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Post by alpacas4eva on Dec 12, 2006 18:01:14 GMT -5
Lol. Nice tips, pianist. I shall keep them in mind.
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Katuko
Appa
"I promised."
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Post by Katuko on Dec 12, 2006 18:03:46 GMT -5
^ I've been playing around photoshop for a little more then a year. I by no way consider myself advanced. Maybe a swing between beginner and intermediate. First stuff taught by pianist.. who's still teaching me stuff occasionally. || @pian - My rebuttal. You don't be complaining about bright colors because thats hypocritical I.. er.. suggest looking at graphics in detail when you get the chance. You get to collect a lot of interesting styles and ideas to work with ^^;
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Akash
FN Aang
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Post by Akash on Dec 12, 2006 18:04:48 GMT -5
^ I've been playing around photoshop for a little more then a year. I by no way consider myself advanced. Maybe a swing between beginner and intermediate. First stuff taught by pianist.. who's still teaching me stuff occasionally. || @pian - My rebuttal. You don't be complaining about bright colors because thats hypocritical I.. er.. suggest looking at graphics in detail when you get the chance. You get to collect a lot of interesting styles and ideas to work with ^^; Yeah.... I have a color problem, myself. ^^;; I don't MEAN to it just happens.
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Kali Gargoyle
Warrior Sokka
Yes, I know OC shipping is lame. XD
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Post by Kali Gargoyle on Dec 12, 2006 18:07:49 GMT -5
You know, if you’d posted this a couple days ago, I would have been all “OMG! How do you get picture text?!? You know, where it looks like the text was cut from a picture? (type mask is so evil to me)” but oddly enough I spotted a Photoshop Elements 2.0 (the version I have, my level might be casual intermediate) book at B&N, turned to a random page, and BAM! there was the answer. Grouping layers.
Kinda creepy actually.
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Psera
Joo Dee
Little Kitty
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Post by Psera on Dec 12, 2006 19:25:08 GMT -5
5. Colors - Photoshop is evil because it offers bright colors that blinds people. Very true, though there are the specific exceptions. For emample, sometimes a splash of bright color can do wonders to add emphasis and image or make it more interesting. (Like this icon.) Also [this is a bit advanced] when working with selective color, a lot of people choose to use a vibrant soft color first and work from there, for example see this tutorial. One more tip: What's really popular right now is the simple-yet-attractive anime icons. You really don't need to throw on a million and one textures and gradients to get an good icon. Sometimes just the right brightness/contrast adjustment layer can do the trick. A great example of this technique would be some of es_hikari's icons. And don't be afraid to take chances with cropping! If you want to make the main focus of the icon be really tiny in the bottom left of the icon and then just extend the background, go with it! Ah! And one more one more thing (and then I'll shut up, I promise). A big pet peeve of mine... TEXT. Think before adding it. Do you absolutely need it? Or do you just want your icon to say something fun? Is it to fill a big empty space? (Empty spaces can be easily fixed with brushes or over-exagerating them) If you're just going to squeeze the text into a corner of the icon, please please do not.
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Post by splendoris on Dec 12, 2006 19:53:19 GMT -5
Haha, definite Wicked icon! lol ;P
I hardly ever use brushes anymore. I have a ton, but I've gotten off using them. When I first started making graphics, I used brushes all the time - now I find it tends to make an image look cluttered, especially if they don't really go with the overall feel of whatever you're making. I still like to use textures quite a bit, but my favorite thing now is coloring. There's infinite coloring combinations you can come up with, and then like pianist said, its more your creation because you don't use a ton of outside resources.
Just curious... What is everyone's prefered method of blending? Masks? Soft brush+Erase? Feathered Selection tool? Other?
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Psera
Joo Dee
Little Kitty
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Post by Psera on Dec 12, 2006 20:08:00 GMT -5
Just curious... What is everyone's prefered method of blending? Masks? Soft brush+Erase? Feathered Selection tool? Other? I'm personally a fan of the old-fashioned brush and eraser method. The selection tool makes me impatient and masks can get confusing if not used properly. Masks do have some interesting benefits, though! (Oh, and speaking as someone who just saw the play for the first time on Sunday, YAY WICKED!)
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Post by alpacas4eva on Dec 12, 2006 20:10:22 GMT -5
I only learned how to do the feathering. How do you do it the other ways? I need to find some better ways of blending.
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Post by catalyst283 on Dec 12, 2006 20:11:23 GMT -5
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Post by night on Dec 12, 2006 20:30:30 GMT -5
OMGAH....a photoshop thread! I could spend forever talking here. Anywho, everyone is talking about blending, so umm...I use the almighty ERASER tool! YAYZ! Like.. Personally, I lurve to use the small text when I can't think of any, which is a lot. Like in: Also, I absolutley LOVE the high pass filter. When combined with different colors and such, I can make stuff like: Oh, and hue/saturation and brightness/contrast tools are like...god. Srsly. I used both in this sig:
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Post by gigirl942 on Dec 12, 2006 20:35:56 GMT -5
Ugh. You guys are so lucky.
Photoshop costs a fortune. My parents will never let me get it.
In my opinion, no computer software is worth $600.
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Post by catalyst283 on Dec 12, 2006 20:38:46 GMT -5
@gigi: Believe me, my parents wouldn't ever buy it for me or let me buy it for $600 either. All the Photoshop versions I've used are trial versions. XD
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Post by gigirl942 on Dec 12, 2006 20:39:24 GMT -5
@gigi: Believe me, my parents wouldn't ever buy it for me or let me buy it for $600 either. All the Photoshop versions I've used are trial versions. XD My versions ran out......
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Post by night on Dec 12, 2006 20:40:26 GMT -5
I really don't know how much mine (Elements 2.0) cost. It came on a bundle CD with my tablet, which was like $200.
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Post by catalyst283 on Dec 12, 2006 20:42:46 GMT -5
@gigi: Believe me, my parents wouldn't ever buy it for me or let me buy it for $600 either. All the Photoshop versions I've used are trial versions. XD My versions ran out...... You've used every single version of Photoshop you could possibly get a trial version for? I've used CS2; CS and I'm on Elements 2.0 right now. My parents are thinking of getting me Elements 5.0 ($60-90) for Christmas though; so that's pretty cool. ;D
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