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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 9:11 AM

Graphics Academy!
 
i made this thread so i could share my knowledge with the people who don't know how to do what i do! XD here's the signups-
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Name:
Specialty: (already good at something that has to do with graphics?)
Teacher or Student:
Length of Term: (only applicable if you're a student)
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Here's mine:
Name: ACManga
Specialty: brushing, some rendering, etc.
Teacher or Student: Teacher
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so get teaching and learning, guys!

loony February 1st, 2005 11:21 AM

woot woot wanna learn o.o thought i never want to say thatXp

Name: loony
Specialty: uugh i dont know o.o
Teacher or Student: student

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 1:11 PM

Ok

Name: Stevo
Speciality: I dunno
Student or Teacher: Student XD

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Carlito-san February 1st, 2005 1:23 PM

Name:Billybob
Specialty: Colors,text,
Teacher or Student:Student
Length of Term: week or 2

I'd like to learn more about effects,backrounds,and ripping/pasting in pics.

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 3:03 PM

okay guys! now, we need a few more teachers... for now, i'll take in all of the guys who are currently online. so Stevo... i'll teach you the basics?

Trikip February 1st, 2005 4:06 PM

Name:
Specialty: Ermm...I got good ideas for graphics??? Dunno
Teacher or Student: Student
Length of Term: 2 weeks

tec2030 February 1st, 2005 4:07 PM

Name: Thomas
Specialty: PSP 7/8/9 Effects
Teacher or Student: Teacher and Student :P Hope that is alright that I am both.

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:10 PM

okay, Tec, i'm gonna need you to be the PSP teacher, cause i've never used PSP in my life XD

tec2030 February 1st, 2005 4:22 PM

Well I am not an expert but hey for not ever getting taught or using a tutorial I think I do pretty good. You can check out some of the stuff I have done here I made some pics with my favorite actresses: http://photobucket.com/albums/v202/thomas16/Wallpaper/

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:23 PM

oh yeah, i remeber, i think you showed me those before... anyways, look at my latest piece of work! http://img25.exs.cx/img25/6673/acrender4hk.png

Thomas February 1st, 2005 4:26 PM

Yeah that one is nice. Well you cant just PM me on this screenname when you need me to teach some one my stuff isnt as good as yours though that is why I am here as a teacher and a student.

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:28 PM

that's okay! in time, we all grow, like flowers.

Lady Pearl February 1st, 2005 4:29 PM

Name: Lady Pearl
Specialty: Fonts, effects that could be improved, I can make some decent layouts for websites. XD
Teacher or Student: Student
Length of Term: A month.

I need to learn, learn, learn! =3 I lost Photoshop, though, and a couple of my favorite stylish fonts. ._.

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:30 PM

hmm... i can make layouts, i just can't find any way to find the html on them. ^^,

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 4:31 PM

Ok I think I am ready for the basics XD.

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:33 PM

mmmmmmmmmkay. lesson 1 time! (for PV only) now first off, do you have photoshop? is it on right now?

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 4:39 PM

Well it wasn't but it is now XD.

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:40 PM

okay... so what do you want to learn how to do first? (as in, banners, avatars, etc.)

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 4:41 PM

Banners please. XD. I have always wanted to learn banners for a while now

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:47 PM

okay... let's make ourselves a *basic* banner. now, go to File>New, and make a 400 widthx100 height document. if you want effects, pick a color for your foreground and a color for your background. now that you've done this, go to Filter>Render>Clouds. now, this is REALLY easy stuff. then, go to Filter>Pixelate>Mezzotint, and make the mezzotint Short Lines. then, go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. set the angle to 45 or -45, and the distance 30. when you're done, it should look like a bunch of different colored diagonal lines. this is an easy step. when you're ready, i can show you how to find good brushes and brush with them to make grunges. ^^,

katty February 1st, 2005 4:52 PM

Name: kat
Specialty: ps
Teacher or Student: teacher and student :P

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:55 PM

welcome, katty! i hope you have a great time, you learn a lot and teach a lot!

Electric Hero February 1st, 2005 4:56 PM

Name: Max
Specialty: ummm, nope
Teacher or Student: sudent
Length of Term: as long as it is needed

I will give it a shot

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 4:57 PM

okay Max, welcome. Stevo, how you doing on that tut?

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 4:58 PM

Ok teacher I am done XD.

