[CoLoCo] LoCo wallpaper

[siblog]

Ahh, I see! Thank you very much!

-Simon

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Darrin Goodman <darrin.goodman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:10 AM, siblog <tehsiblog at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Darrin,
>>
>> I really like your wallpapers and especially the transparent banner at the
>> bottom. Is it another layer? Can you post that banner too? I would really
>> like to add it to some of my other wallpapers or use it when trying to make
>> my own. I have limited knowledge of Gimp so please excuse my ignorance.
>>
>> -Simon
>>
>
> Thanks Simon.  I've got another couple of ideas for wallpaper images that
> I'll try to put together over the course of the next week or so, and I'll
> post to the list once that happens.
>
> The blue and white flag is on its own layer, and I have just reduced the
> opacity of the layer, which makes it semi-transparent.  My "master" editable
> version is sized to 2048x1536, so I make changes to that file, and then
> resize it to smaller dimensions for different sized monitors.  I have posted
> the "master" .xcf image (Gimp) online (it's about 18 MB) and you can
> download it at the link below.  Once you open the file up in the Gimp, look
> at your layers palate; click on the layer called "Flag", and look for the
> area (above the layers) called "Opacity".  You will see that this layer is
> set to 63.9% opacity, and that it is set to "Normal" mode.  Click on the
> dropdown menu for "Normal" and play around with some of the other options to
> see some of the different opacity effects that you can achieve.
> http://www.hilltopyodeler.com/images/wallpapers/coloco-2048x1536.xcf
>
> You mentioned wanting to use the transparent flag layer in other images.
> You can merge the Ubuntu logo layer, the Colorado 'C' layer, and the flag
> layer into one layer, resize the image to the same size and resolution as
> the image that you are working on, and then drag the desired layer into your
> new image.  If you have questions about how to do this, feel free to email
> me individually (so as to not spam the list....) and I'll be happy to
> assist.
>
> If anyone is interested in knowing, the image of the tree was one that I
> shot on CSU campus a few years back.  I've got a "mad scientist" idea that I
> plan to work on next, based on a photo that I shot at last year's Tour De
> Fat.
>
> - Darrin
>
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