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Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:57 am**

I thought I'd make a topic to all the people who are new with PS or just need to ask something. So start asking.

Ill start off:
1. Where can I find renders/backgrounds?
2. Where can I find cool text styles (3. =fonts?

)
4. What's a sprite?
5. What's the most common and basic techniques you use in PS?
6. What's good to start with when it's your first time using PS? Follow guides or experiment?

Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:08 pm**

Waisha wrote:I thought I'd make a topic to all the people who are new with PS or just need to ask something. So start asking.

Ill start off:
1. Where can I find renders/backgrounds?

http://www.tech-gfx.net/forum/index.php?showforum=35
http://www.tech-gfx.net/forum/index.php?showforum=36

2. Where can I find cool text styles (3. =fonts? )

http://www.tech-gfx.net/forum/index.php?showforum=37

4. What's a sprite?

Any tag or signature that uses a focal subject that fits entirely within the tag, see my bottom sig for reference.

5. What's the most common and basic techniques you use in PS?

Brushes, pen tool, blending modes, clipping masks, layer masks, and gradient maps.

6. What's good to start with when it's your first time using PS? Follow guides or experiment?

follow guides, most definitely.

http://www.tech-gfx.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=2797 PENTOOL - is the most important tool in photoshop, inarguably - cleanest selections and has the ability to create some wonderful images.

http://www.tech-gfx.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=4234 A selection of basic tutorials in photoshop.

Thanks.

You're welcome ^^

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:12 pm**

Lol, fast reply. Ill get into it.

Just one more: What's the most common program for creating sigs? I just got PS CS3. Is CS2 better/more common?

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:13 pm**

CS3 is way better, optimized for system performance, and it interacts well with other programs (illustrator,etc) Plus its always a good idea to be training/learning on the industries best software.

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:18 pm**

Rizla wrote:CS3 is way better, optimized for system performance, and it interacts well with other programs (illustrator,etc) Plus its always a good idea to be training/learning on the industries best software.

Since it's free. Why not?

Thanks again.

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:18 pm**

be careful, we dont discuss what we wont mention here, if you know what Im talkin about

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:19 pm**

Yeah, those are meant for PM. If you know what I'm talking about. :wink:

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:21 pm**

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I'm using the 30 day trial. :wink:

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:22 pm**

LOL.

Just PM me Waisha

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:25 pm**

LOL x2.

I do know what you are talking about lol.

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:26 pm**

Code: Select all

[URL="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]

Ditch the space ;-)

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:31 pm**

Wow, my favourites filled up fast.

*makes a new folder*

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:33 pm**

Snudge wrote:
Code: Select all
[URL="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]
Ditch the space

no dice

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:43 pm**

Rizla wrote:
Snudge wrote:
Code: Select all
[URL="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]
Ditch the space
no dice

No dice?

xD All I ment is that the [ur l]-[/ur l] brackets in your sig have a space too much and it should be like [url="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]

Instead of
[URL ="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]

;-)

Edit;
woah, wait.. -.- wtf? >.<

[url="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]
Nope, not that either. Wtf? XD
DeviantArt

Got it.?
Yay.

Code: Select all

[url=http://rizlawow.deviantart.com]DeviantArt[/url]

That's the one ^-^

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:45 pm**

confusing, communicating in codes. o_O

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:47 pm**

I was trying to find the flaw ;-)

He has a link in his sig, to his DA, but it had a flaw in the coding

I was just trying to find what the flaw was

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:52 pm**

Snudge wrote:
Rizla wrote:
Snudge wrote:
Code: Select all
[URL="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]
Ditch the space
no dice
No dice? xD All I ment is that the [ur l]-[/ur l] brackets in your sig have a space too much and it should be like [url="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]

Instead of
[URL ="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]

Edit;
woah, wait.. -.- wtf? >.<

[url="http://rizlawow.deviantart.com/"]DeviantArt[/url]
Nope, not that either. Wtf? XD
DeviantArt

Got it.?
Yay.
Code: Select all
[url=http://rizlawow.deviantart.com]DeviantArt[/url]
That's the one ^-^

lmao! ty snudge

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:54 pm**

Np, I like fooling around ^^

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:00 pm**

now how do i center, I tried the good old "[center]" tags, but no dice

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:10 pm**

They don't work on these boards

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:16 pm**

booooooo

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:22 pm**

*Grin* There are tricks though ;-)

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:42 pm**

Ok, I've looked through about 10 guides now. Did the pen guide.
What sig creation guide is good to start off with? Suggestions? I'm half way through ol3n's stickied guide. It's a bit complicated i think.

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:57 pm**

you're in the same position i was in a few months back.

the way i started was i found a tutorial on here for a sig i liked a lot that used a bunch of different techniques, and i went through it and followed it more or less exactly. it gave me a really good idea of what does what, when to use which filter, etc. now i'm to the point where i can visualize in my head what i wanna do and be reasonably sure how to get something approaching the results i want out. trial and error mostly. but that's the most fun way to learn. Ctrl+Alt+Z = best friend :)

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:07 pm**

Just read a lot of tutorials, and then try toduplicate it. Sometimes you fail miserably, sometimes you come with a new effect you might like. Like SG said; Trial and Error.

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:12 pm**

thanks for the advice. =)

guess it's all about hard work and training.

What does this mean?

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:31 pm**

Waisha wrote:Lol, fast reply. Ill get into it.

Just one more: What's the most common program for creating sigs? I just got PS CS3. Is CS2 better/more common?

Using Photoshop CS so not everyone are using CS3

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:38 pm**

0l3n wrote:
Waisha wrote:Lol, fast reply. Ill get into it.

Just one more: What's the most common program for creating sigs? I just got PS CS3. Is CS2 better/more common?

Using Photoshop CS so not everyone are using CS3

<--- CS2

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:42 pm**

CS2.00001

Im sorry, I just had to over do it.

Posted: **Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:48 pm**

0l3n wrote:CS2.00001

Im sorry, I just had to over do it.

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