"Vignett" your photos using [GIMP] =] !!

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Aren't you tired of all the great tutorials for photoshop but not Gimp? Well, i converted this photoshop tutorial for Gimp. The original was made by manny-the-dino.

Okay, sooooo......

Before:(my cartoonized version of miley cyrus)




After:




*Step 1: Open up the picture you want to change.




*Step 2: Duplicate your layer.





*Step 3: Go to edit and press "Fill with FG color"
(it should be black.....if it's not, change it.)





*Step 4: Your picture should be pitch black as shown below.





*Step 5: Go to the Gimp toolbox and select the rectangle tool. Select feather edges and set it to 66.1. If you are confused look at the pic below.





*Step 6: Figure out how far out you want the rectangle to be. It should look like this.





*Step 7: Go to Edit then Cut.







Your picture should look like this:






****Note*****
If you have any questions, just ask and i will answer it.

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www.picnik.com =] You can do it on this site..it's much easier

By Janebang on Jun 26, 2009 4:57 pm

OMG! yea so awesome! people really do need more GIMP tutorials. I hate that photoshop is so popular and costs TONS!

By theerinkal on Aug 16, 2008 9:23 pm

omg this is awesome! :D
thanks for posting it

By treyyybang on Mar 29, 2008 6:56 pm

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Author chena1991 View profile
Submitted on Jan 21, 2008
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Approved on Jan 23, 2008

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