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Reader must have beginner level knowledge of following 3 techniques in gimp:
[*] Inserting new layer
[*] Naming the layer
[*] Pattern and brush selection
if you dont know above mentioned techniques then CLICK HERE to read beginner tutorial first.
[*] Inserting new layer
[*] Naming the layer
[*] Pattern and brush selection
if you dont know above mentioned techniques then CLICK HERE to read beginner tutorial first.
Tutorial based on gimp 2.2.3
THE TUTORIAL
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Start with new image of about 500x300 (width x height)
Go to Layers tab, and insert 4 new transparent layers, and name the newly inserted layers (from top to bottom):
[*]noise
[*]spots
[*]rust
[*]paper
and then click the layer named 'paper' as shown here:
Now, go to main image window and draw a rectangle of desired size using 'Rectangular Region Select Tool'
, as shown here:
Within the same image window go through menus Script-Fu > Selection and click Distress Selection, which will display you another window asking you something to input (I am not going into depth of this window), you simply click button OK. After processing the selection, the gimp will turn it to some distressed selection, somehow as shown here:
THE CORE STEPS
Now, go to color selection in the main gimp window, and make color somehow like this one
, and simply drag it over the image window.Go to Layers tab and select layer named rust, then go to Patterns tab, and drag the pattern p#10
and drop it over the image window (if you do not have this pattern with the your copy of gimp then try searching on google for any stony pattern/texture, becuase I may have downloaded it from somewhere else)Go to Layers tab again, and select layer named spots, then select a brush like this one
and select color BLACK, then within the same image window, go through menus to Edit > Stroke Selection, a new window will appear and you click the radio button Stroke with a paint tool, and click button Stroke (which is in the right most corner of the new window). To add some more spots just select some big brush with an abstract lines and spots and select paint brush tool, and do few clicks in layer named spots randomly (if you dont have such brush, then download from resources section).upto now your image window must look somehow as below:
Now, select layer named noise from Layers tab, and within image window go through menus Filters > Render > Clouds > Plasma, a new window will appear, you simply adjust the desired style of noise and click button OK.
Again go through menus Filters > Colors > Colorify..., a new window will appear, you simply click button OK, which will turn the noise to grayscale.
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IMPORTANT : Before going to final step it is recomended that save the selection for future use, by going through menus Select > Save to Channel.
FINAL AND SIMPLE STEP
Go to Layers Tab, select first 3 layers (noise, spots, rust) one by one and change their Mode to Overlay, from the Drop down Mode list juts over the opacity scrollbar, which is usually set to Normal, and the image is ready, see below:
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Futhermore,
1. you may be willing to put some text over this old paper, to do that, simply insert text, and set the text layer Mode to Overlay. And
2. if you are willing to create a background shadow of your paper, then select layer named paper and in image window go through menus Script-Fu > Shadow > Drop Shadow and then a new window will appear, simply click OK.
:w: That's for now
btw images (used with tutorial) are not of best quality, becuase I don't want my forum run out of bandwidth :l:.
I hope it was helpful
regards
