It may not be what you started to do but it's beautiful anyway!

Which method are you using to make your gradient? OMG sent me instructions on how he does it. Easy to follow as his instructions are. If you don't have them I'm sure he won't mind if I send them to you.

Laying low: Usually refers to doing something less or continue doing without letting others know you are doing something that supposedly you are not.

Thank you so much Pat for your explanation about meaning. Then OMG, may surprise us with a new nice discovering.
I did my gradient from a path. How is the way you do it Pat? as you save the gradient after creating it? Thank you so much.

Pat625 & Issabella - the reason I said I was 'laying low' (yes, not posting or even Gimping) for a short while, was because I was trying to sort out my 2 PCs, to organise them better and to sort out the glass patterns/tiles for later posting as 'public resources'.

Trouble is I am so easily distracted and each time I looked at a pattern/tile, I thought of another I could make! Then the transparency thing came up and further distracted me. So for OMG it appears 'laying low' is impossible

Pat please share the gradient instructions as you wish.

I apologize for not having the reason for "laying low" correctly in your case. Several meanings for one saying. With your approval I will share the instructions.

Well, Thanks Pat and OMG for your help. I got to create gradient with transparency and now I want to share my first result. I think that as I have liked it a lot, I'll create more surely.

I did my second try. I applied in GMIC _ deformations - Cartesian transform, the big spiral I got. and added a background under it. Then I did another spiral in a shape. As the combination of two gradients was confuse, I did the background under the shape a little darker. I applied BRL to the contour of the shape.

Really very nice, Issabella. OMG has started another craze, transparency in gradients!

Thank you Pat. ... and yes, I think so. Transparency in gradients is another aim to experiment.

Issabella - I'm glad you got the word on making transparent gradients, they can certainly provide further opportunities for both BRL and glass images. I really like the background of the last one.

So here is another glass/metal image that features a transparent gradient that features a glass BRL from a transparent gradient ...



... it'is obvious that i cannot 'lay low' for very long!

I really do not know what to name this. Practice with the glass and metal combinations along with some G'MIC filters!

OMG, nice application glass and metal with a innovative design. Your transparent gradients are a real crack to create beautiful shapes. Thanks for sharing.
Pat, your creation is really beautiful in a heptagon. I love specially the centre in its shape and colour.

I applied a lot of effects and steps in this one as I started creating a little lizard which I converted in a brush. The transparent gradient was created with 4 different yellow hues. An the background in ochre I transformed it in GMIC. After that, I applied stroke with my brush on a circle path and applied blue glass around. I didn't get a nice result but I get experience in steps.

Issabella and OMG: You keep coming up with such innovative ideas! Love them!

Whoo Hoo!! I finally had time to test out some gradients and some with transparency. Here are some of my tests. May not be astounding but I am having fun

O.K.!! I'll quit with these. Need to practice more.

Pat625 - help I cannot keep up with you! Now you have discovered GMIC, your learning curve is now a perpendicular line - i.e. straight up.

I have been busy for a couple of days building a new cover for our pond to stop those rogue birds (herons/kookaburras) taking our gold fish. But I had some GIMP time this afternoon, built a new black/rusty/gold partly transparent gradient, created some brushes from it and like you Pat, had some fun, keeping to the glass theme still.





Pat I should have those glass patterns/tiles ready by the week end.

OMG: Your creations are astounding! Your glass and metal always so shiny.
Be don't hurry on our account for those glass tiles if you have more important things to do. We are not going anywhere. You will find us all here when you are finished.

Thank you Pat - I just found this while sorting out the glass patterns - it is for Wallace and I call it 'purple glass rain' -

Pat, You created fantastic and nice results using transparent gradients. Lovely, we started a new stage thanks to OMG.
OMG, nice colours in your glass outcome.
I used it radial in this one, and a clear glass flower in the centre.