Create A Distressed Effect with GIMP

In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to use layer masking to apply textures to objects in GIMP in order to create a distressed effect. This is good for giving your designs an aged, worn, vintage sort of appeal.
You can download 15 free texture images here: logosbynick.com/15-free-grung...
The example logo used for this design can be downloaded here: logosbynick.com/gimp-distress...
Want to learn more about how GIMP works? Check out The GIMP Series - a comprehensive collection of over 60 videos where I go over all of the major tools, features and functions in GIMP and explain what they are and demonstrate how they work. Learn more here: logosbynick.com/gimp/
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Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

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  • @scellyyt
    @scellyyt4 жыл бұрын

    You are literally my only source of gimp skills

  • @thelategamer5003

    @thelategamer5003

    4 жыл бұрын

    I didn't realize their was anyone else? I need gimp I get nick...

  • @dumbbass8867

    @dumbbass8867

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Everyone else still think that they have to use adobe money-waster.

  • @sandram4670
    @sandram46707 ай бұрын

    You never disappoint with your to-the-point, no-fluff, easy-to-follow tutorials. Before I click on one of your videos I know I'm going to get quality and learn something without feeling overwhelmed. You're the best!

  • @Erich_U
    @Erich_U4 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! As always! Short, to the point, but perfectly explained.

  • @guidodingemans
    @guidodingemans Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial. Straight to the point, no nonsense, and everything explained at just the right pace. And thanks for the free textures!

  • @TheGreatDanish
    @TheGreatDanish2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the no frills nature of this video. I just needed to know how to do one little thing, and here you are, giving me *exactly* what I needed, and nothing more. Earned a sub for when I need to learn more gimp stuff.

  • @InspiredSignStudio
    @InspiredSignStudio3 жыл бұрын

    Been looking for something like this in G'MIC and other filters. Your solution works so much better and is far easier to control. Thank you!!

  • @its_achilles_yo1128
    @its_achilles_yo11284 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the tutorials Nick!!! Your the best!!!

  • @brunos6086
    @brunos60863 жыл бұрын

    Nick, so glad I found your tutorials! they're simple to understand and quick to learn for those with ADD :). I can focus on creating and this distressed look makes all my art looks amazing!

  • @emmyboucher7349
    @emmyboucher73494 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all of your inspiring and informative videos all year! Have a wonderful holiday season!

  • @ruby2411
    @ruby24112 жыл бұрын

    I have been trying to create this effect for a while now but didn't know how to in GIMP. Thank you so much for this clear tutorial. I finally did it.

  • @AndyPicton
    @AndyPicton Жыл бұрын

    great job describing the process and providing step by step directions.

  • @greengryphongaming6438
    @greengryphongaming64384 жыл бұрын

    Amazing work! Brilliant!

  • @LeeTGame
    @LeeTGame4 жыл бұрын

    Short and sweet! Great tutorial:)

  • @hulkito852
    @hulkito852 Жыл бұрын

    thank you for sharing the sample textures, it helped me better understand how to design a texture and took the time to make a "marbled" style. super awesome. have a pleasant evening!

  • @gothwooduk
    @gothwoodukАй бұрын

    I can never remember how to do this, so I have it bookmarked and keep coming back every time I need it. Thank you!

  • @ShamisenZentrale
    @ShamisenZentrale3 жыл бұрын

    This tutorial is incredibly helpful, thank you very much! And thank you for the free texture images, you're awesome!

  • @CHRSTXX
    @CHRSTXX2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I've been looking for this effect forever.

  • @yasam9311
    @yasam93114 жыл бұрын

    your tutorials are great to watch.

  • @dwaynemeroin3101
    @dwaynemeroin31014 жыл бұрын

    Nick. I can not thank you enough for all your videos. You have given me such direction in what software to use. I accidentally fell into doing some graphic work, you are a true blessing and are getting me into the right direction.

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad to help!

  • @AutPen38
    @AutPen38 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent. Just what I was looking for.

  • @ervanabu
    @ervanabu Жыл бұрын

    Thank you sooo much... I just started learning gimp, and this is just what i need.

  • @Apostle92627
    @Apostle926274 жыл бұрын

    You are awesome. I never would've thought of this, and I'll be trying it in Photoshop later.

  • @willsarms3
    @willsarms33 жыл бұрын

    these videos are so helpful, keep up the good work!

  • @noureddine3633
    @noureddine36334 жыл бұрын

    best source so far

  • @Mvlm
    @Mvlm4 жыл бұрын

    Love ur gimp tuts

  • @Comet_ARK
    @Comet_ARK5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for teaching me how to use gimp well!

  • @julpajuli4669
    @julpajuli4669 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your tutorial

  • @CTRL_SMarcos
    @CTRL_SMarcos4 жыл бұрын

    Great tip! Thank you so much for your videos.

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith36994 жыл бұрын

    That was great. I was amused that the advert that ran before this video on KZread was about some guys Photoshop tutorials :D

  • @mamah.4621
    @mamah.46213 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos - thanks!

