blank canvas. Set the size to whatever you feel fit for the brush you are wanting to create. Select Advanced Options and change the Fill With: to Transparency. For mine I am using these settings:



2. Create the design you wish to become a brush. Here is my design:



3. Right click the canvas and choose Select - All.



4. Save the brush design in C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\brushes as a .GBR file. Name it whatever you like. I named mine Butterfly.GBR. A pop up box will then appear, simply hit Save.

5. Go back into Gimp and select File - Dialogs - Brushes.



A pop up menu should now appear called Brushes. Click the Refresh button on your menu. Your brush design should now be shown. If not, close Gimp and re-open it. Go back into the brush settings, and it should be visible.



Making A Polaroid

1. Open your picture in Gimp. For this example, the file must be a .BMP.
2. Create an Alpha Channel. Go to Layer - Transparency - Add Alpha Channel. If it is not visible for you, your image is not a supported file type.



3. Now enlarge the the canvas to make room for the Polaroid border. Go to Image - Canvas Size.



Everyones dimensions will be different here, being we are not using the same images. Make sure to drag your image in the center of the canvas before selecting Resize. For this particular example I will be using these settings:



4. Add a new layer and name it Paper Border, and move it under the photo layer. This is what your Layer Pallet should look like:



5. Use the Rectangle Select Tool to make a rectangular selection in the new layer around the photo, it will be the border. For a realistic Polaroid, make the bottom border thicker:





6. Change your Foreground Color to #eceeeb and your Background Color to #ffffff.



7. Select the Gradient Tool.



Make a diagonal line, starting from the bottom left corner up to the right on the Paper Border layer.



Here is what it should look like so far:



8. Go to Filters - Light And Shadow - Drop Shadow.



Select these options:



Now your photo should have a slight 3D look, as such:



9. Use the Text Tool.



Select a font of choice, and write what you wish to be placed on your Polaroid. I am going to simply write "Cravepain" for my example, with the font of "Harrison" at size 30, in black.



Here is what we have:



10. To get a clearer view of what we have done so far, create a new layer, color it white, and place it at the bottom of the stack in the Layers Pallet. As such:



Here is the outcome:



11. Now we need to merge down three of the layers to set up for the next step. To do so, go to Layer - Merge Down two times.



We are combining the Text Layer, Background Layer, and Paper Border Layer. Your Layer Pallet should now look like this:



12. Now we are going to bend the photo to make it look more like a Polaroid. Go to Filters - Distorts - Curve Bend.



Make sure Smoothing, Antialiasing, and Live Preview are checked. Mess around with the Upper and Lower Curve For Border. Here is what I have chosen for my curve:



13. Your photo is now a bit awkward looking with that drop shadow we placed earlier in the tutorial.



To fix this, move around your image to fit the shadow, like so:



Merge Paper Border and Drop Shadow. Your Layer Pallet should now look like this:



14. Use the Rotate Tool and rotate the photo layer a bit for even more realism.



Here are the options I chose, though change them to your liking.



15. You may end here if you like with the tutorial, but I am going to show you a bit more regarding it to dress it up. Now we will add a piece of adhesive tape to keep the photo "glued". Start by creating a new transparent layer on top. Call it "Tape".



16. On the layer "Tape" make a rectangular selection and fill it with any color you desire. I am going to be using #9d7418.



17. Use the Eraser Tool and make the tape ends look realistic.





18. Select the Rotate Tool and turn the "Tape" to your desired location. Here is my outcome:



19. For a relief look, add a slight drop shadow to the tape. I used these settings:



20. Merge the Tape Layer and Drop Shadow Layer.

21. If you want a transparent looking tape, change the opacity. Here is what my Layer Pallet looks like now:



22. Move the Tape Layer to the placement you like, and we are done!



23. We can leave the background solid, or we could remove the white background layer and make it transparent and ready for a new background.





24. Now place it on the background of your choice. I created a new layer called "Background" and placed it at the bottom of the layer stack. I then grabbed the "Fill Tool" and used the Cork Board pattern.



