whats the best technique to make diagonal stripes ?

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

i love these industrial type of looking, yellow/black diagonal stripes

whats the best technique for creating them ? (by hand, with filters, scripts, paths, etc.)

i just made these by using rectangular selections, filling them with black and yellow and then rotating by 45°, then duplicating the layer and filling in the gaps

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molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

patterns

saulgoode · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:54 pm **(#3)**

Another way is to use the Blend Tool with the Hard Edge gradient. Set the Shape to Linear, and Repeat to either Sawtooth or Triangle, then "paint" your stroke perpendicular to the direction of your stripes. The length of your stroke is either the width of your stripes (Triangle repeat) or half their width (Sawtooth). Hold down the CTRL key while you paint to make sure your stroke is at exactly a 45 degree angle.

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Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

molly wrote:

patterns

thanks molly, that came to my mind after i posted this thread
but i've never tried that before
i think there was a good youtube tutorial how to make patterns, i remember checking out

will give it another go !

saulgoode wrote:

Another way is to use the Blend Tool with the Hard Edge gradient. Set the Shape to Linear, and Repeat to either Sawtooth or Triangle, then "paint" your stroke perpendicular to the direction of your stripes. The length of your stroke is either the width of your stripes (Triangle repeat) or half their width (Sawtooth). Hold down the CTRL key while you paint to make sure your stroke is at exactly a 45 degree angle.

thanks saulgoode for the explanation !
it sounds a bit difficult after reading it once
i will definitely check this out, too

there is still much to learn for this padawan

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16028

This pattern warning 20x20 actually comes standard with Gimp.

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

Rod wrote:

This pattern warning 20x20 actually comes standard with Gimp.

i remember seeing that....came in handy as a template when i tried to make the pattern, thanks Rod !

i made a pattern 300x300pixels, black and transparent, so you can use it with a variety of colors

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saulgoode wrote:

Another way is to use the Blend Tool with the Hard Edge gradient.*snip*

that was actually quite simple and much quicker than making a pattern !
also you have control over the angle of the stripes

COOL ! :bigthup

thanks again saulgoode !

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16028

Yeah i agree Saulgoode is very knowledgable with Gimp.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:42 pm **(#8)**

This is the hardedge gradient method for making a stripped pattern.
As originally described by saulgoode
View saulgoode's Post By Clicking Here.

Select a foreground and background colors.
In this case the colors are yellow and black respectively.
Within the gradients dialog.
Mode should be normal.
Set the shape to liner and set the repeat to sawtooth wave.
Stretch out the gradient form one side to the other.
Long stretch will give less strips, shorter gives more.

It's that simple!

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contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2012

My plugin stripes does this

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GIMP-GEGL-PLUGIN_Stripes

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:13 pm **(#10)**

contrast_ wrote:

My plugin stripes does this

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GIMP-GEGL-PLUGIN_Stripes

How simple is it?

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2012

Wallace wrote:

contrast_ wrote:

My plugin stripes does this

https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GIMP-GEGL-PLUGIN_Stripes

How simple is it?

easy!

Go here, https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GIMP-GEG ... s/releases

You put the binary (dll) in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins and restart GIMP. Go to GEGL Operation and look for "Stripes"
if on GIMP 3 you still have to put the binary in the location above, but you can just search "stripes" after running the plugin you'll see its simple.

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Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:46 pm **(#12)**

contrast_ wrote:

easy!

Go here, https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GIMP-GEG ... s/releases

You put the binary (dll) in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins and restart GIMP. Go to GEGL Operation and look for "Stripes"
if on GIMP 3 you still have to put the binary in the location above, but you can just search "stripes" after running the plugin you'll see its simple.

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The tools to do this are already available out of the box.
My point is,
that this is a very simplistic GIMP function,
that anyone can utilize.
It's a no-brainer.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2012

Wallace wrote:

contrast_ wrote:

easy!

Go here, https://github.com/LinuxBeaver/GIMP-GEG ... s/releases

You put the binary (dll) in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins and restart GIMP. Go to GEGL Operation and look for "Stripes"
if on GIMP 3 you still have to put the binary in the location above, but you can just search "stripes" after running the plugin you'll see its simple.

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stripes_and_honey.png

The tools to do this are already available out of the box.
My point is,
that this is a very simplistic GIMP function,
that anyone can utilize.
It's a no-brainer.

In GIMP 3 RC1 its re-editable when using the plugin but not the gradients tool. I agree too that i'd be better If GIMP could do it non-destructive out of the box with the gradient tool.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2024 6:18 pm **(#14)**

contrast_ wrote:

In GIMP 3 RC1 its re-editable when using the plugin but not the gradients tool.
I agree too that i'd be better If GIMP could do it non-destructive out of the box with the gradient tool.

Don't get me wrong GEGL is cool and all.
As far as out of the box functionality,
this has to be the least complicated method that anyone can use.
Other them dropping in a pattern.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2012

Wallace wrote:

contrast_ wrote:

In GIMP 3 RC1 its re-editable when using the plugin but not the gradients tool.
I agree too that i'd be better If GIMP could do it non-destructive out of the box with the gradient tool.

Don't get me wrong GEGL is cool and all.
As far as out of the box functionality,
this has to be the least complicated method that anyone can use.
Other them dropping in a pattern.

The gradient tool in GIMP uses GEGL, a special op called (gimp:gradient) but its set to apply destructive because GIMP 3 doesn't have the ability to recall gradient coordinates on canvas.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2024 9:03 pm **(#16)**

contrast_ wrote:

The gradient tool in GIMP uses GEGL, a special op called (gimp:gradient) but its set to apply destructive because GIMP 3 doesn't have the ability to recall gradient coordinates on canvas.

Nothing was destroyed by creating this pattern using the hardedge gradient method.

contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2012

Wallace wrote:

contrast_ wrote:

The gradient tool in GIMP uses GEGL, a special op called (gimp:gradient) but its set to apply destructive because GIMP 3 doesn't have the ability to recall gradient coordinates on canvas.

Nothing was destroyed by creating this pattern using the hardedge gradient method.

The word "destructive" is a graphics design term. "destructive" means the same thing as raster. It can't be re-edited. Its applied as pixels only.

The plugin "stripes" can be edited again after applied on canvas in GIMP 3. Therefore it is termed "non-destructive"

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contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2012

The text in GIMP 3 is called non-destructive graphical text because it isn't just pixels and can be re-edited.

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Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:04 pm **(#19)**

contrast_ wrote:

The word "destructive" is a graphics design term. "destructive" means the same thing as raster. It can't be re-edited. Its applied as pixels only.

The plugin "stripes" can be edited again after applied on canvas in GIMP 3. Therefore it is termed "non-destructive"

Pic attached shows Stripes plugin as a "non-destructive" layer effect

I get all that.
This method isn't anything new.
This thread has already demonstrated how easily this pattern can be achieved.

Another way right out of the box to make stripes with any gradient.
Would be to use "posterize".

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contrast_ · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2020 **Posts:** 2012

Wallace wrote:

contrast_ wrote:

The word "destructive" is a graphics design term. "destructive" means the same thing as raster. It can't be re-edited. Its applied as pixels only.

The plugin "stripes" can be edited again after applied on canvas in GIMP 3. Therefore it is termed "non-destructive"

Pic attached shows Stripes plugin as a "non-destructive" layer effect

I get all that.
This method isn't anything new.
This thread has already demonstrated how easily this pattern can be achieved.

Another way right out of the box to make stripes with any gradient.
Would be to use "posterize".

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cool I didn't know posterize could do that. Thanks for showing me