Gimp Collage Of Polaroids Using Layer Mask

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Today's tutorial volition explicate you lot every bit to how to practice a collage of Polaroids for a given ikon inward GIMP. We volition purpose Tools>Transform Tools>Scale ascendence to resize the image, Tools>Transform Tools>Move ascendence to movement the image, Tools> Selection Tools> Rectangle Select (R) to describe rectangle selection, Filters> Light too Shadow> Drop Shadow to add together a driblet shadow, Tools>Transform Tools>Rotate to rotate a Polaroid's frame too Layer> Add Layer Mask to insert the image. Let's larn started:

For this GIMP tutorial, I'll purpose this ikon that I downloaded from Pixabay, stock image: 817369

Video tutorial: GIMP Collage of Polaroids tutorial.

1. Create a New Image.
Use File>New to opened upwards the Create a novel ikon dialog. Here you lot tin laid the Width too Height of the novel image. Enter a value for the initial width alongside 3000 px too summit alongside 2000 px manually or through the upwards too downwards arrows, too thus click OK.

Picture: Create a novel image.

2. Insert Image.
Use File> Open As Layers ascendence inward the operate yesteryear bill of fare to opened upwards the ikon you'd similar to insert. Click on the image, too thus click OK. You tin similar a shot edit the ikon every bit follows:

Use Tools>Transform Tools>Scale ascendence to resize the ikon to jibe the size of the Background layer. Click anywhere within the image. In the Scale dialog box, click the chain to proceed the ikon does non distort. Set the novel values for the image's width too height. Press Scale push clit when you lot are done.
Use Tools>Transform Tools>Move ascendence to movement the image. Click too agree anywhere within the ikon too drag.

Picture: Open ikon every bit a layer.

Picture: Adjust the size of the layer using the Scale Tool.

3. Draw a Rectangle Selection.
Select Rectangle Selection Tool from the toolbox or purpose Tools> Selection Tools> Rectangle Select (R). Click too drag your mouse to conduct a subdivision of the document. If you lot are done, but larn out the mouse. Now, the selected subdivision of the document has been picked inward rectangular shaped.

Picture: Draw a rectangle selection.

4. Create a New Layer.

Use Layer> New Layer or else press keyboard keys Shift+Ctrl+N to practice a novel layer inward an image. The New Layer window open. For Layer Fill Type, click Transparency too and thus click the OK button.

Picture: Create a novel layer.

5. Fill Selection With White Color.

Make certain the background color is white yesteryear pressing keyboard cardinal D. Choose Edit> Fill alongside BG color.

Picture: Make certain the background color is white.

Picture: Fill the option alongside the background color.

6. Shrink Selection.

Use Select> Shrink, laid your shrink value manually or through the upwards too downwards arrows too cheque the “Shrink from ikon border”. Click OK to apply.

Picture: Shrink selection.

7. Fill Selection With Green Color.

Click the background color box, too thus conduct a dark-green color. Go to Edit> Fill alongside BG color. Remove the option yesteryear choosing Select> None when you lot are done.

Picture: Choose a dark-green color for the background.

Picture: Fill the option alongside dark-green color.

8. Add Drop Shadow.

Make certain you lot already purpose Select>None to withdraw the selection. Use Filters> Light too Shadow> Drop Shadow. You tin but larn out the default value too and thus click the OK button. Merge the ii layers yesteryear choosing Layer> Merge Down.

Picture: Drop Shadow.

Picture: Merge Down.

9. Rotate Polaroid Layer.

Use Tools>Transform Tools>Rotate, a Rotation Information dialog is open. Set the angle, centre X, too centre Y manually or through the upwards too downwards arrows. Click the Rotate push clit when you're done.

Picture: Rotate the layer using the Rotate tool.

10. Duplicate Polaroid Layer.

Use Layer> Duplicate Layer. Click the Move Tool icon or else purpose Tools>Transform Tool>Move too and thus Click too agree anywhere within the duplicate rectangle layer too drag to the pose you lot want.

Picture: Move Tool.

Picture: Drag to roughly other position.

11. Rotate The Duplicate Polaroid Layer Using the Rotate Tool.

Now you lot tin rotate the duplicate layer to the pose you lot want. Use Tools>Transform Tools>Rotate, a Rotation Information dialog is open. Set the angle, centre X, too centre Y manually or through the upwards too downwards arrows. Click the Rotate push clit when you're done.

Picture: Rotate the duplicate polaroid layer.

12. Duplicate Layer Polaroid As Many every bit You Want.

Repeat stride ten through eleven to duplicate too rotate the rectangle layer every bit many every bit you lot desire too and thus arranged it all to your satisfaction.

Picture: Duplicate the layer of Polaroid every bit many every bit you lot want.

13. Duplicate Image Layer.
Activate the image's layer yesteryear clicking on it too and thus duplicate layer yesteryear choosing Layer> Duplicate Layer. Move the image's layer correct on operate yesteryear of 1 of the duplicate polaroid layer.

Picture: Duplicate the image's layer.

Picture: drag the duplicate image's layer on operate yesteryear of 1 layer of Polaroid.

14. Create a Layer Mask.
Toggling the visibility of the image's layer yesteryear clicking on the oculus icon on the left. Click “Select yesteryear color” tool or else purpose Tools>Selection Tools>By color Select too and thus click on the inner circle shaped layer that is inward dark-green color. Click on the image's layer. Again, toggling the visibility of the image's layer yesteryear clicking on the oculus icon on the left too and thus larn to Layer> Add Layer Mask, conduct “Selection”. Click the Add button. When you're done, withdraw the option yesteryear going to Select> None.

Picture: Select yesteryear color tool.

Picture: Click the polaroid layer on the dark-green color.

Picture: Add a layer mask.

Picture: The final result of applying layer mask.

15. Fill All Polaroid Frame With Image.
Repeat stride xiii through xiv to fill upwards all polaroid frame alongside the image.

Picture: Duplicate the photograph layer.

16. Save your document.
Use File>Save ascendence inward the operate yesteryear bill of fare too lift your document. Click OK when you lot are done.

Here is the result:

Picture: GIMP collage of Polaroids.

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