[g0ldElite]

Hey I'm gonna show you how to do Molten Lava text....

Step 1: Open up a blank canvas (any size will do) I used the defalut size.
Step 2: Fill the new canvas background with black.
Step 3: Type your text, select the size (anything over 60 is good), and select the font(I used Roostheavy) The color of the text is: White
Step 4: Rotate your text 90* ClockWise (CW)
Step 5: Select WIND from the Filters menu...Check Blast for Style/Right Side/and Edge Affected: Leading
Threshold: 15
Strength: 10
Step 6: Rotate your text 90* CounterClock Wise (CCW)
Step 7: Select Bump Map from Filters menu, adjust the sliders and drop menus to the picture you see here...
Step 8: Add New layer (Transparent)/ Mode set to: Normal
Step 9: Select your text layer from the layers menu
Step 10: Open up "Glowing Hot" /under Script-Fu menu
Effect Size: 95
Background Color: Red
Step 11: Open up: "Levels" Color/Levels
Set Input levels at: (ORDER: left to right) 100/ 0.20/ 246
Leave the output levels alone.
Step 12: Merge ALL layers down.

and your done! The finished Molten Lava text should look something like this:

Leave the output levels alone

[gigatwo]

wow, I'm gonna have to try this

[gigatwo]

[gigatwo]

crap, so I WAS supposed to use the levels tool.
lol

[g0ldElite]

I was wondering why yours was a little weird...

[Bighomedog11]

1 question how do u Merge ALL layers down?? I could not get it too work :s:

[gigatwo]

right click on the layers dialouge, and click "merge visible layers".

[Zero Six Three]

I'm stuck on step seven.. what am I bump mapping the text to? Why is yours already lava like. Mine looks nothing like that by step six.

[Roken]

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That actually looks pretty sweet. The lava kinda makes it look bulky, but yours looks awesome.

[Roken]

Is it possible to change the color of the text for the final result, instead of it just being bright yellow and whatnot?

Im trying to make a sig with this, but I want the glowing letters to be blue. I tried making the text blue intially, and then following the tut, but no dice.

Thanks for any help.

[SPANKY]

once you are all done with this tut /go to layers colors colourise

[Zero Six Three]

Have you tried Tools>colour tools> colourise?

Edit: great minds think alike right?

[grimR]

hey I used this to make a trippy background for my desktop/website, great tutorial.
http://www.crypt.cc/gfx/bg2.jpg if you want to see it I was having trouble inserting an image to my post

[ziang]

look at this: file://localhost/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Kjell%20Magne/Mine%20dokumenter/Mine%20bilder/asdsada.gif

[PhoenixBlue]

Hey, can you help me? There's no WIND option in my "filters" tab.
EDIT: I don't have bump map either.

[gimpin Z]

First post here . . . but in hopes of answering By Zero Six Three's question:

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I'm stuck on step seven.. what am I bump mapping the text to? Why is yours already lava like. Mine looks nothing like that by step six.

Right after step 2 add a new transparent layer, then continue on to step 3 (adding text).
Hope this helps.

[xxXxx]

Hi, Im really new, and where do you find the text layer fomr the layer menu? I cant find it...

[Chris_]

k theres an ezier way to mak glowing lava text goto the gimp and pick Xtns>and and goto script fu>logos and go to glowing text and then pick the size and the background color and there you go glowing lava text

[GIMP~kid]

cool, look!!!!

[SonicChao]

Okay, there it is....I hope it's okay...