User blog:PandaPrincess7/Panda's GIMP Tutorials ( Hair)

Hi

This post is mainly for CreativeCalico and Blondwave, but if there are other users who use GIMP feel free to read this!

To all: I'm SUPER sorry I couldn't get pictures in, it was just too challenging! I can just TELL you how to do it, I don't know how to upload the pictures. Again I'm REALLY sorry :(! Now to get on to the hair lesson.

1st. Open up GIMP

2nd. Go to "File" and click on the "Open" button and select the picture you want to edit

3rd. Go to "Windows" and the hover your mouse over " Recently Closed Docks" then click on the "ToolBox" the toolbox is ver useful, it provides all the tools for you.Then go back to " Windows" and hover your mouse over " Recently Closed Docks" and there should be another one ( I forgot what it's called) and open that. It will have Brushes, Patterns, Gradients and the Undo tool. The undo is SUPER helpful because if you make a mistake you can just click one step backward, fix your mistake and bam!

4th. Use the zoom tool on the toolbox ( It lookes like a mangifying glass) to zoom in very close. If you are not good with GIMP yet and you don't have a steady hand with the lasso tool, this will help you edit look cleaner

5th.Click the "Free Select" tool on the tool box ( It looks like a lasso) and lasso around the hair.

6th. Now go to the "Colors" and press "Colorize". Colorize will allow you to change your girlsh air, but with out hiding the details. Play around with Colorize a bit until you get the color you want

7th. Now that you have Colorized you hair, go to "Select" and hover your mouse over it and the press "None"

Steps 8 and 9 ae optinal but I recommend doing them

8. Look at the tool box and see the very last tool on there? It's called the Doge/Burn tool. Make sure the tool is on Doge. Now draw lins on the top of your girls hair.

9. Do you see the tool that looks like a hand next to the Doge tool? This is the Smudge tool. The Smudge tool is useful for Smudging the hair, makeing a part of the shirt look invisable ( I'll move to that on the clothes tutorial) Use the Smude tool all over the hair

10. Go to the Windows button and find the Export button and hit Export. This will save your edit until you want to work on it next!

Note: The File,Windows,Colors are all bars at the top

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