{"id":6004,"date":"2011-06-08T00:22:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T04:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=4126"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:34:06","slug":"day-158-using-layer-modes-in-the-gimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2011\/06\/08\/day-158-using-layer-modes-in-the-gimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Using layer modes in GIMP cc-by lemasney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4128\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/20110607.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4128\" data-attachment-id=\"4128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/20111217-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20111217.png?fit=1242%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20111217\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20111217.png?fit=776%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4128\" title=\"Dad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/20110607.png?resize=640%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dad\" width=\"640\" height=\"608\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this YouTube video below, you can watch me use the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) in order to bring a texture and a photo together with very little effort using layer modes in GIMP. If you look closely at the image above, you can see the finished effect, a picture of my father interspersed with a subtle flowery texture.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do something great together! Interested in doing something like this with your company? You can reach me at 609 553 9498, john@lemasney.com, or as lemasney on various social networks.<\/p>\n<p>I would love the opportunity to help you, wherever you are, whenever you are ready. I always enjoy talking with groups and individuals on topics like technology, training, open source, and design. If there is some way that I can help you with these and related topics, please contact lemasney at lemasney@gmail.com, 609 553 9498 or  Let&#8217;s do something great together! This content is released under a creative commons attribution license, some rights reserved. cc-by lemasney<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1170\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UEcNhxLBevw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John LeMasney demonstrates how to use layer modes in GIMP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,18,1128,3653,3658,3070,17,3654,21,23,3657,29,31,32,5],"tags":[76,335,365,403,405,599],"class_list":{"0":"post-6004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-consulting","8":"category-cv","9":"category-illustration","10":"category-insights","11":"category-instructional-technology","12":"category-open-source-consulting","13":"category-photography","14":"category-portfolio","15":"category-professional-activities","16":"category-professional-experience","17":"category-requests","18":"category-research-interests","19":"category-teaching","20":"category-teaching-experience","21":"category-technology","22":"tag-arts","23":"tag-gimp","24":"tag-graphics","25":"tag-illustration","26":"tag-image-editing","27":"tag-open-source","28":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/20110607.png?fit=918%2C873&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-1yQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4942,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/11\/07\/ray-park-darth-maul-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":6004,"position":0},"title":"Ray Park as Darth Maul cc-by lemasney","author":"lemsy","date":"2013-11-07","format":"image","excerpt":"Ray Park as Darth Maul cc-by lemasney","rel":"","context":"In &quot;consulting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"consulting","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ray Park as Darth Maul cc-by lemasney","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Ray-Park-as-Darth-Maul-by-John-LeMasney-via-lemasneydotcom.png?fit=397%2C498&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":47518,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2020\/07\/16\/two-photos-of-me-and-my-sons-together\/","url_meta":{"origin":6004,"position":1},"title":"Two photos of me and my sons together.","author":"lemsy","date":"2020-07-16","format":false,"excerpt":"A while back, I decided to go into GIMP and create an image of me and my sons, but to overlap our faces, and merge them at the eyes, nose, and mouth. 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