Set your layer with the texture on it to different modes--I don't really know what would work best for this, but if you just try going through the list you should find what you're looking for.

I always kind of enjoy seeing how the different modes look, anyway :)

Good luck! Madeleine

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:43 AM, bringoutthe wrote:

I'm sorry English is not my first language, but here it goes: With Gimp 2.8 (Mac) I have made a 3D text with a YouTube tutorial. It looks like
the Pulp Fiction logo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pulp_Fiction_Logo.png

How do I overlay a grungy texture, so the letters look 'older'? I tried making the texture image the top layer in the list on the right and then
this: right click -> layer -> transparancy -> color to alpha. But then, the 'see-through' texture covers the entire square transparant background! Not just the letters...
So, how do I add a transparant texture layer over a shaped image that has a transparant background?
Help would be much appreciated!

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On 03/27/2013 06:43 AM, bringoutthe wrote:

I'm sorry English is not my first language, but here it goes: With Gimp 2.8 (Mac) I have made a 3D text with a YouTube tutorial. It looks like the Pulp Fiction logo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pulp_Fiction_Logo.png

How do I overlay a grungy texture, so the letters look 'older'? I tried making the texture image the top layer in the list on the right and then this: right click -> layer -> transparancy -> color to alpha. But then, the 'see-through' texture covers the entire square transparant background! Not just the letters...
So, how do I add a transparant texture layer over a shaped image that has a transparant background?
Help would be much appreciated!

There are a LOT of ways to do that, but here's one. Once you have tried this, you may see how to do something else that does more what you have in mind:

Select the layer with the orange text, use the "select by color tool" and select the orange text.

Make a new transparent layer.

Drag and drop (or bucket fill) to fill the selection with white, on the new layer.

Do Filters > Noise > RGB noise

Change the newer layer's mode to Multiply

Do Colors > Desaturate

Use Colors > Curves to make the orange area look "gritty"

Use the Smudge tool to smear the grit around

:o)

Steve

On 03/27/2013 11:53 AM, bringoutthe wrote:

There are a LOT of ways to do that, but here's one. Once you have tried this, you may see how to do something else that does more what you have in mind:

Hi Steve, thank you for your creative solution! I tried it, it works, and with some practice I'll get it right. However I'd really like to apply this specific texture. Is there no way to overlay this texture image transparantly over the 'logo', without having to cut off 'excess texture image' around the logo?

Try this:

Import your texture image as a layer via drag and drop. Make sure this is the top layer of your image in progress.

In the Layers dock, select the layer with orange text, then use the Select By Color tool to select the orange color.

In the Layers dock, select the texture layer. Right click on it in the Layers dock, and select "Add layer mask."

In the dialog that opens, select "Initialize Layer Mask To - Selection"

This will give your texture layer a mask that only allows the selected area - the part over the orange text in this case - to be visible.

Change the texture layer's mode to "Burn" (or other) and adjust its opacity.

:o)

Steve