25. Merge all your layers, crop it down to size - and here is the final outcome:



Smoothing Meez's Skin

1. Open the Meez you wish to edit and select the Smudge Tool.



2. Change to these settings (If your image is larger than mine, simply increase the size of your brush):



3. Lower the Opacity of the brush to 45.



4. Brush the surface of the skin to smooth out the pixel damage. Do not overly smudge, or it will look like a blurry mess. Simply get rid of the noticeable pixel lines in the skin. Here is a close-up of my Meez's face before and after smoothing, to give you an example of what I am looking for.



5. Create a new transparent layer and name it "Highlights". Place it above the image of your Meez.



6. Zoom in a bit on your Meez to make it slightly enlarged. This will make things a little easier with the next step.



7. Select the Color Picker Tool to select a light color from your Meeze's skin. Make sure to be on the lower layer with the Meez.



Choose the color which is lightest. Around the tip of the nose normally has a decent color to choose. Once selected, click on the Foreground Color.



In here, move the slider towards the white, making sure to not make it solid white, but leaving the skin tone noticeable. We just need a lighter shade of what we have selected. I ended up selecting the color #f4ece3.

8. Select the Paint Brush.



The brush size will be different depending on the size of your original image. The opacity should stay the same as mine on the other hand. Here are my settings:



9. Make sure your Highlights Layer is selected and begin to lightly powder the skin with your brush. There really is no right or wrong to this step, just don't over do one area or it will look uneven. Make sure, when done, you check your edges to make sure you did not go in areas outside the skin itself. Check the eyes, clothes, hair, background, and any other items your Meez has on before doing this last step.

10. When you are satisfied, merge the Highlights and Background image and you are done. Here is a before and after:



Getting Rid Of White Borders

1. Open up your Meez close-up or full body shot.

2. Select the Fuzzy Select Tool.



Select the solid background around your Meez. Then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while selecting the rest of the white within the arms, hair, clothes, and jewelry.



Now we have the background selected. Go to Select - Invert to select your Meez.



Go to Edit - Copy and copy your Meez image.



Select File - New and create a new transparent canvas. You can get rid of the other one if you choose to.



When you are done, it will look something like this:



You will notice there is still a rough edge, and still a small white border. We will fix that with the next few steps.

3. Being the border is white, I like to make a solid black background for contrast. Create a new layer and select the box Foreground Color. There is no need to name this layer, being it will be deleted later on. Once it is created, place it underneath your Meez layer.



Notice you now see the imperfections even more. This is what we want. Here is what mine looks like:



4. Now that we see what we need to get rid of, select the Eraser Tool.



Select your Background Layer, or in other words your Meez Layer. Zoom in to 400% or so, just to make things easier on ourselves, and select these options for your Eraser Tool:



Go along the entire Meez with the eraser, deleting the white and light grey borders. The outcome will look similar to this:



5. Lastly, just simply delete the solid black layer, and you have yourself a nicely cropped Meez ready to find a nice background to be placed on.

Adding Tattoos

1. Open up your Meez of choice and create a new transparent layer and call it "Tattoo". Place this layer above your Meez layer (Background Layer).



2. Choose a image which you desire to be placed on your Meez. I choose this image:



3. Paste your tattoo image onto your project. You will notice it becomes a Floating Anchor Layer.



Simply click the Anchor button to fx this. It will then merge onto the transparent layer.



4. If needed, resize the Tattoo Layer with the Scale Tool.



Here is what I have so far:



5. If needed, rotate the Tattoo Layer with the Rotate Tool to fit it in the area you wish to place it.



6. Change the Mode to Multiply, and the Opacity to your desire. I used these settings:



Here is what we have as of now:



7. In most cases, and mine, you will see a overflow of the tattoo in areas you don't want it to be. To get rid of this, simply grab the Eraser Tool and erase the extra. I used a Circle (03) eraser.



