How to Make the Annoying Orange Effect in GIMP
One of the most popular set videos found on the Internet is the Annoying Orange series. These videos show a human mouth and eyes applied to a talking orange. If you would like to recreate single image versions of this effect for gag cards to friends or other purposes, you will need a graphics program to do it. You might think that this would require the use of a program like Photoshop, but you can do the job with the freeware application GIMP.
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Instructions
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Load an image of yourself and an orange onto your computer. The image of yourself should show you with an open mouth.
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Start GIMP. Select "File" from the menu and choose "Open." In the dialog that appears, locate and open the image of the orange.
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Select "File" from the menu and choose "Open." In the dialog that appears, loacte and open the image of yourself.
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Select the "Path" tool from the toolbar and use it to draw a path around the left eye in the image. You want to get some of the skin around the eye.
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Go to the tool options and click on "Selection from Path." Then select "Edit" and click "Copy."
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Go to the image of the orange, select "Edit" and click "Paste." Use the "Move" and "Scale" tool to place the eye where you want it on the orange.
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Select the "Eraser" tool from the toolbar and in the options choose one of the "Fuzzy" brushes. Use it to erase the edges of the skin around the eye, leaving a slight fade.
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Repeat this process to bring in the other eye and the mouth. Save your work.
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References
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