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Hi
Can i have some guidance on how to create with Gimp the effect showed at this link
http://www.flickr.co...oha/2088294369/

[Torbjorn]

Not sure what the best way is, but I can perhaps give you some tips:

To create an "empty" polaroid: Make a new, empty, layer, and select an area the size of the entire polaroid. Fill this with white. Then you select the area where you want the photo to be, and fill this with black. Duplicate this layer as many times as you want to, and arrange them however you like.

Merge these layers, and make a selection of the black areas, using the select by colour tool. Put the photo you want to use into the document (File --> Open as layers), and add a layer mask to this from the selection.

[saulgoode]

Providing a little more detail on Torbjorn's technique (along with some screenshots)...

Create a new layer filled with white -- make it the size you want your "polaroids" to be.
Select the area where you want the photo to be (you can fill it with black if you like) and then add a layermask initialized to the inverted selection (use the "Invert mask" checkbox).
Set the opacity of this layer to 50% -- this will make it easier to see things when you position your layers.



Duplicate the "Frame" layer a few times and then use the Move Tool to position each of the duplicate layers strategically on your canvas. Next use the Rotate Tool on each of the duplicate layers to provide a more natural feel.



For each of the "Frame" layers, perform the following steps:

[*:3jliu6bq] Set the Opacity back to 100%.
[*:3jliu6bq] Perform an Alpha to Selection
[*:3jliu6bq] Duplicate the "Photo" layer
[*:3jliu6bq] Perform a "Select->Float Selection" on the "Photo copy" layer
[*:3jliu6bq] Convert the floating selection to a new "floated layer" ("Layer->New layer")
[*:3jliu6bq] Lower the "floated layer" so that it is beneath the corresponding Frame layer
[*:3jliu6bq] Merge Down the Frame layer onto the floated layer
[*:3jliu6bq] Delete the "Photo copy" layer

Here is a screenshot just after Step #6 was performed on the top frame layer. (I hid the other frame layers by clicking on their eyeballs; this made it a little more clear what my image would look like. This is optional.)



After you have performed the above steps for each of the Frame layers, add a drop shadow to each of them to provide a three-dimensional feel.

[AccidntlTourist]

Nice tutorial; screen shots very helpful.