1 June 2008 - Posted in Gimp
Create great images showcasing screenshots
OK, it is hard to describe what this is as you can probably tell by the title, but I do this a lot when I show off websites or themes that I want to sell because it looks really good. The effect will look like this when finished:
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Step 1
Firstly, create a new canvas in The Gimp with the dimensions 500px width and 400px height. Fill it with black so you can see the reflections properly.
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Step 2
Now we are going to add the screenshot to the image, to do this choose the File menu and select Open As Layers. Resize the layer to width 400px by selecting Scale Layer on the Layers menu, the height property should change automatically to keep aspect ratio. It should now look like this:
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Step 3
Duplicate the screenshot layer. Then select the flip tool on the Toolbox and press Ctrl and click the image at the same time, this will flip the layer upside down like this:
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Step 4
Change to the select tool (shortcut: R) and using the arrow keys on your keyboard move the layer down till it looks like this:
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Step 5
Select the gradient tool (shortcut: L) and go to the Tool Properties and change the Gradient option to FG to Transparent. Click and drag from the centre of the upside down screenshot to the top so that it looks like this:
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Step 6
Change the opacity of the layer to 20.0 and go to the Colours menu and select Colour to Alpha. On the window that appears click the coloured button next to the “From:” and change the colour to black (000000) and click OK, the effect should now look like this:
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Step 7
Go to the Layers window and click the eye on the bottom layer so that it isn’t there anymore:
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Step 8
Now go to the Image menu and select the Merge Visible Layers option and click the Merge button on the window that appears. This will make the two screenshot layers merge. Then reselect the eye on the Background layer so that it is visible again.
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Step 9
Select the new screenshot layer and choose the Perspective tool (shortcut: Shift and P). Click and drag and drag the top right like this:
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Step 10
Now grab the bottom area and do it again so that it looks like this. Once finished click the Transform button.
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Step 11
Add a drop shadow to the screenshot by going to Filters, Light and Shadow and then Drop Shadow and change the offset properties to 0 and click OK:
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Step 12
Now to add the logo. We are going to do this by using the Open As Layers option again on the File menu and resize it so that it fits nicely on the image like this:
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Step 13
Finally, to change the background select to the Background layer and go to the Filters menu and choose Render -> Clouds -> Plasma. On the window that appears click OK, and there you have it, the final outcome:
Nate said...
Wow. Very useful, thanks!!
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Johnny said...
Excellente! That great effect is everywhere. ty very much.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:57 pm