The Graphics Lounge / Q&A Page 2

Started by Gummy September 12th, 2009 12:49 PM
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scyfer

Veteran Trainer

Age 29
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Nimbasa City
Seen December 27th, 2019
Posted December 27th, 2019
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13.8 Years
i have a quick question on graphics n stuff, i dont know about any of this stuff
so is there any way to reduce a pictures color to a shade of a single color with like just microsoft picture manager or paint? i just have those basic programs
and if so how?
thanks, i appreciate it.

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Doonesbury

Don't even worry about it.

Age 30
Male
Canada
Seen November 2nd, 2009
Posted October 29th, 2009
41 posts
13.6 Years
i have a quick question on graphics n stuff, i dont know about any of this stuff
so is there any way to reduce a pictures color to a shade of a single color with like just microsoft picture manager or paint? i just have those basic programs
and if so how?
thanks, i appreciate it.
You mean gradient maps? No, neither microsoft paint nor picture manager would really classify as strong photo-editing software... like, at all. I'm sure you could find an online service that would do this for you, though. Or you could always just download Photoshop.

deliriouspurple

Female
Seen February 14th, 2016
Posted October 15th, 2015
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You mean gradient maps? No, neither microsoft paint nor picture manager would really classify as strong photo-editing software... like, at all. I'm sure you could find an online service that would do this for you, though. Or you could always just download Photoshop.
Doonesbury is right, you could also download GIMP, Photoshop has trial.
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Loki

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Seen March 23rd, 2022
Posted June 14th, 2020
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lol just realized i can edit titles by double clicking. totally wanna do this more so if anyone needs a tittle change, just holler.
^ Lol you.

I'll PM you when I think of a thread title for my gallery, how's that? :D
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Angela

Aristocracy

Age 30
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Seen April 24th, 2010
Posted April 23rd, 2010
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15 Years
wow loki that was just mean on like seven levels :(
*Comforts* It's ok baby, the big meanie is gone.. :3

You can add [Last updates 22/10] into my gallery if you want.. :3


Also lets talk about me and were my style is going.. :3

We used to do that in the old lounges... xD


So my newest banner is in my sig.. Discuss, for better or worse?
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Doonesbury

Don't even worry about it.

Age 30
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Canada
Seen November 2nd, 2009
Posted October 29th, 2009
41 posts
13.6 Years
Good concept, bad execution. It's unbalanced. The C4D coming out of her cigarette should be the focal; try centering it a little more and blurring everything else a bit. Good lighting effects can also help define the focal. As for where your style is going, I really don't know. I haven't been around to watch it develop, so... can't really help ya there.

EDIT:
Yeah not doing stuff like that :x

And please leave that kind of stuff in the GRT, Angela.
Nevermind...

moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
The infamous Planetrenders is great for renders of many sorts.
Stocks can be found by googling, but there are a lot of low quality stuff out there, so it is often wise to set the image size in search to large or medium so you always get the nice big images.
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Doonesbury

Don't even worry about it.

Age 30
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Posted October 29th, 2009
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13.6 Years
I'm interested in Photography so what's the good camera on using them :3 I'm planning to buy one.
Also, where can I find good renders or stocks?
Join a few reputable GFX forums and rape their resource sections. Best way to get your hands on renders/stocks. As for your camera problem, I have no idea. I'm not that into photography, anyone else want to help out on this one?
Male
Seen February 6th, 2013
Posted January 16th, 2013
689 posts
14.4 Years
Well I for one did go inactive for a long time on holiday and I come back and this has happened. Do not take this the wrong way anybody who may be involved in this, but there are so many galleries open who get heaps of comments with heaps of praise and such, when in fact the graphics aren't that great to start with. I can understand why people do it, but logic says they should be in all the other galleries making comments as well to the more experienced and clearly more skilled artists here.

