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An often under used feature of Gimp for many gimpers is the brush editor. Often times, this editor can give the control you need to add the right touch. Let’s see how this is the case as we create a simple spacescape.

First, create a new image and fill it with a gradient. A mixture of dark blues will work fine for us here.

Now let’s add a couple of layers of color to give us the glowing gases. Create a new transparent layer. I’ll call it “yellow ball o’ flame”. Now is where the fun begins. First we need to bring up the brush dialog. This can by visiting the Dialog menu or with the short cut “Shift + Ctrl + B”.

Unfortuantly, none of the brushes will meet our needs. We need a custom brush. On the bottom row of the dialog, click the new brush button to bring up the brush editor. Select a round style brush, set the radius to around 280 and the hardness to .45.

Now select the paintbrush tool and your new brush. With a nice shade of yellow, paint the lower left hand corner of the new layer. Finally set the layer mode to overlay.

Repeat that procedure a couple more times with a red and a green and vary the radius some.

Now its time to add the stars. Create another layer and select a small brush place some small dots. To get create a larger star, open the brush editor again and set the radius to around 10 and hardness to 0.

Using a dull white, place a couple stars in your gaseous clouds.

There you have it. I hope you agree that by tweaking your brushes, you can see stars.

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