Laser Texture Production

Here are some instructions to generate a most basic laser texture to use in your game.

• Launch GIMP
• Create your texture image 64 by 64 for instance
• Put White as your foreground color
• Put Red as your background color
• Pick the Blend Tool, that's one you use to generate gradient
• Select your Gradient: Flare Radial 102
• Select your Shape: Bi-linear
• Go ahead use your Blend Tool on your image
• Done

From then you can experiment with various colors and Blend Tool parameters to get the desired effect.