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How to make graphics

Postby Knives » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:03 am

How do you make graphics? what is the simplest and cheapest program to make them with.ETC
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Postby Danyasaur » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:36 am

ummmm, I heard GIMP is pretty good, if you want real simple graphics then I'd sugest Pixia, it's free *: D!!!!*, and it's good if you just want to make simple graphics, but that's about all it's good for. ^_^"
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Postby inkhana » Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:07 pm

Well, the thing here is, what kind of graphics do you want to make? Web page graphics? Clip art? CG art a la what I do? Each has its own special technique and tools that are best suited to it. In any case, I recommend Photoshop, and I've heard PaintShopPro is nice also, but I've never used it. I tried Pixia, and to save my life I can't remember if I liked it or not! he he I tried GIMP also, and I can't remember much about it except...toolbars...odd. *reboots memory*


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Postby Danyasaur » Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:19 pm

Paint Shop Pro is awesome! I just got it for christmas! I think it was somwhere around $80.00 for the latest version but the older version was only $60.00 *at BestBuy (: D!!!!)*
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Postby madphilb » Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:54 pm

Paint Shop Pro is very powerful.... I think they have a few features in the new version that hasn't made it to the GIMP yet...

I go with GIMP cuz it's free (I'm cheap that way)... then again if my situation was different I might go with the other two biggies (PSP or PS).

The trick with the GIMP is to be persistant till you get a hang of the layout and such. Many of the tutorials for doing things on PSP or PS can be applied to GIMP once you have a feel for it. If you have a pretty big local library you might be able to find a GIMP book there (The Largo, FL library that I used to use had 2 or 3 GIMP books on the shelf, if you can believe that). And as I've offered before, feel free to drop me a line with questions if you decide to use it, I might just be able to help you.
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Postby Twilly Spree » Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:47 am

Photoshop is amazing but it's neither simple or cheap.
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Postby Inferno » Wed Jan 14, 2004 2:40 pm

Well this is Zen. I dunn o about making graphics because im a friggin idiot
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Postby inkhana » Wed Jan 14, 2004 3:53 pm

Two points: somehow I doubt it (I don't think anyone is too stupid to learn computer graphics), and:

2. Why did you post here if you feel that way?


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Postby kirakira » Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:28 pm

*raises hand* What's GIMP?
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Postby andyroo » Sat Jan 31, 2004 12:29 pm

GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a free image editor that allows you do many of the things possible in PhotoShop. You can get the GIMP at http://www.gimp.org and....
The windows port @ http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/stable.html
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Postby mechana2015 » Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:18 pm

the gimp hated me and wouldn't let me edit my old pictures.... I couldnt upload them
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Postby kirakira » Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:23 pm

Thankyou, Andyroo! *wow, it rhymes^^*
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Postby madphilb » Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:08 pm

mechana (and anyone else).... feel free to e-mail/PM me if you want... GIMP is my only paint program, and I've found it works great... hate to say it, but your problems sound more like operator error than a problem with the software.

GIMP works a litte differently than most Windows programs, since it's not a Windows program (but a port of a Linus one).
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Postby andyroo » Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:25 pm

kirakira wrote:Thankyou, Andyroo! *wow, it rhymes^^*
Lol. You're Welcome! ^_^

GIMP is the only image editor I use, the only one I can afford...

madphilb wrote:hate to say it, but your problems sound more like operator error than a problem with the software.
I wonder if it was when he was trying to get through the folders and drives. If you've used the DOS 'edit' program and opened files with it, then you'll pretty much know how to use the 'open' and 'save as' dialog box.
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