Now simply merge your two layers, and you are done!



Reflections

1. Start by opening a image with a transparent background. If you do not know how to obtain a transparent background, refer to the Getting Rid Of White Borders tutorial.

2. Make sure your Meez Layer is selected, and duplicate it.



3. Once duplicated, select the new copied layer and go to Tools - Transform Tools - Flip.



Hold down CTRL and flip your image vertically, then move it right below your other Meez image. You may need to change your Canvas Size to do this step. If so, go to Image - Canvas Size and change the height. Here is what my two layers look like together:



4. Create a new layer and select White. Name this layer "White" as well. Place it at the bottom of the layer stack.

5. Select the Background Layer (The layer we flipped) and add a Layer Mask. Go to Layer - Mask - Add Layer Mask. Choose White (full opacity).



6. Select the Blend Tool.



Set your Foreground color to black. Change the Blend Tool to FG Transparent and select Reverse.



7. With the Background Layer selected, drag your blend from the top of your image (Background Copy) to the bottom (Background).



It will now look like this:



8. You will notice that on a white background the reflecting doesn't look too good. If you wish to keep it on a light background, such as white, simply lower the Opacity of that layer until it suits your liking. On a dark color such as black, on the other hand, these settings work just fine and look rather well.

Eye Color

1. Open up your image and Zoom in. I choose 400%.

2. Select the Ellipse Select Tool.



Choose these settings:



3. Start at the left side of the iris and create a basic circular shape the diameter of the iris.



Move and shape the circle to fit the basic shape of the iris.



4. Right click the image and choose Colors - Colorize.



A pop up box will then appear. Meez around with the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness to get your desired color. You may want to write down or remember the settings you end up with to make sure you get an identical match for the other iris. Here are the settings I choose:



5. Repeat steps 3 - 4 only with the other iris.

Here is my outcome:



6. You will notice the glare of the eye has a green tint. I personally do not like it, so I am going to simply select the Paint Brush Tool, select a light gray (#dcdcdc), and color over the glares to get rid of the tint overflow. Here is my end result:

[mystic_girl_ehdz]

My very patience crave

[cravepain]

mystic_girl_ehdz wrote: my very patience crave

:lol:

Well I am off to bed now.

Goodnight. :-)

[mystic_girl_ehdz]

cravepain wrote: mystic_girl_ehdz wrote: my very patience crave :lol: Well I am off to bed now. Goodnight. :-)

sweet dreams.. /hugs

[cravepain]

mystic_girl_ehdz wrote: sweet dreams.. /hugs

*Hugs*

I will talk to you later.

XD

[sarahsmilesx]

What if you use more than 1 program? O:

& Nice tut/

[-do-not-disturb-]

Wow that's great
Good job it's much help :]
Thanks Nikki! ;D

[xrain_dancex]

Thanks so much This will help me and plus this is the best tutorial.

[sasharon]

Nice.

[underoath321]

