Polished Steel Effect on Gimp 2.10.8

Creating a metallic effect on Gimp 2.10.8 is not a difficult task. The process described in the video and the article below should be able to help you accomplish this task.

1. First, start a new project and fill the canvas with black color (#000000)
2. Insert a new layer and fill it with black, then go to filters > noise > HSV noise.
3. change the value the values in the HSV noise pop up as shown in the video, then complete the process. The image will be distorted as seen in the video.
4. Again, go to filters > blur > circular motion blur, set the angle to about 35 degrees then proceed.
5. Set the foreground color to black and the background color to white and select the gradient tool. Choose the preset pattern as seen in the video above, and choose conical symmetric. On the mode, choose overlay and proceed.
6. You will notice that the metallic effect is coming out very well. To make it even better, go to colors > curves, then change the preferences as shown in the video until it looks perfectly metallic.
7. To give a perfect steel effect, add a blue layer on top and reduce its opacity to the best level. This is demonstrated in the YouTube Video above. Thanks for following, Let us continue learning together.

Polished Steel Effect on Gimp 2.10.8