GIMP Hologram Tutorial
You can use GIMP, a free graphic design program, to digitally alter pictures. For example, you can isolate a person or an object within a photo and change the selection's appearance to look like a hologram. With GIMP's user-friendly tools, you can create polished, professional-looking results in a few clicks. The results will be completely customized, featuring your graphics and style choices.
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Instructions
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Launch GIMP and open the file you want to make into a hologram by clicking on "File" and "Open." Choose the selected image from your documents and press "Open." Your ready-to-edit picture will appear within a GIMP workbook.
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Choose the "Scissors Select Tool" to begin isolating the portion of the image you want to turn into a hologram. Click on one point of the perimeter of the object and then click at each turn and corner along the edge of the image. Once you have made your way around the object, click on your original point and then click anywhere within the selection. This will prompt the solid line to become a dotted one, signaling the selection has been finalized.
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Click on "Edit" and "Copy," and then click on "Edit" and "Paste." The selection will be inserted as a "Floating Selection." Select the "Layer" tab and "New Layer" so that the selection will be merged onto its own semi-transparent layer.
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Select the "Colors" tab and click on "Colorize." A "Colorize the Image" pop-up box will appear, letting you change the Hue, Saturation and Lightness of your image. Consider giving the selected area a blue hue with an increased lightness. Click on "OK" when satisfied.
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Use the "Eraser Tool" located in the main toolbox to eliminate any rough, unwanted edges on your hologram layer.
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Save your edited file using a picture extension such as ".jpg" or ".png."
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Tips & Warnings
If you want to give your hologram a blurred dimension, you can click on "Filters," "Blur" and "Gaussian Blur." A settings box will appear, letting you choose the strength of the effect.
You may be prompted to flatten your multilayer file during the saving process. If you want to archive an unflattened workbook that can be edited in the future, save a copy of your file using GIMP's native workbook extension ".xcf."