cravepain wrote: Gimp is a Image Manipulation Program, and is a freely distributed Here. Content :arrow: The Layers Pallet :arrow: Downloading Brushes :arrow: Creating Your Own Brushes :arrow: Making A Polaroid :arrow: Smoothing A Meez's Skin :arrow: Getting Rid Of White Borders :arrow: Adding Tattoos :arrow: Reflections :arrow: Eye Color The Layers Pallet If your Layer Pallet is not already open, go to Dialogs - Create New Dock - Layers, Channels, & Paths. Now lets get to learn the Layer Pallet and all it can do. 01. Opens The Layers Dialog Box. 02. Mode; Does different blending options to the layer selected. 03. Opacity; The amount of transparency a layer has. 04. Lock; Locks and unlocks the alpha channel. 05. Visibility Toggle; Changes if the layer is visible in the project or not. 06. Create a new blank, transparent layer. 07. Moves the layers up in the pallet. 08. Moves the layers down in the pallet. 09. Create a duplicate layer of the one selected in the pallet. 10. Anchor Layer; If you have created a floating selection, a temporary layer, called a floating layer or floating selection is added to the layer stack. As long as the floating layer persists, you can work only on it. To work on the rest of the image, you must “anchor” the floating layer to the former active layer with this command. 11. Delete Layers; Drag the layer you wish to delete over this icon. 12. Options Menu; Click here, and select Layers Menu for other layer options. Downloading Brushes 1. Go to DeviantART. 2. In the search art box, type in Gimp Brushes for all of your options. If you want to make it more specific, simply put in something along the lines of Gimp Hair Brush or Gimp Blood Brush. 3. Many pages will show up with different brushes you can download. For this example I will be downloading this Scratches set. 4. On the left of the page you will see quite a few links. Click on the Download button. 5. A box will then appear and start to download the brush. 6. Once it is done downloading, right click on the Start menu on the bottom left corner of your screen, choose Explore. 7. Go to where you saved your file. In my case, it's in C:\Downloads. Once there, double click on the ZIP file you just downloaded to extract the file. 8. This step may look a bit different depending on the program you have, but it's the same concept. I use a program called WinRAR for extracting. Once in there, simply click "Extract To" and select the location you wish for it to go to. I always send it back to the Downloads folder to make it easy. 9. Once your ZIP file is extracted, you will see either one of a few GIMP brush files. They look like this: Grab only those files, cut and paste them into your Brushes folder where Gimp is located. For me, this is the location. C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\brushes. Yours should be similar. 10. Once they are in there, go to your Gimp program and click on the Paint Brush Tool, click on the Brush options, and select the Brush Selection Dialog. Your brushes should be set in there already. If they are not, hit the Refresh button in the dialog box. If your brushes are still not showing up, close out Gimp and restart the program. If you are still having problems, either you didn't extract the file and inserted the ZIP file, or you placed them in the wrong folder. You can now enjoy your new brushes! Creating Your Own Brushes 1. Open up a new, blank canvas. Set the size to whatever you feel fit for the brush you are wanting to create. Select Advanced Options and change the Fill With: to Transparency. For mine I am using these settings: 2. Create the design you wish to become a brush. Here is my design: 3. Right click the canvas and choose Select - All. 4. Save the brush design in C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\brushes as a .GBR file. Name it whatever you like. I named mine Butterfly.GBR. A pop up box will then appear, simply hit Save. 5. Go back into Gimp and select File - Dialogs - Brushes. A pop up menu should now appear called Brushes. Click the Refresh button on your menu. Your brush design should now be shown. If not, close Gimp and re-open it. Go back into the brush settings, and it should be visible. Making A Polaroid 1. Open your picture in Gimp. For this example, the file must be a .BMP. 2. Create an Alpha Channel. Go to Layer - Transparency - Add Alpha Channel. If it is not visible for you, your image is not a supported file type. 3. Now enlarge the the canvas to make room for the Polaroid border. Go to Image - Canvas Size. Everyones dimensions will be different here, being we are not using the same images. Make sure to drag your image in the center of the canvas before selecting Resize. For this particular example I will be using these settings: 4. Add a new layer and name it Paper Border, and move it under the photo layer. This is what your Layer Pallet should look like: 5. Use the Rectangle Select Tool to make a rectangular selection in the new layer around the photo, it will be the border. For a realistic Polaroid, make the bottom border thicker: 6. Change your Foreground Color to #eceeeb and your Background Color to #ffffff. 