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post #31 of 41
2/16/06 at 10:19pm
LOL, simple as in "easy to use," or simple as in "this doesn't do anything that I want it to do?" It didn't sound like ifranview was what you were looking for.

I don't know what to look for in a program for making backgrounds. The one I was going to tell you about I guess wouldn't be good for that, either. But there must be SOMETHING other than the gimp program?
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post #32 of 41
2/17/06 at 3:05am
Any thing else I think you'll have to buy. I swear by photoshop but its not cheap.
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post #33 of 41
2/17/06 at 9:31am
I love Photoshop myself, and that's primarily what I use for all of my graphics, however for free, The Gimp is excellent. It's just a bit harder to figure out than Photoshop, but it can pretty much do everything that Photoshop can do, and it has some EXCELLENT built in plug ins and filters, and you can create some really cool effects.
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post #34 of 41
2/20/06 at 9:26am
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Okay, okay.........I'm going to get some slightly earlier version of Photoshop soon, probably. At least within the next month or so maybe. Or some other program. Any suggestions? Price range probably up to about $150 or so. I know you cannot get too good a program for just that but well any recommendations???

Oh and Allezany - could you pleeeeeeease teach me how to make great backgrounds like that on Photofiltre?
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post #35 of 41
2/20/06 at 11:07am
I highly reccommend Paint Shop Pro, it's similar to Photoshop at a fraction of the price. There are also hundreds of free tutorials, brushes & tubes available on the net for PSP, plus many groups you can join for help.

I purchased version 8 about a year ago on ebay for about $25. Now you can get it for under $20, version 9 is also very affordable & ever version 10 goes for well under for under $100. If you're interested, just check on ebay.

I agree that Photoshop is an awesome program, but I surely can't afford it! IMHO, PSP is the best value out there... you can get a great program without spending a small fortune.
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post #36 of 41
2/20/06 at 1:30pm
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Originally Posted by cagnes
I highly reccommend Paint Shop Pro, it's similar to Photoshop at a fraction of the price. There are also hundreds of free tutorials, brushes & tubes available on the net for PSP, plus many groups you can join for help.

I purchased version 8 about a year ago on ebay for about $25. Now you can get it for under $20, version 9 is also very affordable & ever version 10 goes for well under for under $100. If you're interested, just check on ebay.

I agree that Photoshop is an awesome program, but I surely can't afford it! IMHO, PSP is the best value out there... you can get a great program without spending a small fortune.
Whoa! I never knew PSP was that cheap!! Thanks sooooo much for the info, I'll have to check on eBay. Do you know how much it goes for in stores? The version that you have?
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post #37 of 41
2/20/06 at 1:38pm
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Whoa! I never knew PSP was that cheap!! Thanks sooooo much for the info, I'll have to check on eBay. Do you know how much it goes for in stores? The version that you have?
I bought PSP at Best Buy for $99. Sounds like Ebay is the way to go. It is A LOT cheaper than Photoshop. Photoshop goes for about $700. I like Photoshop a lot better, though. For some reason, I can't figure out how to center and align things with PaintShopPro, as easily. However, there is no doubt, there are a lot of cool things you can do with PSP.
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post #38 of 41
2/20/06 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by HopeHacker
I bought PSP at Best Buy for $99. Sounds like Ebay is the way to go. It is A LOT cheaper than Photoshop. Photoshop goes for about $700. I like Photoshop a lot better, though. For some reason, I can't figure out how to center and align things with PaintShopPro, as easily. However, there is no doubt, there are a lot of cool things you can do with PSP.
Ok then eBay it is. Thanks!!!!!
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post #39 of 41
2/20/06 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by sweetiecat3
Whoa! I never knew PSP was that cheap!! Thanks sooooo much for the info, I'll have to check on eBay. Do you know how much it goes for in stores? The version that you have?
You're welcome. If you end up getting PSP & need any help, feel free to ask... I'll be happy to help if I can.

You would probably have a hard time finding version 8 in a store, I don't know what it would sell for. You can probably still find version 9 & definately get version 10 in stores for around $100.... Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Office Max, etc.
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post #40 of 41
2/20/06 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by HopeHacker
For some reason, I can't figure out how to center and align things with PaintShopPro, as easily.
That's one thing that I liked about my old Microsoft PictureIt program, was the "center on canvas" tool.

Centering a vector is easy. Just click the "Object Selection Tool" on your tools toolbar. You can vertical center or horizontal center.

To center a raster layer, you can use a ruler or grid view, to help guide you in centering it yourself. Or if you paste your object as a "new raster layer", it will automaticly be centered on the canvas for you.

Centering hasn't been too much of a problem for me since I don't do very much centering.

Is it easy to center with Photoshop? I only have 2 days left on my trial download & I really haven't had much time to play around with it.
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post #41 of 41
2/21/06 at 8:23am
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Originally Posted by cagnes
That's one thing that I liked about my old Microsoft PictureIt program, was the "center on canvas" tool.

Centering a vector is easy. Just click the "Object Selection Tool" on your tools toolbar. You can vertical center or horizontal center.

To center a raster layer, you can use a ruler or grid view, to help guide you in centering it yourself. Or if you paste your object as a "new raster layer", it will automaticly be centered on the canvas for you.

Centering hasn't been too much of a problem for me since I don't do very much centering.

Is it easy to center with Photoshop? I only have 2 days left on my trial download & I really haven't had much time to play around with it.

Yes, it's super easy to center with Photoshop. All you do, is "Edit", then "Select All", and then in the Layers, menu, you Align, your layer any way you want Horizontally and vertically. I really can't live without that option.

For example, in my Signature, I wanted Simba's eyes perfectly centered, Horizontally, and I wanted Paul perfectly centered between the eyes. However, for me, it really helps when I'm working on animations, because I may want some parts of the animation to stay stationary, and I usually add the things I want to the animation in layers. It makes it work so much better. I then take my invidual frames and make the gif, with PSP Animation Shop.
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