Episode 174: Wilber in a Can

To get something festive to drink over the holidays I have ordered a special MTG-Beer from a brewery. It’s finest Pils in a can with Wilber on it! (Why a can and not a bottle – there is no “Make a Bottle Filter” in GIMP.)

In this episode I explore the Map to Object filter. It can render an image on a plane, a box, a sphere and a cylinder. The default dimensions of the cylinder are that of a beer can. Quite significant insight into the world of programmers. (BTW, the box preset is a cube, not a pizza box…..)

The image used in the show is stolen from Steve Czajka.

But before that is a look back onto the last show. Saul Goode shows a much easier way to generate patterns with the clipboard and I explain how I got the dots of different sizes in the blog image.

For all of you a happy holiday!

I hope to be back still in this year, so I’ll keep the new year wishes for later. As a distraction the 28c3 is coming up 10 minutes away from my home. I got no tickets but hope to get in there at night and watch some stream on the day.

The TOC

00:30 The Clipboard is a Pattern!
03:45 Create a Layer from a Brush
05:00 Pull things around on the UI
05:10 Pattern with variable dot size
06:55 Gimpressionist – to be explored later
07:10 Steve Czajka’s Calligraphy
08:00 “Map to Object” Filter: Plane, Box, Spere and Cylinder
10:50 Light in the Map to Object filter
11:50 Material in the Map to Object filter
14:30 again Light in the Map to Object filter
17:20 Making a second copy of an image by pulling it on the tool box
18:00 Adding a border to the top and bottom