Wilson
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That's just what a Half Sphere Map is...
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What do I use Shape3D on to see this illusion?
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Seconded.
PM Me.
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1. Wrong section.
2. Non-descriptive title.
3. Shift-Click.
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You've had a lot of good signatues out lately, Zwicky. Your current gallery header is niiice. Good colouring on it too. How did you achieve the brush style in your current signature for the text? Is it a font?
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Please post an example of what you mean.
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There's already a plugin for Animated GIF Files.
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Search for Cutting Out Images The Easy Way.
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Fire & Ice is amazing. Loving the first installment too! This is going to be one of the galleries I check regularly, as I do with flip's and welshblue's.
Bookmarked.
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Yeah, you raise a good point, Rick.
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It's a good tutorial. Good result from it, looks nice. I'm going to incorporate this into my new Christmas sig. I'll give you credit, don't worry.
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Now, I thought that would help when I read it but now, this error message appears:
Extract: error writing to file atl90
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Hi all, for some reason I cannot upgrade to the new version of Paint.NET. Whenever I try to do it, I get this error message when the Paint.NET SFX Setup dialog box comes up:
Extract: error writing to file PaintDotNet.msi
What does this mean and what can I do to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
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@pyrochild You should post that in the Tips And Tricks thread.
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Yeah.... what he said.
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Your laptop doesn't support .dll files? What happens when you try to install them?
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Looks like wood to me anyway. I look forward to seeing what you're working on.
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That new planet, is pretty awesome. Good texture. Looks really realistic in my opinion. All of your stuff is good, even your first sig!
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I don't know who it is, but it is good. Although it's a big jaggy on the edges. You could try tidying it up using the line tool. I do like it, though.
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Lot of good stuff here Aislin. I've always liked your avatar.
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see it doesn't work!
So, you've tried to insert an image, have you?
If so, go back and edit the post. There you will see everything you typed in. Copy and paste it into a PM and send it to me. Be sure to put the text in
formatters. Then I'll be able to see what is going on.
I await your PM.
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What's happening?
[img=http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt230/Wilson140/AppleiPodLove.jpg]
This is the code for putting up a picture. Does this look like what you are doing?
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1. No this isn't possible within Paint.NET. You say it's a "no-brainer option", and I would have to disagree otherwise Custom Brushes would have already been implemented into Paint.NET.
2. Not right now, no. Again, you say this is a "no-brainer", but I'm not too sure.
3. I'm not really too sure what is meant by this one, a fuller explanation would help.
Hope this goes some way towards an explanation.
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Yeah, that would probably make a lot of sense, Sozo.
How To Make iPod Ads - Rewrite, with images!
in Tutorial Graveyard
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Hello, and welcome to the re-hosted, slightly rewritten version of Dark End's tutorial on how to make iPod adverts.
The only plugins needed for this tutorial are Antialiasing and Light Rays.
Step 1 - Preparing The Render and Your Background
1.1) File > Open. Open up your render that you want to use in the advert. If you don't have one already, make your own using the Cutting Out Images tutorial.
1.2) File > New. Make a decent sized canvas for your ad. I used the dimensions of 500 x 550.
1.3) Make a new layer and copy your render onto it. Resize your render while holding Shift to keep it in proportion. Alternatively, use Layers > Import From File. I called this layer, sensibly, Render.
1.4) Go to your background layer and fill it with a colour of your choice. Traditionally iPod ads use a light green or pink.
Step 2 - Make Your Render iPod-Like.
2.1) Make a new layer on top of your render and fill it with black. I called this layer Black.
2.2) Go back to your render layer and use the Magic Wand to select the outside area of your render. Go to the black layer and press Delete.
(Alternatively, the Silhouette Plugin could be used on the Render layer. However, if you want to keep some details in your render this is not reccommended. This detail will be brought out later.)
As suggested by theonlychad, the Alpha Mask plugin could be used to make a silhouette of your render.
Step 3 - Making The Headphones
3.1) Make your primary colour white and make a new layer.
3.2) Select the Brush tool and set it to 3 pixels. (This could vary depending on how big your canvas and render is, so adjust accordingly.)
3.3) Draw a smooth line from where the person's ears are. Make sure that the two lines connect before where the line ends.
3.4) Finish the line somewhere at waist level so that it loks like the iPod is in his/her pocket.
3.5) Make sure you put it into perspective, it helps. My character was facing a certain way, so I drew it accordingly. If the cord is passing by somewhere you don't want it to be simply erase it..
Step 4 - The Text
4.1) Make a new layer and call it Text. Now add your text. Make sure it's white. I used the font "Arial"
4.2) Begin with a lower case "i" and then put a phrase of your liking depending on who your render is of. {e.g. iAssassin)
4.3) If you want to add that extra touch of reality, you can add an Apple logo next to your text. Make a new layer and apply the logo to the left of the text.
Addtional Steps
Note: If you used the Silhouette plugin in Step 2.2 this step cannot be done, everyone else, this is for you.
5.1) Go to your black layer and go to the layer properties (F4)
5.2) Lower the opacity of this layer to somewhere between 230-240. This will add some details to your render but it will still mostly be black.
5.3) Now to add some subtle background effects. Make a new layer over your background layer. I called it Light Rays.
5.4) Go to Effects > Render > Light Rays. Set it to whatever direction you want.
5.5) Go to the Magic Wand tool and set the Flood Mode to Gloabl. Select one of the rays and hit delete.
5.6) Now go to the Layer Properties (F4) and lower the opacity by a lot. I chose 34.
And, hopefully, all going well, you have created your very own iPod advert.
Please feel free to post your results and comments, they are all appreciated.