Xenorama
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 5, 2005 13:07:55 GMT -6
wallpapers for the computer screen? is there a place to download freeware to do so? thanks in advance.
David
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Post by Joxcenia on Aug 5, 2005 13:45:06 GMT -6
You can use whatever photo software you have on your computer. You could even use MS Paint... though it wouldn't do as good a job as the more advanced software.
You'll find links to free image software in this thread that you will be able to create wallpaper with. I'm sure Le will have more suggestions when she logs in.
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Post by Lesa on Aug 6, 2005 0:01:16 GMT -6
Hi David! I like to use the Gimp for all my graphics, and even made a wallpaper out of some Xena dolls someone had made, lol. You can read the whole thread that Jox linked to, then go to Replies #5 & #6 for the latest versions of the two files you'll need to download and install the Gimp. You can also find a free TRIAL of Photoshop, but it costs hundreds of dollars after the trial period. But the Gimp is absolutely free, and it's supposed to be a lot like Photoshop, although I've never tried Photoshop and can't tell you first hand.
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 6, 2005 12:22:54 GMT -6
i'll do that, thanks. i have the free Photoshop, but if Gimp works just as well i'll get rid of the other one. 10-Q!
David
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Post by Melodic Mistress on Aug 6, 2005 21:30:46 GMT -6
Don't throw away photoshop!!!
Worst idea in the world, photoshop is your friend
If you're still interested in making wallpapers with photoshop, post that you are here so I can send you up many many links on how to make wallpapers.
Or I could just give you a crash course myself
~Jessi
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Post by Lesa on Aug 6, 2005 23:36:11 GMT -6
Thanks, Jessi! Listen to Jessi, David. She knows what she's doing. ;D I still personally like the Gimp, but if you are already familiar with Photoshop, then you should go with it.
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 7, 2005 1:08:19 GMT -6
ok, i'd rather use photoshop then!
David
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Post by Lesa on Aug 7, 2005 1:17:11 GMT -6
I think that's a wise choice. Since you're already familiar with it, it should be easier to learn, especially with Jessi as your guide. ;D
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 7, 2005 1:38:04 GMT -6
yep!
David
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Post by Melodic Mistress on Aug 7, 2005 2:03:30 GMT -6
Great choice David
Now -- before we get into everything, what version of photoshop do you have?
~Jessi
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 7, 2005 17:45:11 GMT -6
it's Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition, the free one.
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 8, 2005 17:36:56 GMT -6
now it's adobe photoshop3.0, the free one.
i did make some using paint- if you check out my board i am using it as a background. i think it looks pretty cool, but i'll have to experiment more.
David
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Post by Joxcenia on Aug 8, 2005 17:42:29 GMT -6
Not bad... Paint works fairly well for simple stuff.
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 8, 2005 18:11:33 GMT -6
yep, and i'm about as simple as they get! LOL!
David
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Post by Lesa on Aug 8, 2005 23:33:50 GMT -6
LMAO! Simple can be good. You might want a background color on your Netflix link so people can read it. Maybe the gray color that's in the background for your forum names?
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 10, 2005 15:40:14 GMT -6
hey, 100th post!
yes, it's been fun to do. i have to figure out if i can add words to paint as well, i would think so, but i'm not quite sure.
i have some other options for netflix, i had forgotten about that.
David
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Post by Joxcenia on Aug 10, 2005 18:57:37 GMT -6
Yes... You can add text to MS Paint. Just click on the A, draw a box where you want the words, and start typing.
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Post by Lesa on Aug 11, 2005 0:16:57 GMT -6
If you start the top left corner of the box below and to the right of where you actually want it, you can drag that corner up into place with precision. This can come in handy when you're putting text on an image instead of just a plain one-color background. Still, it's easier to work in layers, which Photoshop lets you do. You really should play around with it and get to know it better. With layers, you can position and reposition stuff without affecting the other layers, and you can even save it in Photoshop's default format (what format would that be, Jessi?) and come back to it later. Then when you have everything the way you want it, you save it as a jpg, gif, or png for use on the web. It's handy to keep the layered version of the picture in case you ever want to change it later. With Paint, once you paste one thing over another, all you can do is "undo" the last thing you did... and there is no going back to readjust anything later. With Photoshop, you can also add shadows, make beveled edges, and apply all sorts of other affects to your images, all with the click of the mouse. With Paint, you have to do stuff like that pixel by pixel. You can even make your own 'paint brushes' in Photoshop, which could come in handy if you ever want to put a visible watermark on all your images that always looks the same. You probably won't want to, but you could! You can also do all this stuff with the Gimp, but you already have Photoshop, so why trade an orange for an orange? ;D Trust me, once you start doing all these thing with Photoshop, you will almost never want to touch Paint again. Oh, and congratulations on your 100th post! It's about time.
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Post by Lesa on Aug 11, 2005 0:30:57 GMT -6
Oh, and I should mention that the custom bars you see here — the gradient black and blue bars, the filmstrip bars — were done with the Gimp, which you could do just as easily in photoshop. The filmstrips actually started out black, but I changed the brightness and made them opaque so you could see the blue bar behind them, then added a quick "bump map" to the filmstrips themselves to make it look like they wrapped around the blue bars. With Paint, I would have had to do all of that pixel by pixel and it would have taken me all day, but it didn't take any time at all with the Gimp, and it would be just as quick with Photoshop. I also used the Gimp to touch up Lewis' Jetman logo. All I had to do was trace the hand-drawn logo, fill in my selection, and add a quick bevel to it. I never would have attempted that with Paint, because it would have taken several days just to get the edges to appear smooth by constantly changing colors and doing it pixel by pixel. But Photoshop and the Gimp automatically create that smooth look when you simply draw the lines, whether they're straight, diagonal, or curved.