7. Select the Gradient Tool. Make a diagonal line, starting from the bottom left corner up to the right on the Paper Border layer. Here is what it should look like so far: 8. Go to Filters - Light And Shadow - Drop Shadow. Select these options: Now your photo should have a slight 3D look, as such: 9. Use the Text Tool. Select a font of choice, and write what you wish to be placed on your Polaroid. I am going to simply write "Cravepain" for my example, with the font of "Harrison" at size 30, in black. Here is what we have: 10. To get a clearer view of what we have done so far, create a new layer, color it white, and place it at the bottom of the stack in the Layers Pallet. As such: Here is the outcome: 11. Now we need to merge down three of the layers to set up for the next step. To do so, go to Layer - Merge Down two times. We are combining the Text Layer, Background Layer, and Paper Border Layer. Your Layer Pallet should now look like this: 12. Now we are going to bend the photo to make it look more like a Polaroid. Go to Filters - Distorts - Curve Bend. Make sure Smoothing, Antialiasing, and Live Preview are checked. Mess around with the Upper and Lower Curve For Border. Here is what I have chosen for my curve: 13. Your photo is now a bit awkward looking with that drop shadow we placed earlier in the tutorial. To fix this, move around your image to fit the shadow, like so: Merge Paper Border and Drop Shadow. Your Layer Pallet should now look like this: 14. Use the Rotate Tool and rotate the photo layer a bit for even more realism. Here are the options I chose, though change them to your liking. 15. You may end here if you like with the tutorial, but I am going to show you a bit more regarding it to dress it up. Now we will add a piece of adhesive tape to keep the photo "glued". Start by creating a new transparent layer on top. Call it "Tape". 16. On the layer "Tape" make a rectangular selection and fill it with any color you desire. I am going to be using #9d7418. 17. Use the Eraser Tool and make the tape ends look realistic. 18. Select the Rotate Tool and turn the "Tape" to your desired location. Here is my outcome: 19. For a relief look, add a slight drop shadow to the tape. I used these settings: 20. Merge the Tape Layer and Drop Shadow Layer. 21. If you want a transparent looking tape, change the opacity. Here is what my Layer Pallet looks like now: 22. Move the Tape Layer to the placement you like, and we are done! 23. We can leave the background solid, or we could remove the white background layer and make it transparent and ready for a new background. 24. Now place it on the background of your choice. I created a new layer called "Background" and placed it at the bottom of the layer stack. I then grabbed the "Fill Tool" and used the Cork Board pattern. 25. Merge all your layers, crop it down to size - and here is the final outcome: Smoothing Meez's Skin 1. Open the Meez you wish to edit and select the Smudge Tool. 2. Change to these settings (If your image is larger than mine, simply increase the size of your brush): 3. Lower the Opacity of the brush to 45. 4. Brush the surface of the skin to smooth out the pixel damage. Do not overly smudge, or it will look like a blurry mess. Simply get rid of the noticeable pixel lines in the skin. Here is a close-up of my Meez's face before and after smoothing, to give you an example of what I am looking for. 5. Create a new transparent layer and name it "Highlights". Place it above the image of your Meez. 6. Zoom in a bit on your Meez to make it slightly enlarged. This will make things a little easier with the next step. 7. Select the Color Picker Tool to select a light color from your Meeze's skin. Make sure to be on the lower layer with the Meez. Choose the color which is lightest. Around the tip of the nose normally has a decent color to choose. Once selected, click on the Foreground Color. In here, move the slider towards the white, making sure to not make it solid white, but leaving the skin tone noticeable. We just need a lighter shade of what we have selected. I ended up selecting the color #f4ece3. 