ScifiGirl

Thanks Ego, I read it...okay I have learning difficulties, I did not understand that at all? How does it work? I read it through 3 times and the responses and I still can't figure it out

Skulls, that is an awesome cut and paste.....how did you do that? I can't......not yet anyway Lol

My biggest and most frustrating issue is still getting nice clean cut outs. Before with my other software which shall remain nameless, I would use the magic wand, especially simple and neat if the pic you're cutting out is on a white background. But with PDN, I am seriously struggling in this dept. So, how can I cut this out nicely with PDN to achieve something like this? yes, it was done on my old software

like this one you see I can virtually talk with my smilies ess I did say almost I don't think I've actually done that since I was about 14 or so You would think after all this time I would be an expert, but I've found I'm always learning new things from people like you exams. schams, I just want to finish them so I can move on, but thank you, I think I'm doing okay for the moment. I think some time next week I might have a portfolio up Johnny, you should try it again, only this time cut it at the lower horizon so the icescape looks as if its beyond the heard as if they would run over a cliff and into it

now I really need that LMAO smilie of mine I am speechless Scooter, I read this over and over and almost peed myself laughing. Thankyou for making my day It's still not up to my best quality, but I am getting there I think. As for making the sigs, I've been doing it for 5 years now and I just realised that I did at one time have PDN before I had PS and Gimp. It never dawned on me until this morning when I opened up my old download logs that I had saved in a separate file.... this is what I have done in the past. now I really need that LMAO smilie of mine I am speechless Scooter, I read this over and over and almost peed myself laughing. Thankyou for making my day It's still not up to my best quality, but I am getting there I think. As for making the sigs, I've been doing it for 5 years now and I just realised that I did at one time have PDN before I had PS and Gimp. It never dawned on me until this morning when I opened up my old download logs that I had saved in a separate file.... this is what I have done in the past.

I am Rick and unfortunately I won't be able to switch to Win8 for sometime until I get a new computer. This old clunker I doubt would run 8 anyway and as I am stretched for funds, its going to have to wait a while. I'll struggle on as best as I can , thank you for the update.

thank you so much for the compliment barbi, and I will soon start my own gallery. Time is my enemy atm as I am in the middle of exams for my post grad. I did do a small forum sig for one of my friends very early this morning.....like 4:30 am early Lol

thanks guys, that helps wonderfully sorry for being a pain in the mitka... I have a few learning issues Lol...

Goon thanks....although I don't quite follow that ....*facepalm* The Beta 4 won't work on XP will it Noob? But I'll look at the tut, thank you so much

I asked earlier about a possible plug in mod for the eraser, so that you have options like hardness, opacity, shape etc. Currently as I was told there is nothing in the planning for it. So failing that, has anyone found a way to at least soften the edges of the eraser so that when using it, you don't get a definitive line, rather a blurred affect on the edges?

Thanks, but no that wasn't it. I did find it though, Zoom rotate easy done

I've tried that. The only result I got was a rotating opaque blue frame but not the actual pic. Am I doing something wrong?

Scooter!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you so much, I really appreciate your critique, like my Dad says all the time, take the hint kiddo, its how we learn. That effort took me about 12 hours in several shifts Lol... so yeah I have a lot to learn. One of the things I really wanted to do, was to make her (me actually) 'fit' in with the same textures and hues. As you can see, the uniform doesn't have the same softness or relief as Cam's does. When I get some time, I'll try and do it again, so I am so grateful for your comments. Yes I am one of those who do listen to my elders.....most of the time. your quote "I'm too young, to be this old" is that from Garth Brooks song? "I'm much too young to be this old."

Thank you both and apologies to Goon for dumping on his thread I didn't think I was yet ready to start my own gallery Lol. The ship was created by my dad with one of those 3d modeling softwares, I don't know which one it was. Fortunately for me, it was on a white background so it was easy to cut and paste. Same with the super gate, it was on a black background so it was straight forward putting it into my stock space image. All put together with PDN in about 3 hours and a lot of experimenting and fiddling. When I do some really worthy stuff, I'll start my own page thank you again, you are wonderful people here

I tried Lol.... not the best, but I'm learning originals http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz37/melanieoz/Stargate%20SG1/team2_zps8259a1c4.jpg http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz37/melanieoz/Stargate%20SG1/sam-4_zps66d8590e.jpg

That's a good start, thank you Noob.. I have 3.5.11 and yep, its there. I didn't load the beta version of 4.0 simply because my laptop is rather crappy

I've been using Paint.net now for a little over a week and so far, with a few struggles, I am very happy. There was one thing I noticed though that is lacking, which is common to both PS and Gimp; that is variables with the eraser. Things such as shape, hardness etc etc. If any of you have used PS, you will know what I mean. Is this possible at all?

Utterly fantastic Gooni I am impressed..as I am with all things 'out there' So much so, I tried one of my own. The cutting out of the ship was sooooooooo hard! But anyway, its my dad's design, designated CG340 class approaching a Super gate

Yes!!!!!!!!! this looks way betterer not quite as complicated either, I found a couple of short cuts now all I have to do is perfect my cutting out procedures Lol.....

thank you so much for that, I'll give it a try....seems complicated tho Lol

I think my browser is wonko, wouldn't work for me, the CC thing. That would be awesome if you could, I would be so grateful

thank you Ego, I'll give that a try

I'm quite familiar with cut out procedures, having used PS and Gimp for a while. What I couldn't quite work with this is the magic wand, it seemed to want to select stuff on its own, rather than just the outline I needed. So I used the Lasso select which worked fine. My only problem is with the smoothness of the selection, I tried using the feather tool, but it didn't do much at all, as you can see with my cut out of Jen Garner. Also, are there any further options with the eraser? Such as shape, opacity etc?

Oh....sorry, thank you both for the welcome (too early in the morning for me). I didn't think of that I'll try it, so long as my connection doesn't bug out while I'm watching it

Thank you both. I did get some of the plug ins yesterday, that was the first thing my friend told me to do. I found one topic, couldn't follow it at all. Although the effects look excellent, I have trouble with tutorial videos as I am almost totally deaf