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 5:01 PM

okay... so there's a background for your banner! time to add a pic! now, take any pic you want... as long as you can erase all the white in it. then take out your magic eraser. (hold on the eraser button until the background eraser and magic eraser options show up) and then, click on the white. it disappears. there's still some white on the pic, so take out your normal eraser and erase.

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 5:14 PM

Ok I have done that XD.

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Thomas February 1st, 2005 5:17 PM

How about you get a mod to change this to the Photoshop Academy and you will run it and I will start the PSP Acedemy? That way we dont get lessons mixed up in different programs.

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 5:27 PM

hmm... maybe, if you want, i'll see.
EDIT: oh, and as for Stevo, let's see... i'm sure you know how to do text XD now, wanna learn how to do grunges?

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 5:29 PM

Ok I am ready for the next step XD ^^;

EDIT: Do I do the grunge before I put the pic on the sig?

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 5:31 PM

hmm... well, text is pretty easy. :\ do you wanna do grunges or celestials now?
EDIT: ****it Stevo, stop editting! XD okay, the grunge goes on BEFORE you put the pic on... so that the pic doesn't get brushed. OR, you can click on the layer that the bg's on, so that the pic isn't effected.

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 5:32 PM

Yeah sure ^^. But you might need to remind me about the text *forgets things easily half the time*

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 5:37 PM

Stevo, i think i'll continue teaching you tomorrow... i'm kinda tired now, for some reason. btw, i'm thinking of adding a tuition fee... in rep. what do you guys think?

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 5:42 PM

Well it depends on the rate lol.


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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 5:44 PM

well i mean... you give me rep once a week per person... cause this is actually hard work, believe it or not.

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 5:46 PM

Well that shouldn't be that hard.

But it would be helpful if you post the next step tonight ^^;. But if you can't I will wait ^^.

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 5:51 PM

i can post it tonight... so wait, did you do the text and stuff yet? well, if so, the basic banner is done. grungey time! now, create a new document, 400x110. set your colors to default, black for foreground, white for background. go to Filter>Render>Clouds. the next step is EASY. go to http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/thearchives2.html and download any of their brushes. i suggest 3 of the Random Mess ones. to load them into PS, click the download button, open up PS, and where you see the Brushes thing, click it, and click the black arrow. scroll down until you see a Load Brushes button. then, load them. now, just brush everywhere until you think it looks like a grunge like mine. XD when you're done with that, go to your usual hosting site, and host the pic. (make sure the filetype is png, bmp, gif, or jpg. i wouldn't do a jpg tho, cause they make the pic blurry)

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 5:55 PM

But you forgot to say how I put the pic onto the sig XD. Sorry if I am irritating you ^^;

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 5:58 PM

for the grunges, you don't really need a pic. a lot of mine don't. :\

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 5:59 PM

Well if you want a pic on it how do you put it on.

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scolari February 1st, 2005 6:00 PM

Name: Scolari
Specialty: brushing
Teacher or Student: Student
I would like to learn rendering anyone willing?

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 6:02 PM

if you want renders, katty and i are your men/women. XD as for Stevo, putting a pic on is easy. you download the pic to your desktop, and move the pic into PS. then, take out your rectangular marquee tool and select the whole document. then select the move tool and move it into your document. there's easier ways, but i use a mac, so i don't know.

WolfWood February 1st, 2005 7:51 PM

Hey AC I could be a teacher if you needed another one.

Sawyer February 1st, 2005 8:32 PM

sure WolfWood! you're really good at renders and stuff, so i'm sure you'll do well!

Stevo-kun February 1st, 2005 8:35 PM

Well I finished off that sig thing and I have new brushes so when you are ready you can teach me how to do Avatars if ya want ^^;

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Sawyer February 1st, 2005 8:38 PM

avatars? okay, avatars are pretty much the same thing, only it's a different size. i suggest 100x100 or 110x110. just do what you did on the banner, and for the pic, try to focus on the face.

WolfWood February 1st, 2005 8:45 PM

Ok so I can help out on pretty much anything my speciality is renders and brushing.

Mystic Flame February 1st, 2005 9:40 PM

Name: Evan
Specialty: Photoshop Text Styles
Teacher :p

scolari February 1st, 2005 11:57 PM

wondering pv you know with your sig how do you do peferct lines in your border i mean the diagonal ones

Stevo-kun February 2nd, 2005 12:00 AM

Every line is straight, diagonal or not XD.

