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vintageify a vector - trini - 10-27-2022

dear gimpers,

i'm trying to recreate this emblem:

[Image: 1275016_1_600x.png?v=1613574320]

how to vintageify from a vector pic the vertical "stripes"?

thanks for your help,
trini.

RE: vintageify a vector - rich2005 - 10-27-2022

Does this mean you have the whole logo as a vector file, a svg or a ai Or is it the whole t-shirt image.

Gimp is a raster editor, it can import a svg image which converts to a bitmap. All sorts of ways to distress an image but do you want to keep as a vector image ?

Inkscape might be a more suitable editor. There are versions for MacOS

RE: vintageify a vector - trini - 10-27-2022

hi gimpers,

i found the solution! (and yes @rich2005, originally the lion picture i downloaded to edit, is a vector)

1. i downloaded a pic with old wood
2. put in new layer
3. mode on "remove color"
4. selected black color
5. go to lion layer
6. cmd + X

et voilà - the effect i wanted :-)
before...
after...

RE: vintageify a vector - PixLab - 10-27-2022

(10-27-2022, 12:41 PM)trini Wrote: hi gimpers,

i found the solution! (and yes @rich2005, originally the lion picture i downloaded to edit, is a vector)

1. i downloaded a pic with old wood
2. put in new layer
3. mode on "remove color"
4. selected black color
5. go to lion layer
6. cmd + X

et voilà - the effect i wanted :-)
before...
after...

That's clever.

I did tried it, and made a tiny twist (I forbid myself to use any "select" tool for this type of selection, and I wanted more control on the thickness of the transparency of the vertical stripes, and you got some dark pixels with selection on your image Wink )
  • The wood above the lion
  • Wood on Erase Color mode
  • Right click on the wood layer > New from Visible
  • Untick visibility of all the layers below
  • On the new visible layer, go to Layer > Transparency > Threshold Alpha, slider near the end (alpha is barely visible, that's why put the slider near the end) play with it to chose how thick or thin can be the transparent areas inside the lion

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In all case, you did a great job [Image: thumbsup.png]