I am reminded of all the times they are using the viewscreen to look at something the sensors can’t identify but isn’t exactly invisible so all they see out the “window” is some space fog and have always wondered: do they not have, like, actual cameras? A ship using its shields to make it look like a cloud of radiation on sensors should still be visible to the naked eye, right?
I wish I had any good advice other than just “do it”. Next time you need to make a meme, open GIMP first, and each time you get stuck trying to do something that you cannot figure out among the million submenus available, search online for how it is done. Most of the time, someone else has already posted on StackOverflow or something asking how to do that very same thing. Eventually, you will rely on outside help less and less.
EDIT: Just looking up “make meme with gimp” seems to come up with some good basic tutorials. The one thing that I do not agree with is their methods for adding an outline to text. I like to use the Drop Shadow filter to do so. Select your text layer > click Filters (in the menu bar at the top of the window) > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow. In the dialog window that appears, set the following values:
X: 0
Y: 0
Blur radius: 1.00
Grow radius: 10
Opacity: 1.000
Depending on the font size of your text, play around with the blur radius and grow radius until it looks good to you.
I started going down the Gimp rabbit hole after they released 3.0 a few weeks ago. I attempted it years ago (before there was a one-window mode) and never stuck with it long enough. I’m getting adept slowly
Tangentially related: while making this, I got to mess with a filter setting called “phase shift”
You should also try to reverse the polarity, that‘s a good trick.
I am reminded of all the times they are using the viewscreen to look at something the sensors can’t identify but isn’t exactly invisible so all they see out the “window” is some space fog and have always wondered: do they not have, like, actual cameras? A ship using its shields to make it look like a cloud of radiation on sensors should still be visible to the naked eye, right?
Very cool! I’d love to get good at gimp, solely for memes. It’s a bit overwhelming.
I wish I had any good advice other than just “do it”. Next time you need to make a meme, open GIMP first, and each time you get stuck trying to do something that you cannot figure out among the million submenus available, search online for how it is done. Most of the time, someone else has already posted on StackOverflow or something asking how to do that very same thing. Eventually, you will rely on outside help less and less.
EDIT: Just looking up “make meme with gimp” seems to come up with some good basic tutorials. The one thing that I do not agree with is their methods for adding an outline to text. I like to use the Drop Shadow filter to do so. Select your text layer > click Filters (in the menu bar at the top of the window) > Light and Shadow > Drop Shadow. In the dialog window that appears, set the following values:
001.00101.000Depending on the font size of your text, play around with the blur radius and grow radius until it looks good to you.
I started going down the Gimp rabbit hole after they released 3.0 a few weeks ago. I attempted it years ago (before there was a one-window mode) and never stuck with it long enough. I’m getting adept slowly