Ocean effects

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Hi

This is an experiment to see if I can get a half decent ocean going in GIMP in a similar way to the way I would do it in CC3, and this is the first test run:

Ocean test.jpg

For this test I used multiple layers of different textures - completely filling each layer with the one texture using the fill bucket and fills I created to do this map. Most have a mask to enable painting by transparency in black and white.

The ocean layers (excluding the land ones) are in this order:

surf - ordinary transparent layer on which the surf is drawn in white

Ocean deep - multiply mode ocean texture layer with layer mask and painted transparency
Ocean mid - as above
Ocean shallow - as above

The three ocean layers are all the same ocean texture, but adjusted in tone and colour from turquoise on the shallow layer to darker blue on the deep layer

seaweed - normal mode - an entire sheet of the seaweed texture with a layer mask and painted visible
rocks - as above
Base Sand dry - as above
Base Sand wet - a straightforward background

Feel free to ask questions/make suggestions