Mine is 110x455 pixels big, you can easily change the size of it by dragging a corner of the selection or tpye numbers in the Rectangle Select dialog in your Toolbox.ĥ. A simple cube with a couple of drawers in it. This is going to be the base of the table. Grab the Rectangle Selection Tool from your Toolbox and draw a rectangle in the lower right corner. Create another layer and call it Chest Draw, this layer should also be transparent.Ĥ. Make sure the layer Fill Type is set to Transparent.ģ. Do this by pressing the New Layer icon in your layers dialog (A paper with an orange symbol on it). To the lamp we'll add some light effects.ġ.

This tutorial will create a desk with a lamp on it. It's a good tip to experiment with the different settings to get the best result. To test the animation go Filters->Animation->Playback. It's also smart to check the Work on a copy option in case you want to make some minor adjustements or if GIMP crashes during processing. Set the frame to 13 and check Transparent Background. Now to the magic, merge the two layers you've made and go Filters->Animation->Spinning Globe. My font settings are as following: Sans, size 59 pixels.Ĥ. Select the Text Tool and write anything of your choice. Don't get fooled by the name, the fill should cover the whole (rectangular) layer!ģ.

Create a new layer and name it Globe Color, fill it with the color of your choice. Start GIMP and create a new document, set the canvas to 500x500 pixels.Ģ. Remember, the final image is actually animated!ġ. This tutorial takes about 2 minutes to finnish, it's just a basic walk-through that is supposed to help you about the basics with the Spinning Globe script, if course it allows much more advanced end results.

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