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Published: 2010-01-16 00:43:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 17325; Favourites: 386; Downloads: 467
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Making Knots with Gimp's Path Tool. I may make another, but I think I pretty much covered everything you need to know to make this style of knots.
Let me know if you find this tutorial useful or confusing. Any questions, comments, or critiques are welcome.
The end result of the knot can be seen here: [link]
And if you are looking for a similar tutorial for Inkscape you can find it here: [link]
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This is a great tutorial. Thank you for doing the footwork on this. It has been very helpful to a beginner in Gimp.
I used your tutorial and acknowledged it here: fav.me/db5tzai
Namaste,
Cat
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Thanx, great tut, very grateful. Would have appreciated exact dimension fpr second circle, however it got me working out how the rhythm works.
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For the circle around the perimeter? It is 350 units in diameter, I think.
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im having trouble at the top making the second smaller circle, the first circle always disappears when i start the second
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Paths created from selections are set to invisible by default. Once you've created one, you will have to set their visibility in the Paths window in order to see them on the canvas.
Let me know if this solves the problem.
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yay i figured it out
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okay well honestly ive never really worked with that dialog box so is it the same as the eye thing in layers?
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wow - what a great work - can I translate it for [link]
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Sure. Just link back to the original and it'll be fine.
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WHAT?? This is possible in GIMP??
Awesome!! Never thought of it
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Yep, and it's possible for any other program that uses vectors (like Inkscape) too.
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I'm having insane difficulties at the point where it says; Take the paths tool again, select the circle and add control points where it intersects with the line. Then delete the unwanted points to make it look like the picture on the right.
Please help!
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I'm having the same difficulties -_- can't seem to work it out at all, would really appreciate your help with this
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I can't work out for the life of me how to get rid of the two lines in the centre of the circle when deleting the control points. The circle just shrinks and flattens the lines but i can't remove them from the middle to get the right shape :/ I hope that's slightly more helpful - maybe not lol!
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Have you tried erasing the lines before erasing the control points?
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Which part? Adding points or deleting the unwanted ones?
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Nothing, I just had a preset on the wrong selection. I'm good now though. Sorry for bothering you. ._.
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Oh? Cool. I dunno if I plan on doing anything like this anytime soon, but this has taught me some interesting features of GIMP
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VERY VERY cool tut! Thank you! I appreciate the work! I know already how I'll use it too!
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I'm interested in doing scrimshaw. But, I don't have any micarta ([link] a good ivory substitute) But, I do have a crap load of ceramic tile chips. Was thinking of trying to etch the glazed surface. Not sure how it will work out. But, a Celtic/Viking/tribal knot would be a cool design for one.
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Thanks!
If it works I'll post some pics on DA. (gotta get some India ink before I can test it out)
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You make it look simple! I've been drawing Celtic Knots on paper for a while, never thought to do it on Gmip. Good job!
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Oh, but they ARE simple! The hard part is the inspiration.
And if you're interested in drawing them up digitally, check out the Inkscape tutorial as well: [link]
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Interesting... I'll have to save this for future reference.
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great tutorial! i've always wondered about a good way to do these
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If you find this kind of knot work interesting, you should check out my Inkscape tutorial: [link] I find the process to be a bit more intuitive in that program.
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oh cool, thanks. that's really useful
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can this be done in photoshop or specificallly gimp?
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I haven't used Photoshop in several years so I can't say for certain, but I think it's possible.
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that's good to know. I'd love to try this tut out but I don't want to go through the hassel of getting gimp unless i really need it
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You could try Inkscape, it's easy to install and operate, quite robust (and best of all it's free).
Check out my other knot tutorial for it: [link]
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thanks for the tip and tut i think both will come in handy
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;A; That. IS. Amazing. You won the Game, sir.
ohlookbutilost
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Thank you so much for this tutorial, this is helpful, not only for knots bu in general!
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You're welcome! And thank you too.
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Nice tutorial! This looks like a good way to get clean, crisp precise knotwork made quickly; I'll have to remember this...
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Btw, I added a link to this in my comments here: [link]
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Good work and an impressive result to motivate people!
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Nice tut! I use same principle in corel... Thanks for sharing!..and the effort... P.
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very nice. I've heard of GIMP but have never used it. This is a beautiful knot *and* a great tutorial! good job
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