8. Select the Paint Brush. The brush size will be different depending on the size of your original image. The opacity should stay the same as mine on the other hand. Here are my settings: 9. Make sure your Highlights Layer is selected and begin to lightly powder the skin with your brush. There really is no right or wrong to this step, just don't over do one area or it will look uneven. Make sure, when done, you check your edges to make sure you did not go in areas outside the skin itself. Check the eyes, clothes, hair, background, and any other items your Meez has on before doing this last step. 10. When you are satisfied, merge the Highlights and Background image and you are done. Here is a before and after: Getting Rid Of White Borders 1. Open up your Meez close-up or full body shot. 2. Select the Fuzzy Select Tool. Select the solid background around your Meez. Then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while selecting the rest of the white within the arms, hair, clothes, and jewelry. Now we have the background selected. Go to Select - Invert to select your Meez. Go to Edit - Copy and copy your Meez image. Select File - New and create a new transparent canvas. You can get rid of the other one if you choose to. When you are done, it will look something like this: You will notice there is still a rough edge, and still a small white border. We will fix that with the next few steps. 3. Being the border is white, I like to make a solid black background for contrast. Create a new layer and select the box Foreground Color. There is no need to name this layer, being it will be deleted later on. Once it is created, place it underneath your Meez layer. Notice you now see the imperfections even more. This is what we want. Here is what mine looks like: 4. Now that we see what we need to get rid of, select the Eraser Tool. Select your Background Layer, or in other words your Meez Layer. Zoom in to 400% or so, just to make things easier on ourselves, and select these options for your Eraser Tool: Go along the entire Meez with the eraser, deleting the white and light grey borders. The outcome will look similar to this: 5. Lastly, just simply delete the solid black layer, and you have yourself a nicely cropped Meez ready to find a nice background to be placed on. Adding Tattoos 1. Open up your Meez of choice and create a new transparent layer and call it "Tattoo". Place this layer above your Meez layer (Background Layer). 2. Choose a image which you desire to be placed on your Meez. I choose this image: 3. Paste your tattoo image onto your project. You will notice it becomes a Floating Anchor Layer. Simply click the Anchor button to fx this. It will then merge onto the transparent layer. 4. If needed, resize the Tattoo Layer with the Scale Tool. Here is what I have so far: 5. If needed, rotate the Tattoo Layer with the Rotate Tool to fit it in the area you wish to place it. 6. Change the Mode to Multiply, and the Opacity to your desire. I used these settings: Here is what we have as of now: 7. In most cases, and mine, you will see a overflow of the tattoo in areas you don't want it to be. To get rid of this, simply grab the Eraser Tool and erase the extra. I used a Circle (03) eraser. Now simply merge your two layers, and you are done! Reflections 1. Start by opening a image with a transparent background. If you do not know how to obtain a transparent background, refer to the Getting Rid Of White Borders tutorial. 2. Make sure your Meez Layer is selected, and duplicate it. 3. Once duplicated, select the new copied layer and go to Tools - Transform Tools - Flip. Hold down CTRL and flip your image vertically, then move it right below your other Meez image. You may need to change your Canvas Size to do this step. If so, go to Image - Canvas Size and change the height. Here is what my two layers look like together: 4. Create a new layer and select White. Name this layer "White" as well. Place it at the bottom of the layer stack. 5. Select the Background Layer (The layer we flipped) and add a Layer Mask. Go to Layer - Mask - Add Layer Mask. Choose White (full opacity). 6. Select the Blend Tool. Set your Foreground color to black. Change the Blend Tool to FG Transparent and select Reverse. 7. With the Background Layer selected, drag your blend from the top of your image (Background Copy) to the bottom (Background). It will now look like this: 8. You will notice that on a white background the reflecting doesn't look too good. If you wish to keep it on a light background, such as white, simply lower the Opacity of that layer until it suits your liking. On a dark color such as black, on the other hand, these settings work just fine and look rather well. Eye Color 1. Open up your image and Zoom in. I choose 400%. 2. Select the Ellipse Select Tool. Choose these settings: 3. Start at the left side of the iris and create a basic circular shape the diameter of the iris. Move and shape the circle to fit the basic shape of the iris. 4. Right click the image and choose Colors - Colorize. A pop up box will then appear. Meez around with the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness to get your desired color. You may want to write down or remember the settings you end up with to make sure you get an identical match for the other iris. Here are the settings I choose: 5. Repeat steps 3 - 4 only with the other iris. Here is my outcome: 6. You will notice the glare of the eye has a green tint. I personally do not like it, so I am going to simply select the Paint Brush Tool, select a light gray (#dcdcdc), and color over the glares to get rid of the tint overflow. Here is my end result:

all hale gimp master :thumbup: