Do This To Get a Completely Custom Backdrop Without Spending a Cent using GIMP!
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- A while back I did a video on The Grunge about adding a backdrop and said backdrop included the custom made photo. I got lots of questions about how I did it, so I promised to make a video. At long last (you don't know how long), Part 1 is here!
I consider the backdrop to be a crucial piece of scenery and a photo backdrop goes a long way toward adding realism to your model train layout. In this video we cover tips, terminology, some best practices, discussion of print vs. online resolution, and then get into the backdrop tutorial (or at least start it).
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:58 - The Image We'll Make
03:25 - Technology & Terminology
04:08 - Layers & Such...
05:37 - Elements
06:13 - Resolutions (Not the New Year's Type)
08:41 - Color
09:25 - Random Stuff
09:57 - Sizes
17:00 - Adding the "Master" Image
20:34 - Placing Additional Wall Images
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Hi Joe, thanks for allowing me to watch this journey you took. The Grunge looks great!!
Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the kind words!
Hi Joe, I am in the UK and have recently started modelling American outline. I have found your videos most informative and they have helped me a great deal in deciding what type of layout to do to achieve my expectations.
I’m glad they’ve helped! Good luck with your new project!
Nice job. Watching with my CSX tee shirt on.
Great explanation and tutorial. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Thanks, Dave!
Thank you for this I will be putting up a backdrop soon!
Glad to hear it!
Bring out the gimp. 🤣 I'll admit that was the first thing I thought of when you said it. This is a great video! I've never heard of gimp, so I'll be checking this out.
I still prefer Photoshop, but you can’t beat the price for GIMP
Thank you for using free software for your demonstration. I have been using Gimp for years. In Gimp you can "Open images as layers" and I usually make the background a solid color that way I can see what I'm working on against a color, but I can also turn that color off. Also, as a commercial printer I'm appreciate that you took the time to explain how printing works, and Yes you did a great job of that.
I worked in commercial printing for a while (digital web-to-print) and I know people struggle with it so I felt it was important to cover. Thanks for letting me know I hit the mark.
I have been printing for almost 30 years. I've mostly run Lithographic web press, both cold and heat set. I've worked people that couldn't understand the RBG vs. CMYK thing. It's always nice to see someone that really know that they are talking about.
Joe - thanks for the tip on using gimp. I just started using this and wish your video would have shown how to print large sized backgrounds on multiple letter sized paper. Thanks again.
Hi Tim. There is a second part in the works that will cover this.
Great video. Has part 2 been uploaded? I can't seem to find it.
Part 2 is in the works but not uploaded. Part 1 nearly killed me, so I’ve been avoiding it. 😳 But, you're the second person to ask in as many days so I guess I better get on it!
Joe - Excellent tutorial. New subscriber and thumbs up. I model in O scle 1/48 scale. Sorry if I missed the obvious but how do I scale this for O scale? big thanks.
Thanks for the sub! First off, you can make it whatever size looks good to you. But if you’re looking for an exact scaled-up match, it would be 7 x (87.1 / 48) or just over 12.7 inches. All I did there was take the original 7 inches, multiply it by 87.1 to get the prototype height, then divide by 48 to get it down to O’s 1/48 scale.
Thank you for using GIMP. I used to be pretty good with Photoshop, but now use GIMP. It is not very intuitive.
I figured most modelers who didn’t already have a program we’re not going to want to spend the money on Photoshop, so it seemed like a good way to go.
LOL...Istarted out in Photoshop 6.0 then 'graduated' to 7.0...ain't 'graduated' any further...LOL! I've tried other programs but being used to good ole PS 7.0, I just can't get the hang of any others, including Lightroom (or whatever it's called) or other PS products, not to mention the absorbatant prices now-a-days for subscription based products...I want to own my own copy. On another note, I hope to be a fraction as good of a modeler as you, and some others. I'm in a wheelchair, so any layout must be built with those perameters (any ideas/suggestions will be greatly appreciated, plus we live in an apartment so everything must be portable and freestanding) and I have neuropathy in my hands/fingers so that will most likely play a facter in modeling (I really want to scatch build several childhood homes and other buildings that mean a lot to me so hopefully I'll be able to do them. Thank you for your great videon and excellent tips, techniques, and ideas!!!
We’ve covered a bunch of this offline, but thank you for the kind words!
Man my cranium ain’t wired to absorb any of this. Think I’ll just run some trains.
Thanks for watching anyway!