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Inthisproject,youwilluseanumberofGIMPstoolsandfilterstosimulateatattooonthehead
ofabaldman:ForegroundSelecttool,QuickMask,ScaleandRotatetools,Distortsand
EdgeDetectfilters,andmore.
Sourceimagesfromfreeimages.com:lighthouse|baldguy
Inverttheselectionsothatitincludesallthesky/groundbackground,SelectInvert(I).You
nowwanttoreplacetheselectedareawithtransparency,soyouneedtoaddanalphachannel
totheimage,LayerTransparencyAddAlphaChannel.Nowcleartheselection,Edit
Clear,anddeselectSelectNone(A).
Applying a Tattoo to the Head of a Bald Man
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Scalethelighthousetofitthebackofthehead.SelecttheScaleTool(T),reducetoabout
20%.UsetheMoveTool(M)topositionitonthebackofthebaldguy'shead.
Younextneedtorotatethelighthousetomatchtheangleofthehead.SelecttheRotateTool
(R),grabthegridanddragcounterclockwiseabout20.Youwillprobablyneedtoadjustthe
positionontheheadabit.
ConvertthelighthousetograyscaleusingColorsDesaturate,Chooseshadesofgray
basedon:Average.
Thenextstepistoconvertthelighthouseimagetoalinedrawing,FiltersEdgeDetect
Sobel,defaultsettings.
IntheLayerspallet,settheblendingModetoMultiplyandreducetheOpacitytoabout55%.
Now,blurslightly,FiltersBlurGaussianBlur,blurRadiusof1pixelbothHorizontallyand
Vertically.AddatinybitofNoisefromtheFiltersmenuchooseNoiseRGBNoise,justuse
thedefaults.
AlittlemoreScalingandPositioningwillproducethisresult.
*Ifneeded,seeinstructionsforusingtheForegroundSelectToolhere.SeeaQuickMask
tutorialhere.