A while ago Gorlocks Suggestions had requested a tutorial on how to create a grungy metal texture in GIMP. I finally got some time to do it, so with a big apology to Gorlocks Suggestions for the delay, ill post it here for the community to use...
I hope somone has a use for it... C&C is welcome.
1)Create a new image- 500x500
2)Filters>Render>Clouds>Solid Noise
5.0 for both X and Y
Check Turbulent
3)Fliter>Blur>Pixelize
Choose 10 by 10
4)Filter>Blur>Motion Blur
Choose Zoom and 50 for Parameters
5)Filters->Disorts->Emboss. Values shown below-
6)Filters->Edge-Dectect->Edge. Algorithm=Prewitt, Amount=9, Wrap
7)Fliter>Blur>Motion Blur. Values shown below-
8)Layer>Duplicate Layer
9)Layer>Transform>Flip Horizontally
10)Layer>Transform>Flip Vertically
11)Set the New Layer's Opacity to 50%
12)Image>Flatten Image
13)Colors->Colorize. Use the settings below or change it to your liking-
14)Here is my result-
Enjoy...
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