Create a shocking sphere/ball
In this tutorial our user MaleXx wll show you how you can create a shocking sphere by combining some tutorials of gimpusers.de to a new one. Have fun!
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First we are making the shock ball. For that we create a new file with the size 500x500px.
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Filters>Render>Clouds>solid noise, use parameters from picture
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Filters>Artistic>Cubism, use parameters from picture and then Filters>Edge-Detect>Edge with standard parameter
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Now your picture should look like this:
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Filters>Map>Map Object, use parameters from picture, select by Lightsource type “no light”
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Now your picture should look like this:
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Filters>Distorts>Polar Coords, use parameters from picture
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Image> Transform>Rotate 90 degrees CCW, then Filters>Distorts>Wind, use parameters from picture
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Then repeat with Ctrl+F. Image>Transform>Rotate 90 degrees CCW, then Filters>Distorts>Polar Coords, use parameters from picture (look at the left picture)
Now your picture should look like this:(look at the right picture)
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Now there is a white border round the image. Select therefore the ball with the selection tool and click on Select>Invert
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After you cut out the white border, duplicate the layer with the ball and adjust the upper layer on “screen” mode.
Now the white parts in the picture are brighter.
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Your picture should look like this now:
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Right click the Layers dialog: "Merge down".
Here the picture can be colored. For that click on Layer>Colors>Colorize and create the color you like.
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Create the „atmosphere“. Built a transparent layer und put it in the background. Click on >Filters>Light Effects>GFlare and take the parameter out of the next image.
The color doesn´t matter. Repeat effect with Ctrl+F. Create a second layer the same way and click again on Filters>Light Effects>GFlare, with the same parameters. This layer needs to b e shift one level before the planet layer.
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Now create a black layer und put it in the background.
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The ball is complete now. Add a name. Use the Text Tool and write a short name with a font with less details.
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The color should be the same as used on the planet.
Your image and the layer now should look like this:
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Create a new transparent layer and scroll it under the text layer.
Go to the layer toolbox and select the “text layer”. Then click with the right mouse-button on it and choose “Merge down“
Go to Filters>Light-Effects>Lighting Effects and put the blue point into the middle of your text, that the light flashes text in the middle. After that, choose OK.
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Now click on Script-Fu>Shadow>Drop-Shadow and use the parameters of the next image.
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Done. The final picture should look like this:
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