Yesterday, I decided to make the images in my article look like they were on old, burnt paper. I did this manually in the GIMP.
I liked the effect, but I didn’t want the tedium of having to do all n steps manually next time I go to use it. So, I wrote a GIMP plugin script to do it.
Here is an example of the plugin script in action. As you can see, I started with a text layer and a selection that was bigger than the text layer. The plugin uses the selection size as original edge of the paper (original, as in before the paper was burned).
And, here is the resulting image:
Here is the Burnt Paper plugin script. Plop this in a directory that’s in your script search path and refresh GIMP’s scripting and then you’ll find it in the Filters > Decor
menu. [You can see the script search path by going to Edit > Preferences
and selecting Scripts
under Folders
in the left sidebar. And, you can refresh the scripts by going to Filters > Script-Fu > Refresh Scripts
.]
Sweet! Love the script. But you need to add the source file back at the registry.gimp.org. (It’s missing) 🙂
I had included a link, but the link got stripped on me. Oops. I’ve attached it over there now.
Patrick,
I left a comment on the Registry about the script. Basically (I’m not a coder, btw) it would be cool if we could opt to add a different texture or choose to not have a texture at all. For instance, check out my “pirate map” here: http://www.mahvin.com/?p=1720. It would be nice to just use the burnt paper effect without any texture or text.
Thanks for any consideration in advance. 🙂
mahvin
I really like your wrinkle work there. Awesome. Yes, I had planned on making the texture optional. I will add that… and, I may add your wrinkle effect as an option, too.
Thanks,Patrick. Your work is appreciated. 🙂
Hi Patrick:
Just checking in to see how things are going. Have you been busy? Still looking forward to the future updates of this burnt paper script, but no pressure. 🙂
mahvin
I have been busy, but I did upload a new version of the script, I think. I at least wrote a new version, and think I updated the GIMP registry. Erf. I won’t get a chance to check today.
The link on this page seems to be the newer version.