PhotoShop talk

POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 06:51
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PETERG

Sunday, December 31, 2006 9:07 PM

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Originally posted by FlatTop:
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Which software would be for a complete noob like me?

GIMP is available for PC and Mac, not to mention free, and I was reading recently that someone has done a skin to make an interface pretty close to Photoshop (shh, don't tell Adobe). I think its called GIMPShop.

GIMP is also available for Intel Mac now (unlike PS!). So either wait 3 - 4 months and pay obscene amounts of money for PS or use Gimp now for free. Hmmm tricky choice... Course if you don't have a Mac, that's irrelevant.

Or try Elements for a trimmed-down verison of PS.

Failing that, Paint Shop Pro is pretty shiny too.

Hope that helps. Plenty of choice depending on the size of yer wallet

XEYRA

Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:48 PM

Bumping this up since I was told to drop by. Hey! :)

"People tell you things all the time, without talking. The way they move, the way they aren't talking." - River Tam

XEYRA

Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:57 PM

So, anyways, PhoenixRose asked me how I'd done the dust and scratches on my Wash & Zoe piece I just posted to the BSR (if you'd like to check it out). Actually, it was quite simple since, the gist of it is: I didn't. I used two textures I found on livejournal (you can find them in this site: http://tokyo.disparue.org./noir.htm), set them on Screen, and voila, instant scratches and dust. I did add some simple lines in the background (added in white and set to Softlight) to add a 'film-ish' feel to the piece.

Easy peasy. :)

"People tell you things all the time, without talking. The way they move, the way they aren't talking." - River Tam

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:50 PM

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Originally posted by Xeyra:
So, anyways, PhoenixRose asked me how I'd done the dust and scratches on my Wash & Zoe piece I just posted to the BSR (if you'd like to check it out). Actually, it was quite simple since, the gist of it is: I didn't. I used two textures I found on livejournal, set them on Screen, and voila, instant scratches and dust.

I feel like a photoshop novice again, but do you wanna put that in Captain Dummy Talk?

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

XEYRA

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:31 PM

LOL. Okay, Captain Dummy talk with pictures it is. :)

I took this texture () from a set you can find in the site I link to above.

And then I set the blend mode to screen to get the scratches.

Hope this helps. :)

Also, to get some of the lines in the background that the texture doesn't have, I drew some lines in white and set the blend mode not to screen but to Soft Light.

PS: Can anyone tell me how to make functional links on this board? The usual HTML codes don't work well and I really want to link to these images instead of having them show up huge like this...

"People tell you things all the time, without talking. The way they move, the way they aren't talking." - River Tam

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:51 AM

Hmmmm, looks like I need to continue to tinker with blending things. Always stuff to learn isn't there?
The size looks fine to me. Linking to images can't really be done here, unless you link to a page where they appear.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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