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scolari February 2nd, 2005 1:01 AM

huh there are diagonals eg part of the border in the top right hand corner

Sawyer February 2nd, 2005 7:45 AM

i know what he means, Stevo. you know the polygonal lasso tool? well that's what you have to use. make a selection, create a new layer, and on the new layer, make the layer style bevel and emboss.

Stevo-kun February 2nd, 2005 9:36 AM

Yeah, I think I did something like that *can't remember.*

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Aaron5367 February 2nd, 2005 10:52 AM

Name:Aaron
Specialty: Bitmat, Chao, Pokemon, recolors, banners, animation (I could go on)
Teacher or Student:Teacher
Length of Term:As long as you need me ^^

Shikon no Tama February 2nd, 2005 4:09 PM

Erm, AC if it sn't too much trouble can you teach me how to do better backrounds in my banners and improve them? Here's the form:

Name: Moonlight Dreams
Specialty: Text, glowing text, spriting
Teacher or Student: Student
Length of Term:As long as it honestly can take.

And like you said I might need work on my cropping. But I guess I also need help finding good fonts to use as well. ^^

Sawyer February 2nd, 2005 4:33 PM

hmm... well, first off, i'd have to say that the 'Fluffy banner' that you made has terrible choice in fonts. so i guess i can teach you about bg's, and picking better fonts. XD

Shikon no Tama February 2nd, 2005 4:36 PM

The reason is, my Win Zip is totally not cooperating with me, so I can't load any fonts onto my computer and Photoshop 7.0. But if I could re-register the evaluated version, I could get fonts. But the weird thing is, I bought my Win Zip, not used the evaluation version, so I have no idea why it says my evaluation version has expired. And as for the backrounds, I never could really learn how to make good brushes or use them. I just used what I had.

Sawyer February 2nd, 2005 4:39 PM

hmm... well, if you can't make good brushes, try downloading them. i make about half of the brushes i use, and download half too.

Shikon no Tama February 2nd, 2005 4:41 PM

Yeah but that's the thing, I can't download any brushes that would result in being a Win Zip file on my computer. And I can never find any fonts that aren't in Win Zip file. So it's kinda hard when your Win Zip is failing.

Anacortes February 2nd, 2005 4:41 PM

Why this is a great idea...where do I begin?
Name: Lashyina
Specialty: uhhh...nothing?
Teacher or Student: Student.
Length of Term: Forever..I think..

PokemonChampion2K4 February 2nd, 2005 4:48 PM

Name:PokemonChampion2K4
Specialty:don't know
Teacher or Student:student
Length of Term:month

Stevo-kun February 2nd, 2005 4:51 PM

Ok AC, what is my next lesson ^^.

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Sawyer February 2nd, 2005 5:01 PM

Stevo, i'll get right to that... i dunno tho, it depends on what you wanna learn. ^^,

Stevo-kun February 2nd, 2005 5:05 PM

I think it was grunges or better backgrounds next ^^,

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Mystic Flame February 2nd, 2005 6:19 PM

i have some good pre-made backgrounds if you are stuck on making one im here

Sawyer February 2nd, 2005 6:20 PM

lol, i make all my backgrounds by myself, unless i'm having trouble rendering. ^_^

loony February 3rd, 2005 2:17 AM

i could be a teacher for the the gimp o.o if someone want that o.o anyway i want to learn how to make better backgorunds:P

PokemonChampion2K4 February 3rd, 2005 2:40 AM

can I have a lesson as soon as i can!:D

Sawyer February 3rd, 2005 9:04 AM

PC2K4, i'll give you a lesson as soon as you tell me what you wanna learn. ^^,

Stevo-kun February 3rd, 2005 10:15 AM

If it is ok with ya Shane, I would like to learn how to do better backgrounds ^^;

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Sawyer February 3rd, 2005 10:17 AM

mmmmmmmmkay. what kinda bg are you looking for? like abstract, themed, etc.?

Stevo-kun February 3rd, 2005 10:39 AM

Doesn't bother me, just teach me any ^^. What is the bacground you put in my link sig called ^^;

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Sawyer February 3rd, 2005 10:42 AM

there were a lot of link sigs... you mean the one with the little mosaics? well, that one's pretty easy. go to Filter>Render>Clouds, then go to Texture>Patchwork, and make every option 0.

