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Reply With QuoteNow we have this body of water, we can begin the work.
In the menu "filters" select "blur">"gaussian blur" the level it in this case is 70 pixels.
Making water with soft edge in Gimp
The first step is open GIMP and create a new image,with the brush tool, paint a blue patch that will serve as the basis for our tutorial.
Now we have this body of water, we can begin the work.
In the menu "filters" select "blur">"gaussian blur" the level it in this case is 70 pixels.
Use the menu "Colors"> "posterize" changed for 10 levels.
In the same menu "Colors"> "brightness-contrast" changed to 6 and 23 respectively.
Again use the "gaussian blur" filter this time for 12 pixels.
In the "layers window" create a new layer and add an "alpha channel" to it.
Paint or load a terrain to this new layer.
Now using the "eraser tool", erase the region over the water(in the new layer).
The end result of our work should be more or less like this:
Please feel welcome to correct any errors I have committed on this tutorial.
That's a nice looking water.
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