could you do a tutorial on how you recolor hairs in gimp? I want to start recoloring in the historian palette, but I'm struggling to get the gradients to work in it and im just kind of confused
Hey anon! While I often update hair overrides using gradients, I believe that most ppl recoloring hair in the historian palette uses auto actions. However, here's my process (works for recoloring clothes as well!):
Recoloring w/ Gradients in GIMP
1) Download the gradients you wish to recolor in. For the academia palette (historian + scientist) gradients, you can directly download the GIMP gradients (.ggr format).
However, if the gradients you are trying to find do not offer a .ggr format, such as @aharris00britney's New EA Natural Swatches Gradients, you can convert them to .ggr format by using this website with these settings:
2) Go into your zipped folder of gradients and grab the folder in which all the ggr files are in:
3) Move that folder of gradients to the folder highlighted in the screenshot.
4) If you did it correctly you should be able to see your new gradients by clicking "Gradients":
5) To gradient map, select one of the gradients and click "Gradient Map":
6) For saving your recolor, I use an GIMP Saver Extension (see link for installation instructions and download):
7) Reset your image by using CTRL+Z for the next recolor(s).
8) Repeat Steps 5-7 for as many recolors you plan to do.
Bonus: If you want a faster way of recoloring, I sugget using an extension called Auto Hotkeys and editing your Preferences in GIMP to map Gradient Mapping and Saver to certain keyboard shortcuts.
For me, I set the CTRL+ALT+Q keyboard shortcut in Auto Hotkeys. to map to pressing CTRL+ ALT+G (Gradient Mapping) and CTRL + ALT + S (Saver). Below is the script I wrote:
If you have any problems, feel free to send another ask!
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