Photoshop Q & A

[Olz.]

Well.. lets hope this merges..

1. Can you download new backgrounds?

2. On the line tool - How come i only do arrows, and i can't change it! :(

 

[evilcheese]

1. waht do you mean? your suppose to make the backgrounds.

2. on the top left of the toolbar there is a thumbnail of the line icon. right click that then press reset.

 

[Gerri Shin]

Well.. lets hope this merges..

1. Can you download new backgrounds?

How do you mean? New backgrounds for the images or new backgrounds for the space behind the pictures in the program (essentially the artist's table if you will)
If you mean the image background, then you have to make those.
but if you mean the background in the program itself, then here's how:
*to do this you need to be in Fullscreen with Menubars mode, you can achieve this by pressing the F key*
1. Go to you color Palette and switch to grayscale sliders
2. choose a level of grey/black/white that you prefer
3. switch tools to the paintbucket tool
4. holding the Shift key and click outside the image in the background, you will replace the old color grey with your new color that you have chosen in the grayscale slider.

If you're using a Mac, simply change your desktop background.

 

[Volta.]

2. On the line tool - How come i only do arrows, and i can't change it! :(

With the line tool selected, click on the black drop-down menu next to the blob shape in the menu up top. You should see some checkboxes for arrowheads marked Start and End. Uncheck them both and you'll have a clean line tool! 8D

 

[Renyui!]

can i ask some gimp questiones? (well, its sought of spread around.)
1. Everyone says to put fonts in your fonts folder in control panel, but i dont have one. wats with this?

 

[evilcheese]

it should be in your control panel. are you running xp or vista?

 

[Renyui!]

i use xp, why? and btw, is fonts a sub folder? if it is, what folder is it?

 

[evilcheese]

ok ill walk you through it. start by going to the control panel.

click anyone of the icons. (example appearance and theme)

on the left there should be something that says see also and therre should be one that says fonts.

now drag your font onto that.

 

[Renyui!]

ah, i see! thanks cheese!

 

[evilcheese]

glad to help.

can someone tell me why i cant brush on my layer mask?

 

[Gerri Shin]

I'd say check what tool is selected and make sure it isn't something like the Color-Replacement Brush. If you use a tablet make sure your not using the Eraser end of the pen. Also you might check to make sure that Transparency, Pixel, or Position Locks are not on

 

[Perfectionist]

Hey guys!
I was wondering about the best way to clean up the edges around a render?

Thanks!
~Perfectionist

 

[Pikabloo]

Firstly, don't use the magic wand tool (if you do). Use either the lasso tool, or the pen tool, depending on which you prefer. I'm pretty sure that Loki posted up a rendering tutorial somewhere... Found it (click here) :D I, myself, am no genius in rendering though. I suggest looking for some other rendering tutorials on the internet, if you still don't get it. Or if you're feeling especially lazy, look for pre-rendered images xD That's what I do.

 

[Perfectionist]

Thank you!
I'll give that a go!

 

[THIRTY-SIX]

You can also use the pen tool, it's far more accurate once you understand how to use it.

 

[Perfectionist]

Alright I'll keep that in mind!
(You don't happen to have a tutorial on the Pen Tool do you?)

 

[Pikabloo]

I posted one on the tutorial thread (click).

It's not on rendering, but mainly on how to use the pen tool.

 

[Perfectionist]

Thanks heaps you guys!
I had another question though..

How do I add light textures?

 

[Volta.]

Hmm, do you mean textures that look like light? ...or "faint" textures? Sorry, your question was a little obscure! ^^;

 

[Pikabloo]

Assuming that you're talking about stuff like this: click (totally not mine, just found on Photobucket)

You simply place them in, and set the layer mode to screen/colour dodge/linear dodge, then erase if necessary.