  • @wesulf7517
    @wesulf75173 жыл бұрын

    bro solid video and hook up with the textures, first class

  • @ediecarver5333
    @ediecarver53334 жыл бұрын

    I have learn so much from you. Thank you so much

  • @collectiveoasis
    @collectiveoasis11 ай бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial! Subbed!

  • @robinbickel2451
    @robinbickel24514 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, thanks!

  • @thomasberry5322
    @thomasberry5322 Жыл бұрын

    This was very helpful, thanks 😎👍

  • @hman2912
    @hman29124 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, was actually trying to do this effect

  • @ayalabaleeiro8398
    @ayalabaleeiro83984 жыл бұрын

    I think I can finally set a conclusion that you create videos to any audience, ‘cause should you take the basic tools explainations out the video would last probably less than 1 mite. Grats for the video!

  • @mireillequist3510
    @mireillequist35103 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! Thanks😊🤘

  • @k4x1rda41
    @k4x1rda413 жыл бұрын

    thank you this will make my thing so much easier to make

  • @AdamGershon
    @AdamGershon3 жыл бұрын

    SO helpful .. thank you!

  • @iamwildeofficial
    @iamwildeofficial3 жыл бұрын

    Super useful! Thanks!

  • @chrismiller9961
    @chrismiller99614 жыл бұрын

    I love your channel!!! 😍 keep it up!

  • @Itz_me_JB
    @Itz_me_JB Жыл бұрын

    Very useful video thank you so much.

  • @Abhishek-tf8bj
    @Abhishek-tf8bj2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Man you are the best

  • @TheNuclearJohn
    @TheNuclearJohn4 жыл бұрын

    Pretty good video. I'll try.

  • @hadireg
    @hadireg3 жыл бұрын

    wow nice suggestion on yt!! 👍 Thanks for the great tutorial!!

  • @SaharGolshani
    @SaharGolshani4 жыл бұрын

    Very Helpful! Thank you!

  • @robertgrant9265
    @robertgrant92654 жыл бұрын

    I love this trick my friend

  • @impossibleexperiments
    @impossibleexperiments4 жыл бұрын

    Succinct and easy to follow tutorial.

  • @Maxi-yd8qx
    @Maxi-yd8qx4 жыл бұрын

    you helped me so so much, TY

  • @hozamc.ferdinand6518
    @hozamc.ferdinand65183 жыл бұрын

    thank you sir!

  • @StupidRobotFightingLeague
    @StupidRobotFightingLeague4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome as usual. Totally beard!

  • @mosabreda1157
    @mosabreda11574 жыл бұрын

    You're awesome!

  • @Badral-Din_S
    @Badral-Din_S5 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙂

  • @baslielalene4702
    @baslielalene47022 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @finnfinnone
    @finnfinnone2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much 💚 I also downloaded the 15 Free grunge image, and subscribe to your email list. tnx again

  • @DingDangJon
    @DingDangJon4 жыл бұрын

    Never played around with the layer mask before. Going to have to now.

  • @ArturJBCosta
    @ArturJBCosta4 жыл бұрын

    Nice, thumbs UP!

  • @johnnysakko8853
    @johnnysakko8853 Жыл бұрын

    Wow thanks I have been using gimp for 4 years and I did not even know what to do that

  • @Anitamokusla
    @Anitamokusla4 жыл бұрын

    Muchas gracias!!!

  • @rahimrahimi1337
    @rahimrahimi13373 жыл бұрын

    Nice thanks! :)

  • @cismifikriyat3940
    @cismifikriyat39404 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much

  • @adamm5425
    @adamm54253 жыл бұрын

    best of the best

  • @DadoPoland
    @DadoPoland4 жыл бұрын

    Just discovered this channel recently and I already know I'll be watching tons of your videos. Very clean and informative, just great tutorials. I've got a question though: What version of GIMP are you using and what additional plugins/themes have you installed?

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm running GIMP 2.10.8 and I have GMIC and the Layer Effects plugin installed.

  • @aishakhan6303
    @aishakhan63033 жыл бұрын

    best , thanks i made it in 5 mins by watching ur vdo :)

  • @haureabr
    @haureabr7 ай бұрын

    thank you ;)

  • @ironhandstudio6612
    @ironhandstudio66122 жыл бұрын

    Thank´s Nick (would be a nice t-shirt "Thank´s Nick"...)

  • @swschilke
    @swschilke4 жыл бұрын

    Nice video again, could you kindly do some videos on stuff like how to get a supportive grid on a layer to make designing easier Thank you Nick

  • @superduper6265
    @superduper62653 жыл бұрын

    You got a sub

  • @AdamHellyer
    @AdamHellyer Жыл бұрын

    Here in 2022, super helpful, thank you.

  • @tonyseifart
    @tonyseifart3 жыл бұрын

    Probably so obvious to you ... but this was such an awesome tutorial ... thank you sooooo much!

  • @venaustine4270
    @venaustine42704 жыл бұрын

    Hi nick! It's me again haha, would love to see 9x16 brochure tutorial in the future 😁 Love this video by the way ⚡

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice idea. I'll see what I can do.