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 11, 2005 0:38:38 GMT -6
yeah, i did open the background on my board in photoshop, and it had to be saved as a jpg to do so. that makes it a lot larger, instead of all the tiny pictures i had before.
it's fun to do, but i can't figure out how to add other pictures with photoshop. i'll keep playing!
David
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 11, 2005 0:39:34 GMT -6
AND miss smarty, you don't have 100 posts on my board, i notice...
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Post by ~Naj on Aug 11, 2005 13:06:44 GMT -6
I'd be interested if anyone has the time to teach or give instruction. I see stuff all the time like how do you make those pictures and put someone else on the picture for the face? How to do? I have a program photoshop 2000E on my computer and MS paint and I tried and don't know how to do what people do with these programs. Like how can I put argo's face on joxer's body?
~Naj
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Post by Lesa on Aug 12, 2005 1:17:16 GMT -6
I'm not quite sure what you're saying here. Does it make you save each individual layer separately? If so, maybe you need to merge them before saving as jpg. With the Gimp, I can't just copy something to my clipboard and then paste it into the image I'm working on in the Gimp, so I have to go to 'File,' then 'Acquire,' then 'From Clipboard.' Then I copy what comes up and paste it to the image I'm working on. I don't know if Photoshop works the same way, but maybe you could look and see if something similar is there. I'll ask Jessi to come to this thread. I'm sure she can help you a lot better with those two questions than I can. Yeah, I can't exactly get on your case for not posting here more, can I David? I used Paint to put someone's head on Livia's body once. Well, it was the GIF Construction Set, but it uses Paint. It's much easier to do stuff like that with the Gimp and Photoshop, though. Unfortunately, I would only be able to tell you how to do it in the Gimp. Jessi should be able to answer this question too.
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Post by Melodic Mistress on Aug 12, 2005 4:30:26 GMT -6
Lol... I went MIA on this thread for a moment!
Actually -- what Le said pretty much summed up the beauty of photoshop.
It actually takes months to start really getting the hang of the program -- I've used it for a few years and I STILL don't know everything there is to know about it. Many friends of mine have used it for way longer then I have and still don't have all the tricks up their sleeves
Anyway...
Photoshop's default format is a .PSD file -- and trust me, after a couple projects, they can be a burden on your hard drive if it's not built for graphic programs.
In that case... MS Paint is your best bet -- though not to put down all the MS Paint-fans out there... but Photoshop is like Xena's fighting skills compared to Joxer's. lol! Don't get me wrong, MS Paint is your friend
Do you have AIM? Or maybe we can exchange emails -- I'd love to give you some private lessons. Fresh blood is always a wonderful thing to see.
I believe you're talking about manipulations yes? I personally am not a master at doing manips... (good ones anyway!) but the basics of it isn't a hard process....
Lol... call me sheltered... but I'm a photoshop 7.0 kid. I'm thinking about investing into CS -- but 6.0 bored me... and the Coral programs are slightly confusing to me... As is paintshop pro. What's photoshop 2000E? Is it connected to the Adobe series?
Hm... now why would you do that? lol!!!
Now, I'm a little confused with this. Are you talking about blending a couple images together so they seem connected? Or are you talking about the actual addition of a new picture (or new layer with the picture in it) into your .PSD file? If you're talking about adding a picture to the actual .PSD file, then I'll tell you -- with photoshop, it's all a matter of copy+paste -- unless you have the picture saved to your desktop or something. Just copy the image you found on the internet -- then ctrl+v it onto your actual .PSD file -- onto a new empty layer would be preferable.
Is that confusing? I know when I first started learning photoshop, things were hard for me to really understand... all the jargon and stuff. Just let me know if I make no sense whatsoever
Mistress Jessi knows all.... *thoughtful look* (just kidding!)
~Jessi
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Post by Lesa on Aug 12, 2005 9:06:35 GMT -6
Thanks for coming back to this thread, Jessi! I think you explained David's (Xenorama's) question when you explained pasting onto a new layer. If you look at the board in his sig, he has a background with superhero pictures all tiled next to each other. But even if he does want to blend pictures together, pasting them into separate layers would still be the way to start. I'm jealous that you can just paste pictures into a layer. With the Gimp, I have to copy, "acquire" it, then copy again and paste.
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Post by Lesa on Aug 12, 2005 11:09:34 GMT -6
I couldn't resist!
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Post by Melodic Mistress on Aug 12, 2005 11:47:15 GMT -6
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Post by Xenorama on Aug 12, 2005 12:59:06 GMT -6
thanks for all the advice. i just have to play with it more, i see.
David
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Post by ~Naj on Aug 12, 2005 13:12:14 GMT -6
I couldn't resist! Oh my! I wanna learn! Quick!!!!! I've gotten to some brainstorming. Can I put that in my siggy, L? You've even got his ears sticking out of Joxer's hat!
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Post by ~Naj on Aug 12, 2005 13:21:24 GMT -6
Hi Melodic Mistress,
Were you talking to me about the PhotoSstudio 2000 SE? I haven't a clue what it is. It's on my computer along with MSPaint?
Maybe if someone just did a general instruction step by step like a techincal manual of what to do I could figure out how to do it. We're talking like writing procedures like I used to for the bank. Take the pink deposit slip and fill out all the corresponding information such as date, account name, amount with decimal; verify the amount of the customer's deposit by runing a calculator tape. Cash is listed first and then marked by denomination followed by checks. Insert the pink deposit slip into the ..... ;D
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