new avatar

[ZomgProniss]

ok guys enlight of the recent events regarding my avatar i decided to make a new one and i need ur guy's opinion  first of all im no good with photoshop so i can make and awesome ones but i do think the one is better than the one i have currently =\

so.... yes, no, maybe so?

EDIT: take a look at the 2nd one

[PANZERCATWAGON]

no

[Espadon]

I can make you a better avatar with MS Paint.

[ZomgProniss]

i know =( i really do suck ... its just i just got photoshop and have no idea how to do any thing with it yes so.... i suppose ill just keep fiddling around with the settings and features and stuff

[Hair|Trigger]

Photoshop is a professional program, it might be easier to use Paint.net for a while and when you get the hang of it use photoshop from there (Paint.net is easier and more simplistic)

[ZomgProniss]

*sigh* ok.... i suppose ill go back to paint.NET  another problem is that my imagination is so limited =P

[chutem]

Read up some tutorials, that way you will learn about the features and how they work.

Paint.NET tutorials can be found here, check out the legacy tutorials also, lots of cool shit in there. Alot of the things in Paint.NET are pretty much the same in photoshop, so if you learn how to use the features in Paint.NET, it will be so much easier to use photoshop.

[ZomgProniss]

well as far as i know (but what do i know eh?) paint dot net doesn't have a hole lot of feachers =\

[chutem]

Yes it does, they are called plugins. You will come across these 'plugins' as you read the 'tutorials'.

[ZomgProniss]

ok thx man

[Espadon]

You don't really need fancy features to create a good avatar. Look around at others' avatars to get a sense of what goes into an avatar; the Canadian flag one you made was a step in the right direction.

Keep in mind that regardless of your avatar dimensions, SF will resize to 90x90. If you're using a rectangular image, be careful that it doesn't get squashed just to fit the square dimensions.

You might also want to try out some different fonts. Google search will turn up quite a few websites with thousands of free fontfaces.

[ZomgProniss]

the Canadian flag one you made was a step in the right direction.

but that took me like 30 seconds to make =\

You don't really need fancy features to create a good avatar. Look around at others' avatars to get a sense of what goes into an avatar

buy look at yours

Keep in mind that regardless of your avatar dimensions, SF will resize to 90x90. If you're using a rectangular image, be careful that it doesn't get squashed just to fit the square dimensions.

yea i know  but how am i supposed to make the Canadian flag square with out it looking squished?

and is it better to make a big (square) picture and shrink it or make a small picture?

You might also want to try out some different fonts. Google search will turn up quite a few websites with thousands of free fontfaces.

theses can be put into paint.NET?

[Hair|Trigger]

When you try to pick out what goes into a picture, you are looking at the tools used to make it. 

Also, use layers.  look at someone's sig or something and guess how many layers they used and what part of the image is on each one.

Just to start you off, my userbar was made with 8 layers (but you can use as many as you feel comfortable with, weather it's 5 or 500)

[chutem]

You might also want to try out some different fonts. Google search will turn up quite a few websites with thousands of free fontfaces.

theses can be put into paint.NET?

Just install the fonts as usual, and PDN will have them in the font dropdown box after you restart PDN

[Thinkto urself]

You might also want to try out some different fonts. Google search will turn up quite a few websites with thousands of free fontfaces.

theses can be put into paint.NET?

Just install the fonts as usual, and PDN will have them in the font dropdown box after you restart PDN

GENTLEMEN! BEHOLD.
http://www.dafont.com/

[ZomgProniss]

Also, use layers.  look at someone's sig or something and guess how many layers they used and what part of the image is on each one.

Just to start you off, my userbar was made with 8 layers (but you can use as many as you feel comfortable with, weather it's 5 or 500)

whats the point in more than one layer?

Just install the fonts as usual, and PDN will have them in the font dropdown box after you restart PDN

ok sweet
wait.... how do i do that?

EDIT: nvm go it

GENTLEMEN! BEHOLD.
http://www.dafont.com/

OMG TYVM man i love you im gonna be on this site all night =D.... and u guys can look forward to better avatars form me now =D

[chutem]

Also, use layers.  look at someone's sig or something and guess how many layers they used and what part of the image is on each one.

Just to start you off, my userbar was made with 8 layers (but you can use as many as you feel comfortable with, weather it's 5 or 500)

whats the point in more than one layer?

One day, hopefully, you will look upon this moment and laugh at yourself. Hopefully.

You might also want to try out some different fonts. Google search will turn up quite a few websites with thousands of free fontfaces.

theses can be put into paint.NET?

Just install the fonts as usual, and PDN will have them in the font dropdown box after you restart PDN

GENTLEMEN! BEHOLD.
http://www.dafont.com/

Mmmmmm, dafont.

[Espadon]

Also, use layers.  look at someone's sig or something and guess how many layers they used and what part of the image is on each one.

Just to start you off, my userbar was made with 8 layers (but you can use as many as you feel comfortable with, weather it's 5 or 500)

whats the point in more than one layer?

With more than one layer, you can easily shuffle stuff around until it looks good. Layers are used for a lot more than just that, but it's the most basic feature of the layer concept.

AFAIK you can install fonts while PDN is open; textbox should check for new fonts when you make a new one. I know PS is like that, no reason PDN shouldn't.

[ZomgProniss]

oh... ok and like if you do one thing on one layer and something on the next but goof up u dont have to worry about your hole pic being ruined?

[Thinkto urself]

oh... ok and like if you do one thing on one layer and something on the next but goof up u dont have to worry about your hole pic being ruined?

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