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After months of work, chanelqueen17 has created a gorgeous scene of Alice and Oz from Pandora Hearts, using scans that didn't even feature both characters together. Even after spending so much time on matching the details of the characters to their new looks, chanelqueen17 didn't stop there and went all out on the background too! This wallpaper definitely needs to be seen!
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~SereneMidnight
19 minutes ago
I sort of agree with rabbitking. I lik popcorn as much as the next guy, but I hate the kind that's over-buttered.
~Loleta
30 minutes ago
I kind of agree with Rabbitking, I don't popcorn. But rabbitking, that sounds kind of harsh.
$rabbitking
48 minutes ago
I hate the smell of popcorn because it's associated with fat slobs shoveling handfulls of popcorn into their mouths
~Loleta
56 minutes ago
Hello again Mysticmom2. Rabbitking, Libby is an nick name for Loleta (doesn't make sense, I know).
~Mysticmom2
1 hour ago
Hey everyone!
~Loleta
1 hour 7 minutes ago
....I'll ask Loleta (my little sister).
$rabbitking
1 hour 12 minutes ago
I did ask that, loleta.
~Loleta
1 hour 13 minutes ago
Rabbitking, you were asking (WAY) earlier, who's Libby, correct? ...Hi guys I'm back!
$Loftydreamer
1 hour 33 minutes ago
*Gives Bantam a Trojan kitten full of ninja kittens*
☆Bantam
1 hour 40 minutes ago
I am here young one, give me a kitten and we can chat
Image editing methods
2 months 2 weeks ago
"Mysticmom2: Actually GIMP's pen tool can be confusing for Photoshop users -.- I am very used to Photoshop's pen tool, so when I went over to GIMP, I had a hard time adjusting because the controls are opposite to Photoshop's. Like, in Photoshop, I hold Ctrl to move the anchor points and just click to add an anchor point, but in GIMP, I have to hold Ctrl+Click to add an anchor point and move the anchor points around by just clicking. In GIMP there is the issue of the "last added point" too...somehow the program doesn't handle this very well. What really won me over to Photoshop was the shape vector function actually, which GIMP doesn't have.But I know GIMP is versatile in the sense that it can open .psd files and handle Photoshop brushes. I think GIMP was coded with Photoshop in mind. Maybe the programmers behind GIMP wanted to protest against Photoshop's high price and made a free substitute? XD
Gr3i: Lacking "power and options"??
Omnidevil: Surface top management? I thought that Photoshop could handle layers pretty well too, just by selecting them?? I haven't really tried out GIMP's brushes, but some functions in GIMP are a bit inaccessible, like the scale/rotate function (unless I got it wrong).
Hmm actually maybe when Photoshop was first released, hardly anyone used a tablet so maybe their functions are more suited to the mouse, since that was the staple of user input (apart from the keyboard)? I know I would die if I had to do massive vectoring in GIMP -.- (I use the mouse)"
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Image editing methods
2 months 3 weeks ago
"Hmmm...why doesn't anyone like the magnetic lasso tool...my elder sister recommended it a long time ago, when she saw me painstakingly erasing the borders from a character XD But now I use the pen tool, for the exact same reasons (greater control). I used to use the brush + eraser to extract characters, and actually got a very steady hand from that...but ever since I learnt about the pen tool, all my brush techniques flew out of the window.But from the tutorials I read, a lot use the brush + quick mask or magnetic lasso. Some go one step further and use color range...I have no idea, every time I try that, disaster ensures.
Yes I love Photoshop too...because I grew up with it. I used it to create cr*ppy filter wallpapers when I was young...a lot of sentimental reasons there. I recently tried GIMP and...I don't know, it just felt so, so...so...cheap. Yeah. But I do understand that the other freeware has its fans too. Anyone wants to defend GIMP?? XD I would like to hear more about Illustrator though. I mean, I never knew it was a vector-based illustration program until a few days ago! Illustrator fans anyone?
dachtor: hair brushes?? @~1@ that's a first. Most of the time I try to envision what the extensions would look like and then make a desperate attempt to vector it out. Never knew you could use brushes for it...(I have learnt something new!! XD)
jenilea: If you're going to smudge, first DUPLICATE your vector, then rasterize the duplicate. This is just in case something goes horribly wrong, you still have the original. I'm not sure what other people would do though. A lot of people use painting techniques, but that's pretty advanced (I'm vector all the way). Another way is to blur the layers with gaussian blur, but it doesn't work all the time, mind you. FInally, I also do layer effects (multiply, linear burn etc.), texturing, opacity changes, color overlays or color changes (via HSL). If all else fails, just REDRAW -.-
For me, blending in is actually a lot of trial and error, you just have to remember to keep your original vectors so you can experiment all you want with the duplicated layers and still be able to revert back. I hope other people will give different opinions on this, because I hope to learn from them too."
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Image editing methods
2 months 3 weeks ago
"Hello everyone,I know everyone will use different programs and different methods to make wallpapers, like for example, using GIMP, or quick masks + adjustment layers to change colours. After sourcing around the tutorials at the Photoshop Roadmap, I would just like to ask you about some methods I found there and why you use them.
Do you prefer certain image editing programs over the others and why? Perhaps you are the type that jumps from one program to another when doing up an image, why not stick to one program? Personally, for this, I like Photoshop, but I know many folks out there like GIMP...so feel free to discuss the various programs you use :)
What method would you use to edit colours? Why would you prefer one method over the others?
Do you think Photoshop's (or any other program) warping tool is useful? Does anyone use them for, say, making a girl's hair longer, or making a boy thinner? Perhaps it's better to just (gulp) redraw??
Lastly, what method would you use to select certain parts of a layer or to extract a character? Is the pen tool selection superior to the quick mask? Or maybe the magnetic lasso is the best? Would you use vector masks or layer masks and why? What do you say?
Please discuss :) I would like to hear your opinions."
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