clipped from www.ephotozine.com Create a statue effect using Gimp Turn your body into stone using Gimp - Michael Bates shows us how to turn a person into stone and create a statue effect using the free image editing software, Gimp If you’ve ever felt like being a little more adventurous than usual with your photographs, why not try transforming someone into a statue using GIMP? Although daunting at first, this project is actually easier than it first sounds and has surprisingly effective results. Instead of merely overlaying our model’s skin with a stone texture, we are going to use GIMP’s Bump Map filter to create a rough stony effect that allows us more customisation options.