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#1 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 01:42 AM

By popular demand, (and explicit force) I will download the whole tutorial here...step by step.

Only because I love paint.net and this community so much, and I have been a guilty lurker for so long.

So basically this tutorial will let you edit photos of people in high quality. The example photo is a pretty low quality, but the same process applies for all pictures.

For example, you can go from this picture:

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to this

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using the same process.

Oh, and P.S. before you start insulting the model, it's me. :D


Start up your Paint.net program, pick a picture, and get ready to learn!

STEP ONE:

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STEP TWO:

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STEP THREE:

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STEP FOUR:

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STEP FIVE:

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STEP SIX:

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STEP SEVEN:

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STEP EIGHT:

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STEP NINE:

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STEP TEN:

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STEP ELEVEN:

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STEP TWELVE:

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STEP THIRTEEN:

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halfway there...

STEP FOURTEEN:

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STEP FIFTEEN:

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STEP SIXTEEN:

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STEP SEVENTEEN:

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STEP EIGHTEEN:

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STEP NINETEEN:

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STEP TWENTY:

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STEP TWENTY-ONE:

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STEP TWENTY-TWO:

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STEP TWENTY-THREE:

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STEP TWENTY-FOUR:

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STEP TWENTY-FIVE:

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STEP TWENTY-SIX:

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Have fun with this. I edit EVERY good picture I find. It's addicting.

Post your creations! I'd love to see them! :D

#2 killerkiller2

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 06:32 AM

nice girl!!!

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 03:55 PM

Excellent work!

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The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.
Amy: But how did it end up in there?
The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.
River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.


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Posted 02 December 2008 - 04:22 PM

Cool effect. Pretty girl. Great tutorial. :wink:

#5 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 10:46 PM

Cool effect. Pretty girl. Great tutorial. :wink:



thank you :D

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Posted 03 December 2008 - 10:12 PM

You're very welcome. ;) I'll post my results of me doing this later. You can give it a go if you want: http://www.myspace.com/gibsonnlespaul

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 12:01 PM

Thanks so much for this!

Had a play with it and obviously it takes time to perfect but here is my first attempt, shall be trying it again for sure. Well done.....


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Posted 04 December 2008 - 06:18 PM

I just notice why this tut takes a long time to load.
Do NOT use PNG, use JPG.
If not, this tut will be locked.

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#9 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 10:07 PM

I just notice why this tut takes a long time to load.
Do NOT use PNG, use JPG.
If not, this tut will be locked.



would you like me to edit the tutorial and change all of the pictures to jpg?

#10 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 10:08 PM

Thanks so much for this!

Had a play with it and obviously it takes time to perfect but here is my first attempt, shall be trying it again for sure. Well done.....


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so pretty :D

i love the eyes, well done

i'd suggest playing with the brightness in the "curves" graph

bring the line up, it'll make it brighter.

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Posted 04 December 2008 - 10:10 PM

Yes, please change to JPG

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#12 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 05 December 2008 - 12:55 AM

Yes, please change to JPG



I'll have it changed by tonight.

Please don't lock it.

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 03:04 AM

this tutorial was aaaamazing!
haha, im a total n00b at Paint.NET,
and this was really easy to understand and follow!
here's my experiment:
Before:
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& after:
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:D

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 03:06 AM

this tutorial was aaaamazing!
haha, im a total n00b at Paint.NET,
and this was really easy to understand and follow!
here's my experiment:
Before:
http://i38.tinypic.com/33vdo3t.jpg
& after:
http://i37.tinypic.com/2lnh0cw.jpg
:D



this is WONDERFUL!

congrats :D

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 10:47 PM

I'd snog ya



but........

ASH - use some diplomacy please?
Your own rules -"Don't bite"
CjW

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#16 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 12:02 AM

I'd snog ya



but........

ASH - use some diplomacy please?
Your own rules -"Don't bite"



thank you?

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 04:45 PM

What an excellent tutorial you have here, lindsaykorsen! And far more convenient to read than having to download anything, wouldn't you say? ;)

Great work, very much so.

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 05:19 PM

I'd snog ya


Wow...

but........

ASH - use some diplomacy please?
Your own rules -"Don't bite"


The tutorial section is here for text tutorials, not downloads.

#19 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 09:14 PM

I'd snog ya


Wow...

but........

ASH - use some diplomacy please?
Your own rules -"Don't bite"


The tutorial section is here for text tutorials, not downloads.



text tutorials vs downloads? this is a text tutorial right? and the older post was a download.

#20 lindsaykorsen

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Posted 12 December 2008 - 09:16 PM

What an excellent tutorial you have here, lindsaykorsen! And far more convenient to read than having to download anything, wouldn't you say? ;)

Great work, very much so.


yes i agree :D

it took half an hour to upload ALL the picture files individually and then paste the codes into the tutorial

but it's okay haha, it was worth it

it took me two years of playing with paint.net to figure this stuff out, so it's worth it haha