Re: SPARKLE PLUG IN

[Kent Paul Dolan <xanthian@xxxxxxxx>]

=> From: "hyehealth" <hyehealth@xxxxxxxxx>
=> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:43:14 -0000

=> Does anyone out there know how I can add sparkle to
=> a photo I'm trying to enhance?  The sparkle will be
=> on a diamond in the photo.  Thank you so
=> much...............

This works in GIMP 2.3.19, but it might be overkill
for your needs.

Put a transparent layer over the existing image.

With the pencil tool, and the single pixel brush,
put a white dot everywhere you want a sparkle to be.

On the image menu, do:

<image>=>Filters=>Light and Shadow=>Sparkle

and take the default settings by clicking OK.

Each dot you made will become a huge sparkle, which
you can now merge down onto the gemstone.

If that's too much for your needs, while the once
transparent layer is still a separate layer, on the
layers dialog, do an

  Alpha to Selection

then from the image menu do a

  Select=>Invert Selection
  Select=>Grow (by 1)
  Edit=>Clear

This will trim away the outside row of pixels
off of the sparkles, making them smaller.

I hope that was what you needed.

xantian.




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