Making a photographic artifact
@Rohvannyn (3098)
United States
January 24, 2016 4:35am CST
For my gaming campaign, I needed a damaged metal plate, with an inscription that the player had to figure out. How did I do it?
Well, I used the awesome free art program called GIMP. I grabbed a picture of some fine grained rock with the right resolution. Then I made a new transparent layer, put the text on, blurred selected parts. Then I merged the layers then used the Emboss filter - playing with the settings - till I got the effect I needed.
Surprisingly simple, surprisingly effective for what I needed.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
24 Jan 16
well done, I thought it was a photo of an actual thing, rather than a created thing
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@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
24 Jan 16
Thanks! That's what I was hoping to make.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Jan 16
@Rohvannyn well you did a very good job with it
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@suziecat7 (3349)
• Asheville, North Carolina
24 Jan 16
It looks great - very creative.
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@Bluedoll (16770)
• Canada
7 Feb 16
@Rohvannyn What was the gaming campaign? You didn't say. Do I see another new post in your future? 
