bobinc Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Early Notes: The pics I took are big so be ready. This is just a simple tutorial so don't come telling me about every little thing I may have missed this is for anyone who has not used gimp and/or is looking to make their own TEW cuts. I have also added this to [url]www.bobinc.net[/url] but it is trimmed down slightly and has additional tips. Things Needed: The Pic You Want To Cut The Background To Put It On Program Gimp (Download Place [URL="http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html"]Here[/URL]) THE START First thing to do is open Gimp. Then once open you want open your picture and your background. [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-1.jpg[/IMG] Your next step is to resize the windows to your liking I suggest putting the background behind your other pic as you will see in other pics. Once that is done you will want to make the selection of what you want included in your TEW final cut. (Just head or head and chest or part of an arm ect..) Start by selecting the square selection tool [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-6.jpg[/IMG] Then select your area (I suggest keeping it square as it will help minimize deformation when resizing, you can tell if its square by the numbers on the bottom of the pic window) (The Reason for making your selection early is with it selected you can only edit what is in the selection making it easy to erase so you dont have to do the whole image.) [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-7.jpg[/IMG] You are then going to want to add a transparent background to your pic so it erases to clear instead of a color. To do that you select "Layer-Transparency-Add Alpha Channel" [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-3.jpg[/IMG] Now you are ready to erase. Select the eraser tool and pick your tool size then do a rough erase of large background spots. Eraser Tool [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-8.jpg[/IMG] Size selection [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-9.jpg[/IMG] Rough Erase [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-10.jpg[/IMG] Then you are going to want to zoom in which is located at the bottom by where you seen the selection box size numbers. depending on the original size of the pic determines how much you have to zoom. for this pic I went to 400% Zoom In: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-11.jpg[/IMG] Zoomed View: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-12.jpg[/IMG] From here you are going to want to erase up to your figure. Go all the way around and get what you can. You may have to pic a smaller sized erase tool for smaller spots. Once done it should look as follows (zoomed back to 100%): [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-13.jpg[/IMG] Your next step is a resize or Scale as Gimp calls it. (make sure you dont lose your selection through the whole process.) To do your resize you want to select "Tools-Transform-Scale" This brings up a little window: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-14.jpg[/IMG] You will notice the numbers are the numbers of your selection size. (should be in pixels "px") you want to change them to 150x150 this will make you pic the correct size for a tew background. [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-15.jpg[/IMG] Finished: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-16.jpg[/IMG] You then want to select "Edit-Copy" this will copy your resized selection to the clipboard. [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-18.jpg[/IMG] You then want to select the window that has your background in it. Then select "Edit-Paste" [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-19.jpg[/IMG] You can then close your original pic if you think it turned out ok at this point. [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-20.jpg[/IMG] You then want to save your image as a .jpg as this is the image type used by TEW. [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-21.jpg[/IMG] Then Pick the save location: Note that the name has to end in ".jpg" [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-22.jpg[/IMG] Pick Export when this comes up: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-23.jpg[/IMG] I always move it to 100 for quality then click ok: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-24.jpg[/IMG] Then if you plan on making more then select "Edit-Undo Paste" this will remove your resized pic from the background making it ready for another pic. Then repeat the process again after opening another pic to cut. [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/ClipBoard-25.jpg[/IMG] End Notes: KYKY Background: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/TEW%20Pics/background.jpg[/IMG] As has been said by myself and others, not every pic works. if it is blurry or smaller then 150x150 it may distort the pics. A blurry pic is a blurry pic there is not much you can do unless you try to touch up the whole pic. If it is smaller then 150x150 then it will have to strech the image and this will make them pixelated or streched out. You can also access all of the top menu options by right clicking in the picture. I hope that this helps those of you who have been struggling or looking for a way to cut pics or just wonder how the gimp program works. There are a lot more options in the program but this is just Basic Pic Cutting 101. BOBINC :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Fenoli Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Alot of effort there Bobinc, maybe it can help some people out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panix04 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 this is great Bobinc, i think it will help a lot of budding pic cutters. I think i will stick to flash myself though, i find it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxFutureLegend112xX Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 thnx for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobinc Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 [QUOTE=panix04]this is great Bobinc, i think it will help a lot of budding pic cutters. I think i will stick to flash myself though, i find it easier.[/QUOTE] I dont know depending on the small pockets I have to clear I think I can cut pics at about 4-5 minutes each maybe faster. I find this real easy to use too. But I was and still am using photoshop cs also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidEFC Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Thanks for the time and effort you have put in to this tutorial. My first cut, :o I know the pic isn't good enough but thanks to Bobinc i can keep practising [IMG]http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1467/davidmoyes4sc.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP1 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Good work buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggalowang Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 i juststarted trying to cut this week and im useing something called Paint.net i got off download.com it seems to work pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzik Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Thanks for the time and effort you put into this, now I can stop hassling others. Here is my first try, I dont think it went to bad besides the color not coming out. [IMG]http://www.boomspeed.com/bookergs/Scorpio.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Bobinc, great tutorial. Any idea where you can get different backgrounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobinc Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Sure Right below this text...:p BobInc TNA [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/TEW%20Pics/TNABackground.jpg[/IMG] KYKY [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/TEW%20Pics/background.jpg[/IMG] BobInc Wrestlemania [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/TEW%20Pics/WMBackground.jpg[/IMG] BobInc Heat [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/bobinc/TEW%20Pics/ScreenBackground.jpg[/IMG] There are more that other people have done in other threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Thanks very much. Here is my first attempt. I know it's not perfect but just wanted to have a quick go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobinc Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Need to make sure you are selecting a perfect square that helps minimize strech and squish pics. I know its hard sometimes because some pics are not large enough to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Like I said I just had a quick go and the Austin picture was quite small. Thanks for the backgrounds and advice. Gonna have another go now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Here is my second effort!!! Still not quite right. 'Taker standing too much to the left. Back to the drawing board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobinc Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 that one is better you just need to get a little closer to his left side. Has that white line going down his side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Here is my last effort for today. I am quite happy with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobinc Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 [QUOTE=bestbitter]Here is my last effort for today. I am quite happy with this one.[/QUOTE] Seems to have turned out nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceMountain Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Check out my first TEW cut... WOOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxFutureLegend112xX Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 gj for your 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonlawson Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 thanks bobinc!! very appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggalowang Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/juggalowang/snapshotbackground.jpg[/IMG] another background i like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxFutureLegend112xX Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 kool i like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggalowang Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 i didn't make it its in another thread somebody made awhile back saying he was resleaseing a pic pack on it and nothing has happened yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxFutureLegend112xX Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 o ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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