[Tutorial] ▓▓▓ How to do Scan Lines in GIMP▓▓▓

[Horus]

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How to do Scan Lines in GIMP 2.8 :

Step 1 :
Open GIMP and go to File>New (Ctrl+N)
You should get this:

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Step 2 : Fill out the dimensions- Width: 3
Height: 3

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Step 3 : Click on advanced options and go to the "Fill with" section and fill with Transparency

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Step 4 : Use the Magnify tool to zoom the image (which looks like a very tiny dot) and zoom to 18,000%.

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You should get this:

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Step 5 : Hover over to the "pencil tool"

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Step 6 : Use the softest brush you have, and reduce the size to size 1.00

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Step 7 : Begin Filling the transparent image using the pencil tool:

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Step 8 : Go to edit> copy and then edit> paste as> new pattern:

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Step 9 : Open your image that you wanna add scan lines to:

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Step 10 : Right click on the layer and click 'new layer':

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Step 11 : Fill the layer type with " transparency "

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Step 12 : Hover over to the "bucket fill" tool:

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Step 13 : Click on "pattern fill" and search for the pattern you created earlier on (its usually at the top for the first time):

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Step 14 : Fill your image with the pattern and voila:

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Tips:
If you want you lines further apart, make the tiny image bigger, like 6x6 pixels or even larger. And same goes for scanlines closer together, leave the image at 3x3 pixels.
You can adjust the Opacity on the new transparent layer (with the scan line pattern) to make the lines a little bit more transparent or dark

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[Lyke]

to complicated

 

[~Puppet Master~]

Very well done tutorial, I personally use Paint.NET and for the people who use anything other than GIMP, I paste

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picture on top of my image and decrease the opacity.

( I also think that decreasing the opacity works well with your method, so the lines become a little more transparent. Currently they're a bit too thick and darken the avatar a bit too much. )

 

[Horus]

Very well done tutorial, I personally use Paint.NET and for the people who use anything other than GIMP, I paste

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picture on top of my image and decrease the opacity.

( I also think that decreasing the opacity works well with your method, so the lines become a little more transparent. Currently they're a bit too thick and darken the avatar a bit too much. )

I'll put that as a tip

 

[Marimo]

Or you could just get scan brushes for gimp, they come in different sizes and different directions.
Despite the fact it's a good tutorial btw, found it even to understand though I don't use gimp

 

[BazzBee]

Nice tutorial ..... and yeah i prefer small lines too. the annoying thing is this tut came right after i learned about how to add scan line >.<

 

[Funky Tiger]

Or you could use the Gradient tool.

 

[Horus]

Or you could use the Gradient tool.

Gradient tool to do Scanlines in GIMP?

 

[Kages]

Yep, thanks!

Btw, for anyone wondering, here is how you do a lined border on Gimp.

1. Select>All
2. Select>Border>2px
3. Fill it with WHITE
4. Select>All
5. Choose a color for the dots
6. Edit>Stroke Selection>Line Width: 2px
7. Line Style> Line
8. Click Stroke
9. Repeat that 4-5 times ( So just do Edit>Stroke Selection>Click Stroke, 4-5 times )
10. Select>None

Example:

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There would be a space between the red and gray part^