2 patterns into 1 ??

[Dennis Key]

I have a question is there a way to stack 2 patterns  to make one pattern? I am working on a pattern/portrait  I just can't get the hair out line right  I have a second pattern that has  the right silhouette I'm looking for... so if I could put 1 on top of the other  it would work ... I am trying to learn Gimp 2.8  by watching the university videos ... I also use ms paint   i enjoy the challenge of making a pattern any suggestions will be greatly Appreciated

 

 

[spirithorse]

I'm not very computer literate but, I would make a copy of the face portion of the pattern,

then cut the hair area off, lay that on top of the hair pattern, make another copy of that

and import it into your graphics editor program that you use to make your patterns.

 

Another option would be to use a light box and trace the portions of the separate patterns that

you want to use.

 

God Bless! Spirithorse

[Phantom Scroller]

Yes it can be done with what is called masking but don't know if Gimp uses masks but Photoshop does and Paintshop Pro and most photo editing software look up masks.

 

Roly

[amazingkevin]

You opened a can of worms now .your going to be swamped with ways of doing things ,lol "we can help" lol

[sullyscroller]

In inkscape you can import the second image to the first . Lots of different ways to do it by using layers also. Travis will have the answer i'm sure and i for one look forward to an easy way to do this.

 

sully

Edited March 7, 2014 by sullyscroller

[Nick@tinkers-cove]

Google "GIMP Layers". It's done by opening multiple images, arranging them and merging visible layers.

Regards,

Nick.

[Travis]

Here's how to do it:

 

1. Open both of your files in GIMP.
2. On one of your windows, make sure everything you want to copy is visible (clicking the eyeball)
3. Go to Edit>Copy Visible
4. In your other window go to Edit>Paste
5. This will create a "Floating Selection" layer in your project.  Right click the "Floating Selection" layer and choose "To New Layer"
6. This will create a new, editable, layer.
7. Select your eraser tool and start erasing everything you don't want.  This will reveal the layer below.  Then it's just a matter of positioning the parts you want onto your pattern, and erasing the parts you don't want to let the lower layer (pattern) show through.

 

Hopefully this makes sense.  If not, post your GIMP patterns and perhaps I can put together a quick video showing you how to do it.

[amazingkevin]

the Calvary come thru (travis) :thumbs:

[Dennis Key]

Travis this is what I have.... I have a Face on one picture I edited all traces of hair off of it and on the second picture I have Hair I have edited the face off of it ..I followed the directions you posted everything you posted worked great ... here it the question when I got the face placed on the hair it was off centered and a little bit to small  can I move the face layer and also resize .... I have worked on this pattern till I have just about went crazy lol I guess you could say I'm almost the village Idiot lol

Edited March 26, 2014 by Preacherman

[Travis]

There are two tools you can use:  Move Tool and the Scale Tool.  I've attached a screenshot.

 

The move tool you can use your mouse or the arrow keys.  If you keep selecting the wrong layer, click the "Move Active Layer" option in the Tool Options.  Then you simply select the layer you want to modify in the Layer's palette.

 

For the scale tool, click a corner and hold down Ctrl to keep the aspect ratio the same.

 

Hopefully this gets you what you need.

 

 

[Dennis Key]

thanks Travis I will try this out ....I hope I haven't been to much trouble thanks and God Bless