Stevo-kun February 3rd, 2005 10:53 AM

No I mean the one in the Zelda(Link) sigs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v520/PVsSprites/j4ystevohylian.png
^ something similiar to that, I dont wanna start trying something really hard lol

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Sawyer February 3rd, 2005 10:57 AM

ohhhhhhhhh, the worm-render... let's see, i'll find a good tutorial for that. ah, here we go. http://gfxschool.com/tutorials/photoshop/crystalvortex.php

Stevo-kun February 3rd, 2005 11:29 AM

Ok I have done that but it turned out kinda different to the example XD. Plus I did it exactly lol. So do I save it now ^^

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Carlito-san February 3rd, 2005 11:38 AM

I haven't been here.Sorry.>.<;
What is being taught?

HereticSteel February 3rd, 2005 11:51 AM

Name: Danzo
Specialty: good with paint shop pro 8, effects and animation
Teacher or Student: student
Length of Term: from now to summer 2005
Programs of use: PSP8(Jasc), Animation Shop 3(Jasc), paint (possibly)

I wanna apply!

WolfWood February 3rd, 2005 12:08 PM

Who wants to learn how to do tentacles in Photoshop? I can teach some for my lessons today.

PokemonChampion2K4 February 3rd, 2005 1:37 PM

I already know how to do that tentacle thing can you teach me how you made that cool effect in that banner that is in your sig right now AC?:D

WolfWood February 3rd, 2005 2:37 PM

Im not talking about a regulat tentacle this version is one of the best tentacles that a person can make and the tut is my own.

PokemonChampion2K4 February 3rd, 2005 2:39 PM

sure why not I am bored anyways:D

Crimson King February 3rd, 2005 9:27 PM

Name: Star Arion (but you can call me Paul)
Specialty: PSP8 and ive been practicing with Photoshop 7 atm
Teacher or Student: I dont suppose i could be a PSP8 Assistant Teacher XD or just a student =b
Length of Term: till 4ever or just till i decide to take a forums brake (you will be notified if i do so)

for an example of my work..... the banner and avy im currently useing (both made with a combo of PSP8 and Photoshop 7) ^^

Sawyer February 4th, 2005 7:31 AM

hmm... you made those with a combo? i love it. ^^,

Crimson King February 4th, 2005 2:01 PM

well actualy i kind of did most to nuthing on it with PSP8 but i still used it a little bit =/

PokemonChampion2K4 February 4th, 2005 4:10 PM

Um can I get taught somethin or what?

Sawyer February 4th, 2005 4:56 PM

PC2K4, i asked you what you wanted to LEARN. *rolls eyes*

Stevo-kun February 4th, 2005 5:07 PM

Hey AC, I did that thing like it said and it turned out a little different. DO I save it now?

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Sawyer February 4th, 2005 5:09 PM

go ahead... i fowgot to tell you... results will vary XD

Stevo-kun February 4th, 2005 5:11 PM

Ok I have saved it, so how do I put it into a sig lol

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:.~*Saix*~.: February 4th, 2005 5:12 PM

Name:Freak
Specialty:Putting Piccys In Good Spots But Not Cood At Copying XD
Teacher Or Student:Puny Nerd Student XD
Length Of Term:Until I Know Everything

Sawyer February 4th, 2005 5:13 PM

okay, here's what you need to do... you can either host it, and move the image into a 400x100 or whatever banner, or save the pic to your desktop and move it into your browser, or go to file>open file> and pick it.

PokemonChampion2K4 February 4th, 2005 5:15 PM

I said how do u do that effect that is in your banner in your sig right now!

:.~*Saix*~.: February 4th, 2005 5:15 PM

Are You Saying That To Me????? WAIT "Goes Give Rep To ACMagna For Teaching Peoples

Sawyer February 4th, 2005 5:18 PM

OMFG, stop calling me ACMagna! it's ACManga! ****IT! and to PC2K4, i'm not giving away how to make my renders. X3

PokemonChampion2K4 February 4th, 2005 5:21 PM

ok can you show me how to do any cool effects?I don't care witch!

Sawyer February 4th, 2005 5:22 PM

uhh... there's a lot of effects... *hides*

PokemonChampion2K4 February 4th, 2005 5:24 PM

Just teach me one plz.thx AC

Sawyer February 4th, 2005 5:26 PM

XDDDDDDDDD fine... i'll tell you one... *searches memory* i'm kinda brain-dead now. i'm sick. *dies*

Stevo-kun February 4th, 2005 5:26 PM

Well I also need to know how to change the colour of it lol ^_^,

If I am irritating you in any manner just say ok Shane ^^

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