  • @CoconutPete
    @CoconutPete18 күн бұрын

    wow it actually worked! thanks! subbed too :)

  • @djpitoflo
    @djpitoflo4 жыл бұрын

    Love Your Tutorial & wanted to to know if you can do a video On doing a 3D Lettering Logo & Thank you So much

  • @deadinteresting8905
    @deadinteresting89054 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Oh Gimp God!! :D

  • @andresonlineincome9437
    @andresonlineincome94374 жыл бұрын

    TQ!

  • @seaham3d695
    @seaham3d6952 жыл бұрын

    I love you.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Do you have any idea, how to create a B&W (or just a few color) drawing out of a photo (a face, dog, etc). I'm thinking about a similar effect to your zombie hand logo, just not based on the shadows, but on actual features and the (sometimes even overlapping) geometry. Thanks for the awesome tutorials btw, you're awesome!

  • @cyph3r.427
    @cyph3r.4272 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. How would you make the effect color instead of transparent?

  • @beefhamma
    @beefhamma2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! Was the texture image something you created using tools in GIMP?

  • @venaustine4270
    @venaustine42704 жыл бұрын

    What up Nick! me again haha, would love to know your top 10 if not Font Choices and also a recommendation for 2020 😁⚡Would love to follow your content side by side.

  • @cottinghamdrive
    @cottinghamdrive3 жыл бұрын

    @logosbynick how do you get your document history locked on the top left like that? I like that much better than what I'm doing. Great vids!

  • @marcopoloondiscovery
    @marcopoloondiscovery4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Nick, I followed the tutorial step by step but in the end, my shape remained as inconclusive because - yes, I can see the layer mask on top of the (SVG) I wanted to texturise. Some of the texture is sprawling outside the solid shape underneath - but I don't know now what to do next in order to see the shape only as a cut clear shape with the texture inside. I would also need to take it back to my Inkscape to insert it as part of my illustration. What would you suggest? Thank you for any comments. I know I will need your comprehensive GIMP course! :-)

  • @freelyashley2874
    @freelyashley28742 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the tutorial! I just have one question, how do you get all the tools on the left on that tool docker? I only have the basics on mine.

  • @scarcrow2974
    @scarcrow29743 жыл бұрын

    Hello, I already tryed to do this 3 times but everytime i do it creates in reverse, what i mean by that is that the grunge overlay isnt making this white pattern like it does in your video but it creates white picture where i can see my background picture trough the particles that were supposed to be white

  • @hardyjoe4278
    @hardyjoe427822 күн бұрын

    I wonder if this will work with this leather texture I only ever seem to be able to make with the mosaic from filters> distorts

  • @dsulvadarius
    @dsulvadarius2 жыл бұрын

    Could you give us a link to the Wilbur image, the fonts, the textures, and the background used in the finished composition at the beginning of this video?

  • @luishondas
    @luishondas2 жыл бұрын

    Hi how can use roland bn 20A with this program?

  • @Sefa_On_Deck
    @Sefa_On_Deck3 жыл бұрын

    Am I supposed to create another canvas to put the distress effect then copy?

  • @cougarsax2005
    @cougarsax20053 жыл бұрын

    Would this same process work for making "rusty" images i.e. a rusty car or rusty metal?

  • @khakcsar
    @khakcsar4 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial.... Btw do you still use Photoshop or Illustrator for any of your work ?

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes I use both. I find Illustrator really useful for certain tasks like batch exporting, CMYK, and converting vector logos into layered PSD files.

  • @llcoolg7028
    @llcoolg7028 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Nick, so when I copy and then paste the texture nothing happens, I see the thumbnail at the lower right menu section has been added but nothing happens to the picture

  • @esaureneauortiz2998
    @esaureneauortiz29984 жыл бұрын

    Hi Nick! What font do you used?... I talk about calligraphy font...sorry if my english is not correct, I'm learning jeje

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's called Serrona Script

  • @rectvsv
    @rectvsv4 жыл бұрын

    how i make an emoji in gimp or inkscape?

  • @juanaso
    @juanaso2 жыл бұрын

    How do i make the dots black?

  • @samucapiassi9467
    @samucapiassi94673 жыл бұрын

    i guess it doesn't work like this on gimp 2020 or i just dont know how to download it

  • @JG-hd2fp
    @JG-hd2fp3 жыл бұрын

    Say you wanted to give a texture to a Batman symbol. How can you do that to the symbol only and not the whole layer??. Thanks

  • @xxdansmitxx
    @xxdansmitxx3 жыл бұрын

    Hey man I downloaded your textures and put them in the texture folder but they aren't showing up in gimp when I go to textures? Any ideas? Thanks for the video.

  • @xxdansmitxx

    @xxdansmitxx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nevermind I got it! Thank you for your video

  • @chrilu6932
    @chrilu69323 жыл бұрын

    top

  • @deephelldotcom
    @deephelldotcom2 жыл бұрын

    not sure if it's the image i want to use, but whenever i do this the white parts of the texture look extremely low quality