Ixion - How To Make The Logo

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Russell lets us into his artistic secrets:

How To Make A MetalIxiLogo In Twelve Easy Steps

1. Get and fire up the gimp :-) (www.gimp.org)
2. In the main gimp control window select Xtns->Script-Fu -> Logos -> SOTA Chrome
3. It'll pop up a "Script-Fu: Logos/SOTA Chrome" window. In this window set:

   Chrome Saturation	-80	(default)
   Chrome Lightness	-47	(default)
   Chrome Factor	0.75	(default)
   Text	IXION	(this bit's quite important :-) )
   Font Size	300	(or wotever you like: this makes a 888x362 image)
   Font	ROOSTHEAVY	(you might have to STFW & install the font, and/or it could have a different name e.g. "Rooster Heavy")
   Environment Map	.../beavis.jpg	(default)
   Highlight Balance	RGB 0.83 0.37 0.00 (muddy brown)	(default)
   Chrome Balance	RGB 0 0 0 (black)	(default)

4. Click OK and the gimp should create a metalic logo with border.
5. Get rid of the shadow & background:
   1. Open the Layers, Channels & Paths window by right clicking in the image then selecting Layers -> Layers, Channels & paths
   2. Select the background layer in the Layers window by clicking on the word Backgound then delete this layer by either typing ^X or right click and select Delete Layer.
   3. Select the Drop Shadow layer in the Layers window by clicking on the word Drop Shadow then delete this layer by either typing ^X or right click and select Delete Layer.
6. Right click in the Layers window, select Merge Visible Layers then click OK.
7. Get rid of the border:
   1. In the image window, left click and drag around the word "IXION", i.e. inside the border.
   2. Right click in the image window and select Select -> Invert.
   3. Right click in the image window and select Edit -> Clear.
   4. (optionally) Right click in the image window and select Image -> Transforms -> Autocrop
8. Save Image with right click then File -> Save As and choose wot you like.

Tara! One Metal Ixion Logo of a size and file format chosen by your good self.