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he wants the d(estruction of the ruling class) (fuckcapitalism) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2013-12-15 13:47:00

Hi there! I have a question regarding making icons in GIMP, in particular: what settings are actually good for making icons in GIMP? The ones I have of Toro y Moi in my icons are the first I've done outside of PS, and to me they look hideous in comparison to the other ones I've done. When I made icons in PS, I would do Overlay 50% -> Screen 50% (if it needed it) -> Scale -> Sharpen. For GIMP I do the same thing except with Unsharp Mask, though in all honesty I'm playing with it now and it seems like Sharpen might be a better option. I'm not sure yet. This doesn't change the fact that image scaling seems to decrease the quality (like with this one).

So I guess my question is: what are good settings for scaling, or at least some way of making cleaner icons like the ones I have of Willy and Nir in GIMP?

Actually, here's a better example of what I mean: unscaled, scaled. It's most pronounced on his ear.

	fuckcapitalism 2013-12-18 10:00 am UTC (link)
	This is: Base: Sharpen +50 Layer 1: 50%, Gaussian Blur 6 Layer 2: 50%, Regular image Overlay Layer 3: 50%, Regular image Screen Do you think it looks too soft-focus-y? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tessisamess 2013-12-18 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	I think that looks great, ngl! If you wanted to do some selective sharpening in key areas (wherever you prefer; I usually go for face, hair, and tattoos—stuff like that to draw the focus to the person) it wouldn't hurt, but you could also leave it as is and have a perfectly good icon or base. (Btw, that's lovely cropping!) (Reply to this) (Parent)