G'MIC Tom Keil's Filters

Oregonian · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:34 pm **(#1)**

I did a little exploring in G'MIC.

Tom Keil's Filters > Metallic look

This kettle started out as stainless steel and I applied the copper and bronze to them. This animation shows the original stainless steel plus the copper and bronze results. It does a nice job. :hehe

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16155

Yeah it does looks great!

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

yeah Tom is doing great filters

Metallic Look to me is more close to a metallic tint, but anyway work very well if the subject is adapt and a caffe boiler is quite adapt

cool result O

Willy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:57 pm **(#4)**

That is very cool O

nixnine · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:43 pm **(#5)**

Hey, I like this. Pretty cool looking.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

Wow on that script is just perfect...you did something else for that shining looking ?

nixnine · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:37 pm **(#7)**

I used the bevel script first, then the metallic on the selected letters. I really like the script. I'm thinking of a dozen different ways in which I can use it. Groovy kudos to Tom and dd!

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:09 pm **(#8)**

Something new to play with! Awesome!!

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

Nixnine, that deserves its very own tutorial thread. It looks awesome!

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:48 pm **(#10)**

I agree with Mahvin! I am trying to get the same effect and I am getting close, but just not nearly as nice!

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

nixnine wrote:

Hey, I like this. Pretty cool looking.

That looks fantastic!

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

wonder why it wont even go into its right place for me...let alone look right when I download it

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

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wonder why it wont even go into its right place for me...let alone look right when I download it

What do you mean by this? Not sure what you're trying to say.

akky · **Joined:** Apr 09, 2011 **Posts:** 1764

ohh sorry I think I posted that in the wrong thread in any case, but I was talking about Gmic

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

well if you didn't solve yet, open a new topic in Help

Oregonian · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:06 am **(#16)**

Trying to copy nixnine's style.

I beveled and used Multiply layer mode for the bevel layer. It comes out dark but the Metallic filter shines it up.

I've attached my zipped xcf file. The paths for every other letter are in the file so it's quick to select whichever letters you want for the metallic filter. It's something to play around with for different settings, etc.

My settings in the metallic filter: Strength: 0.51, Smoothness: 0.37.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

Very nice Oregonian

should work well also with Fencepost "lord of the ring" script

Oregonian · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:52 am **(#18)**

PhotoComix wrote:

should work well also with Fencepost "lord of the ring" script

Good idea, PhotoComix.

Here are my results. The top one is Fencepost's script which is great. The bottom one I darkened the default text color before taking over to the metallic filter - I used the bronze color there.

Get the script and font:

Fencepost's Lord of the Rings Script

Font
http://www.dafont.com/ringbearer.font

Gms9810 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:09 am **(#19)**

I'm always interested in metallic look effects, it seems to me there are so few that really work. I'll give this a serious going over later. I have to leave to the optometrist as soon as I post this because I'm an idiot and lost my glasses in the yard.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:10 am **(#20)**

Gms9810 wrote:

I have to leave to the optometrist as soon as I post this because I'm an idiot and lost my glasses in the yard.

As soon as you get the new ones, you'll find the ones you lost. Murphy's Law.