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EmmaLiJacy
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 Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:39 pm Post subject: How to make pvc texture with Gimp |
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| Hey all. I am trying to figure out how to make a PVC texture using gimp. I am clueless of where to start and would love some help. Thank you all! |
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Revenir
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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Done in photoshop, but can be replicated in Gimp
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Honestly, when I do PVC, though, I use the pen tool as my strongest ally. For Gimp, the best thing to do is put your brush on a size of 1px, then use your paths tool to make a line, stroke the line with these settings. If you put that on top of all the stuff you blur, it ends up adding really crisp highlights.
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Scarling 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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I actually JUST posted this in another thread like.. not a minute before I read yours. Maybe it will help you too.  It doesn't require anything specific to either program. I use photoshop but I'm sure Gimp has a sharpen tool somewhere.
| Scarling wrote: | PVC Is tricky because for whatever reason people like to blur things to make them shiny but that doesn't work, especially for PVC. When you want something to be exceptionally shiny the tiny bright highlights need to be SHARPENED NOT BLURRED. ;D Do your subtle highlighting on them in white and make the opacity a little lower but then do one little white dot somewhere and sharpen the hell out of it (just don't let it start to get overly pixelated or start to create colored noise, you want everything to be monochromatic).
I did a quick example here to show how much of a difference a sharp pure white highlight makes when doing PVC.
See on the left it has the sharp white highlight, and on the right it doesn't (which looks like most people's first attempts at PVC). PVC is a very reflective material, so there are going to be tiny bright highlights in key areas on the body, or on the shoes in your case. Just find places you think look natural, and do sharper highlights on them (such as the toe, maybe parts of the sides and the very top). Just think realistically about where light would hit.
I hope this helps!  |
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Murisy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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yes gimp does have a sharpen tool . Go to Filters> Enhance> Shparen... nd there i never new we have to use sharpen to make it look shiney an glossy . ( a new lesson learn ) thanks
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Demetri 
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| Scarling wrote: | I actually JUST posted this in another thread like.. not a minute before I read yours. Maybe it will help you too. It doesn't require anything specific to either program. I use photoshop but I'm sure Gimp has a sharpen tool somewhere.
| Scarling wrote: | PVC Is tricky because for whatever reason people like to blur things to make them shiny but that doesn't work, especially for PVC. When you want something to be exceptionally shiny the tiny bright highlights need to be SHARPENED NOT BLURRED. ;D Do your subtle highlighting on them in white and make the opacity a little lower but then do one little white dot somewhere and sharpen the hell out of it (just don't let it start to get overly pixelated or start to create colored noise, you want everything to be monochromatic).
I did a quick example here to show how much of a difference a sharp pure white highlight makes when doing PVC.
See on the left it has the sharp white highlight, and on the right it doesn't (which looks like most people's first attempts at PVC). PVC is a very reflective material, so there are going to be tiny bright highlights in key areas on the body, or on the shoes in your case. Just find places you think look natural, and do sharper highlights on them (such as the toe, maybe parts of the sides and the very top). Just think realistically about where light would hit.
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Now this is something I have been searching for for ages.. no one told me to sharpen instead of blue. o,o Makes things alot more easier. I'm a go try this. I'll post what I come out with. :3 |
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Demetri
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| I tried to do that. Mine didn't turn out so well. |
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SuperbiaVII
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| Demetri wrote: | | I tried to do that. Mine didn't turn out so well. |
Demetri, I'm wondering if you used a solid brush tip or a softer one? I'm going to try my hand and see what I can come up with.
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EmpressDaniFilth
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| Wow and all this time I never thought to use the sharpen... feels kinda like I was making it harder than it looked... thanks for the help! |
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oXbilliexpunkXo
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I actually JUST posted this in another thread like.. not a minute before I read yours. Maybe it will help you too. It doesn't require anything specific to either program. I use photoshop but I'm sure Gimp has a sharpen tool somewhere.
Scarling wrote:
PVC Is tricky because for whatever reason people like to blur things to make them shiny but that doesn't work, especially for PVC. When you want something to be exceptionally shiny the tiny bright highlights need to be SHARPENED NOT BLURRED. ;D Do your subtle highlighting on them in white and make the opacity a little lower but then do one little white dot somewhere and sharpen the hell out of it (just don't let it start to get overly pixelated or start to create colored noise, you want everything to be monochromatic).
I did a quick example here to show how much of a difference a sharp pure white highlight makes when doing PVC.
See on the left it has the sharp white highlight, and on the right it doesn't (which looks like most people's first attempts at PVC). PVC is a very reflective material, so there are going to be tiny bright highlights in key areas on the body, or on the shoes in your case. Just find places you think look natural, and do sharper highlights on them (such as the toe, maybe parts of the sides and the very top). Just think realistically about where light would hit.
I hope this helps!
(I still aint figured it out ) How do u make a pvc texture for rooms step by step ? o.0 |
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llLEXIl
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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im good with pvc let me know if i can help any one
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DeathAngel122
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| IllusiveDesire wrote: | | im good with pvc let me know if i can help any one |
you should help me with pvc i suck with it yet im good with furrys and other clothing |
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