![]() To do this, create a new layer and title it something. Now I noticed in the films that the proton streams have these white orbs flowing through it. For me, I like to brighten it up a bit, so I head over to Colors > Brightness-Contrast, and adjust the contrast tab so that it brightens the stream up a bit, as well as give it some added focus. If you are happy with how your beam looks, you may choose to skip this next step. Now you should be left with one beam layer and your background layer. Do this by right clicking on the top beam layer and select “Merge Down”. You want this part of the beam to still be focused, but you want the edges to be less sharp so that is blends like so:Īt this point, you can now go to your Layers window and merge the two beam layers. I usually set this layer to a blur radius of 20.0 – 30.0. This time you will want to set it much lower. Now select the Base Stream layer and head back to Gaussian Blur. Due to the thickness of this red line, I tend to set the blur radius somewhere between 150.0 - 200.0. ![]() This is going to give your stream that warm glow. Go ahead and adjust the blur radius so that it gives the red some good amount of fade. With your Stream Glow layer still selected, head to Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur. This will repeat the same curve bend you gave the other layer. Now select the Stream Glow layer and either go to Filters > Repeat Curve Bends, or simply hit Ctrl + F. Under “Modify Curves” give the line the bend you wish to give your stream! Once you have your bend, click OK. Now you will want to select your “Base Stream” layer and go to Filter > Distorts > Curve Bends. You also want to make sure that your select tool is no longer present on your canvas. TIP: Here you may want to switch your stream layers so that the orange sits on top of the red. Now select the “Stream Glow” layer and repeat the last step, only this time you want to make this box wider and paint it red. Fill this box in with orange so that you have something like this: Make a horizontal box that stretches from one end of your canvas to the other. I do this by selecting the Rectangle Select Tool from the upper left of the tool box. You can do this by drawing one free hand, but I like them to be perfectly straight. Here is where you will make the bright orange portion of the proton stream. Once your background layer is painted black, select the “Base Stream” layer. NOTE: Remember to always have the appropriate layer selected before you do anything! ![]() If you want to add streams to your own photos, skip the paint bucket and set your photo as the background image instead. You will want to select the “Background” layer and paint it all black. Go ahead and select the Bucket Fill Tool (Paint Bucket) in the tool box and set the color to black. You can name them what you want, but I like to use “Base Stream” and ”Stream Glow”: Go to your “Layers” window and create two new layers to go along with your background layer. If these aren’t open when you start the program, they are found under the “Windows” tab at the top. Start by making sure you have the Toolbox, Layers, and Tool Options windows. It is up to you on what size you set your templates, but I like to go BIG! I generally set width to 1200 and height to 1000. You will then be prompted to select template size. ![]() Once you have the program downloaded, go ahead and open her up! A blank window should come up where you can select File > New. GIMP can be a bit intimidating for those who don’t generally use the more advanced photo editing programs, but there are hundreds of videos on youtube to help you find tools and tricks you’re looking for! For now, this is the GIMP tutorial on proton streams! For those unfamiliar with the program “GIMP”, it is a free photo editing program that can be downloaded here :
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