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Billboards Johan Vromans 06 Dec 16:28
  Billboards Nathan Lane 08 Dec 16:01
   Billboards Johan Vromans 08 Dec 16:32
    Billboards Claus Cyrny 10 Dec 02:32
Johan Vromans
2008-12-06 16:28:00 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Billboards

Hi,

You probably know http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/billboard.php .

It should be fairly easy to create billboards like this with GIMP.

Bottom layer: an arbitrary background.

Top layer: the billboard itself, with empty (transparent) contents.

Then the billboard image, cropped to the right size, can be inserted between these layers and voila!

The crucial part is the image of the billboard.

Has anyone already done this, and wants to share?

-- Johan

Nathan Lane
2008-12-08 16:01:30 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Billboards

I don't really see what you're trying to do -- If you download that billboard image, then take another image you want to put in that white space on the billboard, then that is completely trivial. Can you explain more please?

Nathan

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Johan Vromans wrote:

Hi,

You probably know http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/billboard.php .

It should be fairly easy to create billboards like this with GIMP.

Bottom layer: an arbitrary background.

Top layer: the billboard itself, with empty (transparent) contents.

Then the billboard image, cropped to the right size, can be inserted between these layers and voila!

The crucial part is the image of the billboard.

Has anyone already done this, and wants to share?

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Johan Vromans
2008-12-08 16:32:53 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Billboards

"Nathan Lane" writes:

I don't really see what you're trying to do -- If you download that billboard image, then take another image you want to put in that white space on the billboard, then that is completely trivial. Can you explain more please?

What I want is a good image of an empty billboard, that is transparent except for the billboard itself. Then I can add arbitrary content to the billboard and place it on an arbitrary background.

For a quick/dirty example, see http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/billboard.xcf .

Before starting the tedious job of micro-cut and paste I just wanted to ask if anyone else already had such a thing.

-- Johan

Claus Cyrny
2008-12-10 02:32:31 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Billboards

Johan Vromans wrote:

"Nathan Lane" writes:

I don't really see what you're trying to do -- If you download that billboard image, then take another image you want to put in that white space on the billboard, then that is completely trivial. Can you explain more please?

What I want is a good image of an empty billboard, that is transparent except for the billboard itself.

Why don't you make one using the Gimp? ;-) You can draw the frame in white on a black background, apply "Gaussian Blur" to it, make a second layer, and apply "Filters > Light and Shadow > Lighting Effects..." with the bottom layer (black/white) as a bump map. A nice effect can be achieved by selecting the black layer, shrinking the selection, then applying "Selection> Border" (with "Feather" set) to it and fill this border with white. This results in a nice 3D border that can be used as a bump map for "Lighting Effects...".

HTH,

Claus