Hai semua, Assalamualaikum..Bersempena this fasting month i.e ramadhan al-mubarak and this coming RAYA day (best wooo!) i would like to show how you to create a shiny text with it's reflection on the floor (using GIMP of course) Here it goes:
1) Set new document, and fill the text box with something like this.
2) Give the text some shine. Activate the ellipse tool and make a selection like this.
3) Go to Edit > Copy,
Go to Edit > Past,
Add a new layer, the 'floating selection layer' is transformed into a normal layer.
Check the 'Lock alfa channel' box in the layer window.
Fill this layer with white And lower the opacity of this layer to somewhere around 20.
It should look like this.
4) Give the text a reflection. While the top layer is active go to Layer > Merge Down so the two text layers get merged.
Duplicate the merged layer.Go to Layer > Transform > Flip Vertically. Activate the Move Tool and move the reflected text down.
Use the down arrowkey of the keyboard rather than the mouse to avoid left/right movement.
5) Go to Layer > Mask > Add Layer Mask.
The Add Layer Layer window will now appear.
Choose here the 'White (full opacity)' option.
Set the standard foreground color (black) and background color (white).
Activate the Blend Tool and choose the FG to BG gradient.
Now draw the gradient across from up to down on the reflected text.
Lower the opacity to 50 and you'll get this nice reflection.
Use a gradient as floor.
Activate the background layer and make a new transparent layer.
Use the Rectangle selection Tool to make a selection like this.
Activate the Blend Tool.
And draw a gradient from the top to the bottom of this selection.
Deactivate the selection.
Finally lower the opacity of this layer to somewhere around 20 and (if needed) use the move tool to place it nice.
And here is the final result.
Lastly, may this fasting month give us the strength and will be blessed by Allah.
Anyway, Selamat Hari Raya from me Faizul Effendee and enjoy all your lemang and ketupat as well. BYE...
