~*~tutorial~*~IMVU hair texture with GIMP ~take 2

ok, i got so many comments about how fast my other video was, so i made a slower one. i hope yall likes :)

http://avatars.imvu.com/quixotickane
here's the link to the tutorial with pics as posted on the IMVU forums:
http://www.imvu.com/catalog/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpbb2&file=v...

this video begins with the product page of the hairstyle i was derving from:
[QD] Drv. Reem
By XxQueenDivaxX


1. make a new image

2. fill with main color

3. take a soft brush and make a line or lines across in a different color
*use vertical lines to make it look like streaks

4. repeat step 3 with a smaller brush using a different color if you choose

5. filters~ noise~scatter RGB. uncheck correlated noise and independent RGB. the slide bar should be 0.50ish.



6. filters~noise~ spread. put at max for your image size


7. filters ~blur~motion blur. angle @ 90, length @ 20




8. filters ~blur~ gaussian blur @ 1


9. sharpen to your liking


~now to add some shine~

10. make a new layer

11. take a soft brush and use white to brush a line or lines across

12. filters~ blur~gaussian blur @ 20ish




13. set this layer to overlay. you can play with the opacity to control the sheen look



if you want even more shine...

14. new layer

15. take the airbrush tool with a soft brush using white and make some lines across

16. run scatter RGB with the same settings used earlier

17. run spread with the previous settings

18. run motion blur, use the same settings as before

19. set this layer to overlay

woot yer done!

taa daa!



remember that things look duller in the previewer, you might not see a shine until you use the hair in a chat window. and as i said earlier, this works good great with some, but not all hairstyles.
please take a moment to check out my other hairstyles....
http://www.imvu.com/shop/web_search.php?keywords=mzquixo&field=search_tex...

i have this on my deviantart account as a .jpg in case any cares to download it. here's my link:
http://omgitzkane.deviantart.com/


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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• IMVU
• hair
• textures
• GIMP

[CraziTBear]

How did you get the download?

[omgitzkane]

@CraziTBear get which download?

[CraziTBear]

@omgitzkane when you clicked  on the (Derive from product) a window pop up... it does happen to me..

do you know why?

[omgitzkane]

@CraziTBear well...i did this when creating was still done with the previewer. now there is a create mode on the client, so if you dont have it open, IMVU will open after you click on the derive button. if you have IMVU open, the create and edit tabs pop up.

[StacyGotSwagg1]

is that u i the corner ^_^

[omgitzkane]

@StacyGotSwagg1 yea lol

[ehKoharaKa9]

where did u get all the brushes *__*

[KyNaKane]

Yay :3 Thanks for the tips!

[XTPunkNitro]

@sallysal1987 it does now :D 

[sallysal1987]

@omgitzkane but blender don't work on windows 7 :(