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For this tutorial you will need both Sketch Script-fuand Glass Script-fu please download them if you dont already have them installed.
You will find them under
image => Script-fu => gimp-talk.com =>Sketch...
image => Script-fu => gimp-talk.com =>glass...
[*]First find the pic that you wish to have engraved and open it with gimp the layer must not have an alpha channel to make sure it doesnt flatten the image. and the Mode is RGB
[*]Run the Sketch script-fu (image => Script-fu => gimp-talk.com =>Sketch...) using the standard setting of a white background (if this option is greyed our go back to the first step as you have missed part of it)
[*]Tidy up the sketch removing lines that you dont want to be etched (take care to check around the edges as the script sometimes leaves so stray marks ( I prefer to select an oval around the image then press ctrl+ i to invert the selection then ctrl+ k to cut it so that the edges of the sketch as more subtle)
[*]Delete the white layer so that you are left with just a black sketch image on a transparent layer (if you want to use a image you have sketched yourself you could sketch it on paper then use alpha to image to remove the paper background)
[*]save the image as a gif
[*]Open up a new transparent image at whatever size you want your glass background
[*]Name the layer as glass
[*]Draw onto the layer what you want the glass shape to be using a colour other then black (it doesn't matter but just helps to see what you are doing when you start to use the other layers)
[*]now goto file => open as Layer and open the saved sketch
[*]Position the sketch where you want it to be sketched (as well as moving the layer around you may have to scale the layer to fit)
[*]Create a text layer and type in any text you have this works best if you use a fine script style font
[*]make sure all layers are the size of the image by going to layer => layer to image size on each of the layers
now you are ready to turn you layers into glass
[*]select the layer you named glass and goto image => Script-fu => gimp-talk.com =>glass...
[*]run the script with these settings
[*]Now select the Sketch layer and goto image => Script-fu => gimp-talk.com =>glass... again
[*]run the script with these settings
[*]Now select the Text layer and goto image => Script-fu => gimp-talk.com =>glass... again
[*]run the script with these settings
[*]Create a new layer and name this layer background
[*]Fill the layer with the background you want this can be anythink other then white or black because if you use these the shadows wont apper properly
[*]move this layer right down to the bottem
merge all visable layers
