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| Uploaded: | January 16, 2010 |
| Artist: | XXMedicGirlXx |
| Difficulty: | Novice  |
| Steps: | 11 |
| Updated: | January 16, 2010 |
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How To Make Lightning in GIMP
Here's my first computer-based program tutorial on how to make lightning in GIMP. If you don't already have GIMP on your computer, you should know that this program is very similar to Photoshop in many aspects and is totally 100% free! They have a website at www.gimp.org where you can visit and download this program! This tutorial is made using GIMP Version 2.6 which is the newest version of the software available. I hope you all enjoy this tutorial on how to make some wicked cool lightning effects in GIMP! :)
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STEP 1.
Here is your basic GIMP screen. On the right is the layers/paths/channels window and on the left is your toolbox with all those handy tools at your fingertips. Since we will only be using the toolbox, you can focus on that for now. if you do not see the toolbox (shown on the left) just press "CTRL" and "B" and it should pop up. All you need for the first step is to open a new blank file. You can do that by going to "File" > "New."
STEP 2.
Go to the toolbox on the left and click on the Paintbrush tool. (It is currently selected as shown in the screenshot.) Using the two little boxes of color underneath, change the brush color to black and color in about half of the canvas in black as shown here. The line where the black and white touch is where your lightning will be made. Move on to the next step!
STEP 3.
Now here's where you have to pay close attention. Go to the "Filters" menu located on the top bar. Then select "Blur" > "Gaussian Blur". Set both the horizontal and vertical radii to "100.0" as seen here. Then click OK.
STEP 4.
At this point, it should look like the black spilled over on the white like it is shown here. If your drawing looks like this, you're set for the next step!
STEP 5.
Here's another slightly tricky step! Go to the "Filters" menu again. This time go down to "Render" > "Clouds" > "Difference Clouds". You should get a pop-up window that looks like the one shown here. Set the detail to its maximum (15) and change both the X and Y size to "9.5". Then click OK.
STEP 6.
When you select OK, this is what you picture should now look like. Move on to the next step!
STEP 7.
The lightning from the last step is black and isn't lightning normally a shade of white? Well, we can fix this by going up to the top bar, selecting "Colors" and then scroll down to "Invert" and selecting that. This simply switched the hue of black and white, making the once black lightning white and the background black. It should look like this now. Now doesn't that look much more like real lightning?
STEP 8.
Alright, now we want to get rid of all that grayish noise surrounding the white lightning in the middle. We do this by going to the top bar "Colors" and going down to "Levels". A pop-up window similar to this one will show. You see the top part of the window, with the sliders and the blackish looking mountain that's labeled "Input Levels"? That's what we're interested in. There are three sliders below that 'black mountain'. Click on the black slider all the way on the left and drag it to the right until your lightning looks similar to this one. Here you can see that all three of the sliders below the 'black mountain' are towards the right, circled in red. When you have it perfectly the way you want it, click OK.
STEP 9.
Now, we are nearing the end of this tutorial! For this ninth and final step, go to the top bar once again and go to "Colors" and then scroll down to "Colorize". Selecting that will show a pop-up window similar to this one here. Leave the lightness at ZERO! Using the hue and saturation bars by dragging them left and right, experiment to make your lightning any color you would like. I used a basic blue color where the hue is "242" and the saturation is "89." Be creative with the colors, just be sure not to touch the lightness bar or the black background will change color as well!
STEP 10.
When you finished coloring the lightning any color you want, you are finally done!
STEP 11.
Here is a close-up of the finished lightning bolt! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Comments, tips and ratings are happily welcomed! ^__^Comments: Post Comment
Pencil_Guy ~ Aug 7, 2012, 9:00:59 AM
Wow! Thank u! This really helps me with a background I have to finish! 
shadow_the_girl ~ Apr 16, 2012, 9:08:12 PM
This is so awesome!!!! and random 
lol
and random lol
TwentyOne21 ~ Oct 21, 2011, 6:22:27 PM
thank you Lallie 
@sevencube3
Thanks for trying my tutorial!!! Looks just like it does in the tut-No,this version looks even BETTER than it does in the tut!! 
sevencube3 ~ Jun 15, 2011, 7:14:34 PM
Thanks for trying my tutorial!!! Looks just like it does in the tut-No,this version looks even BETTER than it does in the tut!!
durza11 ~ Jan 27, 2010, 11:11:41 PM
Linkin_Park17 ~ Jan 24, 2010, 12:25:53 AM
thanks so much again!
xXMedicGirlXx ~ Jan 20, 2010, 5:11:56 PM
This is insanely good! The face and the eyes! The lips look very good, shaded like that and the hair and the wings are well sketched.
@durza11
Your art is very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
durza11 ~ Jan 19, 2010, 5:00:01 PM
Your art is very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xXMedicGirlXx ~ Jan 17, 2010, 11:56:20 AM
Lol i aint trying to compare with anyone.... i do this out of my own time besides... i rushed with this 
Plus i dont toot my own horn trying to make myself big headed .gif "B)")
Plus i dont toot my own horn trying to make myself big headed @NTeamLover
mines came out ugly 
NTeamLover ~ Jan 17, 2010, 8:26:35 AM
mines came out ugly
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