Gimp stencil tutorial (of my cat)

[sanctusen666]

the gimp is SHITTTTTTTTT

linux is SHITTTTTTTTTTTT

[odiwan74]

@sanctusen666

 gimp is FREEEEEEE

who said anything about LINUXXXXXXXX ??

[hashkat]

cool

[odiwan74]

Cheers to everyone on the positive feedback.. i will be doing a couple more tutorials shortly.

[4AMsongs]

awesome tutorial

[rcasanave15]

great tutorial! thank you

[zerotheantihero]

Wow, I have made a few stencils, but have always wondered how to make one involving pictures. Thanks!

[jaydee0071]

yo dude, you are amazing:D:D.

I am just starting out stenciling and that helped big time:). When doin the brightness how do u get less of a grainy image, if you understand lol.

Much appreciated!!

[odiwan74]

Sorry bout the late reply- you can actually do the brightness contrast step a few times, just not taking the contrast to a maximum. I have acheived both clearer, and more abstact results doing this step more than once. Best to always play with it and experiment.

Also you can use paths to select a section that you wish to isolate, and just do the bright.contrast for that bit then "select all" to do the rest. Often good for bringing out details like eyes, that may get lost otherwise.

[artstarAS80]

mate that was awesome!!!!!! 7 mins of pure value= ) thanks heaps

[JAYLIB03]

quick question...

every time i try to print out a stenciled picture it comes out huge. does anyone know how to fix the printing settings?? i'm not too computer literate.

thanks

[odiwan74]

Well, GIMP is great at creating images, but to print you need a program like Windows Paint. If you have Windows Paint, open the file in question using that, click "file", then in the drop down menu click on "page setup" and play with the "scaling", "orientation" and "centering" until it looks about right. I, personally, prefer to get rid of magins, as I think that they are a waste of space. Once you have done that, press okay, then back in Paint, click "file" and then "print preview" to check.

[boechen]

thanx, that was helpfull! =]

[Eniledam20]

thank you!!!!!!!!!!1

[Zeckeee]

what do you use to cut your cat out? i can't recognize which tool you take :(

[Zeckeee]

oh it's ok i already find it out haha

thanks for posting the video, you helped me alot

[odiwan74]

I am glad that I could help! I hope that I made it clear that I used a medical scalpel, with a rubber grip for comfort. These are MUCH better than a "hobby knife", in my opinion, anyway ;)

[bennyandtom]

thankyou this is sooooo easy better than those

photoshop 1 this is great thanks

[odiwan74]

No worries! I started with Gimp because I couldn't afford photoshop, but now I prefer it! Glad that you liked it!

[peppermintwardrobe]

excellent man, ive been looking for this stuff. the only other stencil tutorial i found with gimp was in spanish XD!! muchos gracias :P

[odiwan74]

De nada! I thought that it was about time to fill the gap. Thank you for your kind words.

[pandaman8292]

Even though the video quality wasn't so great, This video was HUGE help to me.

I got gimp and was like.... ok how do I use this.

Thank You!!!!

[odiwan74]

Cheers! If I ever find my tripod may be I can improve the picture quality ;-) Glad to share what I know.