I am considering making a gallery again, but the one thing that is making me reconsider is the fact that if G&P continues like it seems to be doing, my gallery will be thrown to the side and end up on Page 3 with two comments.
Nearly all the galleries on the front page are people who make graphics and have a lot of friends on the forums and so their gallery stays up the top.
The real artists here with less forum friends who may just come here to post art are being unrightfully left behind.
/rant.
Really late to be replying to that but, meh. lol
Wow, that's actually really true. More known members get a load of comments, and less known get put back on page three, or even whipped off the section and put into archive. xD That's actually why I never posted a gallery here, because I knew it would "be thrown to the side and end up on Page 3 with two comments." But I was considering it anyway because I may be wrong (although that's something I highly doubt).
Well yeah, I really agree with what you said there.


MAL
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Seen June 27th, 2010
Posted April 4th, 2010
39 posts
13.6 Years
That's not totally the truth, I suck and yet I'm able to keep myself on the first page.
If you don't like things as they are just post more than the others, get better in less time and get more comments.
Goal accomplished, yay~
But then again you can just pay no mind to me 'cause I suck D:

Credits from the tag go to Loki.

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Gummy

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Posted October 26th, 2013
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That's not totally the truth, I'm pretty good which is why I'm able to keep myself on the first page.
If you don't like things as they are just post more than the others, get better in less time and get more comments.
Goal accomplished, yay~
But then again you can just pay no mind to me 'cause I'm pretty good.
Fixed that for you. By no means do you suck.


Monotype Fire Challenge

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Posted January 16th, 2013
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14.4 Years
That's not totally the truth, I suck and yet I'm able to keep myself on the first page.
If you don't like things as they are just post more than the others, get better in less time and get more comments.
Goal accomplished, yay~
But then again you can just pay no mind to me 'cause I suck D:
Yeah, I guess that may be true, but then again you only posted your thread on October 20th, and it's slowly sinking down on the first page as you can see. xD
And no, you're actually pretty good to be honest.


MAL
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Fixed that for you. By no means do you suck.
Yeah, I guess that may be true, but then again you only posted your thread on October 20th, and it's slowly sinking down on the first page as you can see. xD
And no, you're actually pretty good to be honest.
I'm a novice, by all means I suck.

That happens on every forum, you don't post other people do, your thread sinks.
In this forum it happens quite slowly, usually a thread of mine would be in 3rd page with 2 posts (literally) in like 2 hours.

Credits from the tag go to Loki.

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Misheard Whisper

I also happen to be a model.

Age 28
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Posted September 27th, 2022
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14.3 Years
idk, it's the same as in the fanfiction forum. If you want people to comment on your thread, you've got to go and comment on others'. *shrugs* Being good helps, but not everyone can be a prodigy. I hope to be good, and I like it when people tell me when I suck, because they usually tell me what I can do to get better, and I like that. Because honestly, I'm not gonna learn much on my own. :/
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Loki

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Posted June 14th, 2020
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For me, it's more like, I don't comment in galleries where I know I'm not going to get a response.
I don't like wasting my time, y'know?
So sometimes, the less experienced artists tend to be more receiving towards what I say, because I'm sure we all agree that the more experienced you are, the more snot faced you tend to be. (Lol that's the way I am anyway.)

But yeah, the deal with FF like Misheard said is totally true. I remember when I used to write fanfiction it was obligated courtesy to go read at least a little of someone else's story if they commented on yours- although if you were one of the 60 chapter writers, it was kind of like, "K, no." But yeah.

moments.

quixotic

keyholes
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
What I got out of this last page of Lounge is that the reason my stuff is not commented is because I am not good at graphics, so thank you all.

Also Atomico, the main point I was making is the fact that people will often come in, leave a comment and leave it there because they 'left a comment'. Yep, a single comment. Good on you guys! I post an update to get comments, not to let it sit there. But don't worry about posting guys, you already left a comment way up in my thread, you don't need to gimme advice / cnc on my newer graphics...
What I hate even more is the ironic comments that are like, "Dude you're really awesome keep it up." Not only do they provide me with no substance or anything, but how am I meant to keep my graphics up when I get no comments and thus making it so much harder to improve.

Significant rant is significant, but I really am quite disgusted with the current state of the G&P. Where did vVintage's gallery go? Like the 5th page, and most likely because she got nearly no comments and thus felt it useless to keep posting. vVintage was used for the sake of example, there are many others who have gone off the radar unfairly...
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