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 Jun 20 2006, 02:41 AM
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-=Hybrid Bus=-  Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 2-November 05 From: My hybrid bus (in NYC), a computer Member No.: 13,709   |
I decided to go into some GFX stuuf before I go to camp. I am starting out with The Gimp, since Photoshop is way out of my price range. I found a couple of tutorials and managed to make something really basic out of them, but it's not much. If anyone knows where I could find some good beginner Gimp resources (brushes, ptterns, tutorials on how to use Gimp in any and every way possible), please tell me about it, because I sorta want to make something nice.
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Jun 20 2006, 06:02 AM
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Newbie [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 14-June 06 Member No.: 25,144 |
That's actually quite good for a beginner in GIMP. Not much to say since I moved onto photoshop after a few days of GIMP! GIMP is hard to make anything awesome out of, BUT I have seen marvalous work from GIMP masters!!
so....just read more tuts, get people who use GIMP, to give you some criticism!! |
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Jun 20 2006, 06:15 AM
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Ephesians 6:10-17  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,978 Joined: 22-June 05 From: somewhere... Where am i? Member No.: 8,528 myCENT:18.27 |
If you get well with GIMP, then when you get into PhotoShop everything will seem easy as pie. I've messed around with GIMP, and i gotta say it's pretty hard to do several things in it, but what you can do is pretty nice.
http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/Gimp/All/ |
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Jun 20 2006, 01:58 PM
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-=Hybrid Bus=- Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 2-November 05 From: My hybrid bus (in NYC), a computer Member No.: 13,709 |
QUOTE(truefusion @ Jun 20 2006, 02:15 AM)  If you get well with GIMP, then when you get into PhotoShop everything will seem easy as pie. I've messed around with GIMP, and i gotta say it's pretty hard to do several things in it, but what you can do is pretty nice. http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/Gimp/All/ I looked through there, and I can't really make much out of some of the tutorials. Are there any other good places to find GIMP tutorials? I would like some easy to understand guides to making some of the more popular types of graphics. This post has been edited by michaelper22: Jun 20 2006, 02:21 PM |
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Jun 20 2006, 03:28 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 117 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Black Pearl . Member No.: 9,583 |
try , www.deviantart.com , go to browse and choose ressources then you will find brushes and actions of gimp , hope it help !!!!
-Xakiru- |
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Jun 20 2006, 03:30 PM
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-=Hybrid Bus=- Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 2-November 05 From: My hybrid bus (in NYC), a computer Member No.: 13,709 |
QUOTE(aminzzlink @ Jun 20 2006, 11:28 AM) try , www.deviantart.com , go to browse and choose ressources then you will find brushes and actions of gimp , hope it help !!!! -Xakiru- I should have mentioned Deviantart too, I downloaded a whole bunch of brushes that I think are pretty nice. Anyway, I made something else with The Gimp today, see the attachment. I made a brushed background, a pixel grid, and a drop shadow on the text "Unite NYC's Buses" This post has been edited by michaelper22: Jun 20 2006, 03:32 PM |
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Jun 20 2006, 06:17 PM
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Hidden Secrets can't be told threw just words. One must feel what the other feels to truely understand... Group: Members Posts: 1,522 Joined: 8-January 06 From: Sacramento California Member No.: 16,756 myCENT:ZERO |
my favorite:
http://www.trap17.com/forums/index.php?act...ype=post&id=228 WHY: I like the background, and the positioning of everything, i like the background some pixel bluring in there, looks nice, i think i see some clouds back there too  anyways, your name is a littlle blury, so are the edges of the render i can barley see the drop shadow on the text, but it is still a fairly good sig, i say its your best yet!
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Jun 20 2006, 07:05 PM
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Ephesians 6:10-17 Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,978 Joined: 22-June 05 From: somewhere... Where am i? Member No.: 8,528 myCENT:18.27 |
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Jun 20 2006, 07:10 PM
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-=Hybrid Bus=- Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 2-November 05 From: My hybrid bus (in NYC), a computer Member No.: 13,709 |
QUOTE(truefusion @ Jun 20 2006, 03:05 PM) Oh man, I looked there too. That's where I made at least one of my first things. But I didn't feel helped there either. I'm a lost case. The thing is, I want to learn about all of the GFX terminology and such, but there is only on place that comes close to it (http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html), and even that's a bit freightening. |