Graphics Resources, Inspiration and Advice

[DeviousOne]

Ish just got real lmao

[Kuro]

Lets have a gimp vs ps fight I nom spydre as are clan leader

[Cybertox]

Im pretty sure that both programms are good however the only thing that matters is knowledge on how to use them.

[DeviousOne]

I rep G.I.M.P. Son! Let's get this battle going!! Lmao

[Kuro]

G.I.M.P.'s are P.I.M.P's

[DeviousOne]

Lets have a gimp vs ps fight I nom spydre as are clan leader

Lmao damn str8 GIMPin PIMPin the bitches love GIMP lmao

[itachi73378]

Extremely noob question incoming:

I need a render with either a transparent background OR to cut and paste from one layer to another. when I use the scissor tool in gimp it allows me to select the area I want, but I can't drag and drop it on to another window/image/layer

Any ideas?

[spyrde]

Extremely noob question incoming:

I need a render with either a transparent background OR to cut and paste from one layer to another. when I use the scissor tool in gimp it allows me to select the area I want, but I can't drag and drop it on to another window/image/layer

Any ideas?

Not sure on what you mean, but I think you need to cut it out before you can start moving it around.

[DeviousOne]

I'm not sure this helps what I do is copy and paste whatever ur trying to render into the sig cause if u add a new layer u can move it when I copy and paste I can move it where ever and then erased what I don't want around the copied image.

[JustinPinter]

Inspirations / Ideas:

50 Smart Logos With Hidden Symbolism
http://smashinghub.com/smart-logos-w...-symbolism.htm

Few from the site...




23 Inspiring Logo Design Ideas for Creatives
http://pelfusion.com/creative-logo-design-ideas/

Few examples...




23 Beautiful 3D Character Designs and illustrations by Max Kostenko
http://webneel.com/webneel/blog/23-b...s-max-kostenko

25 Fresh and Free Fonts for October 2012
http://www.splashnology.com/article/...ber-2012/6790/

30 High Quality Brush Packs for Illustrator
http://speckyboy.com/2012/10/18/30-b...r-illustrator/

25 Creative Photoshop Sparkling Effects and Photo manipulation works
http://webneel.com/webneel/blog/25-c...ur-inspiration

[C-Carcharias]

This thread needs some more material.

Here is a quick overview of the adjustments I used for my Last of Us sig. Most of this is childsplay for the vets, but the newer guys might learn something.

Without adjustments


1. Hue/Saturation - Old Style Preset


2. Gradient - Violet to Orange, Lighten 35%


3. Exposure - Slightly increased the Offset setting


4. Curves - to Adjust the lighting and shadows (very subtle difference)


5. Selective Colour - Played with the Green and Cyan settings (again, its subtle but you will notice the fractals look less bright.)


6. Gradient - Black & White, Hue 50%


7. Burn Tool, Soft Brush 100% Exposure - used on the C4Ds to create shadow/depth and to bring out my focal some more.


8. Sharpen, reduced Transprency to 80%


9. High Pass, Soft Light 27% - erased everything but the focal, makes it stand out some more. Honestly, I could have increased the transprency some more to make it more noticable.


From Start to Finish:

[solid_sneek]

Great thread used to be a big Adobe fan but this works better for me think I need to get back into sig making?

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[Cybertox]

Does somebody know any good metal border tutorials? I wasnt able to find any decent ones.

[spyrde]

Does somebody know any good metal border tutorials? I wasnt able to find any decent ones.

You could just cut out parts from a picture like this to make your border:

[Cybertox]

Yeah i could but thats not really what i am looking for. I need a smooth metal border frame.

[spyrde]

Yeah i could but thats not really what i am looking for. I need a smooth metal border frame.

I'll try and help you with this but I kinda need to visualize what you want. Do you have any examples on something similar?

[Cybertox]

First of all i use Photoshop CS6, i need a border out of metal which is going to match a weapon. Like a dark smooth metal border or a militaristic one but without those camouflage patterns. I saw some tutorials but those were more kind of a futuristic ones.

[itachi73378]

Can some pros here do a displace tutorial? I've only used it once and that was by a fluke. Now every time I try it in gimp it doesn't let me choose the correct displace layer. I mean I can select the layer I want displaced, but not the layer I want to use in the drop down menu. hope wat I'm saying makes sense

[solid_sneek]

I kinda see sig making as graphic design but I'm looking Into starting back up what program's do you guys use and what not?


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[Fijiandoce]

Photoshop and Gimp are the two main editors

gimp can be downloaded for free http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
photoshop cost quite a bit though.

i use photoshop because its an easier program to use. i would also say its the more powerful program....but if you're a good enough artist the differences don't amount to much

[solid_sneek]

I used to have photoshop but not anymore and that's what I used to use. I only use a laptop hopefully it would handle it.


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[Kuro]

Your lappy will handle it I use gimp on mine. I actually perfer it then PS. Just preferences I've only used cs4 before.
Gimps not hard just watch a couple tutorials. Dl some brush, c4d and font packs and get to it!

[solid_sneek]

Where's the best place for renders now days I know a couple of graphic designers and asked what program they use. I used to watch tutorials online and do that.


solid_sneek

[Kuro]

Best renders you can either google search ".... renders" or devianart

[solid_sneek]

That's wicked mate ill check gimp out can you download brush sets then?


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