KirkFitzgerald Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Warm Greetings to one and all. I need to discover if there is a better way of creating one image I've created using paint.net. This is the image I have created: It is put together by cutting and pasting sections from these two seperate images: I've been going stir crazy searching the net for guides on how to better create the image I've put together. I design phpBB & CH forum templates, I actually use paint.net extensively for my graphics, a fantastic software package, can't fault it in truth. I'm wondering if there is something I can do with layers to generate a more professional looking image than the one I've generated using cut and paste! Any guidance and advice would be very much appreciated, thank you for taking the time to read my topic. Be well & stay safe, Kirk. Quote In A World Of Darkness, Try To Be A Ray Of Light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkFitzgerald Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 The glow around the finished image was necessary to diffuse the muck around the image. The image was put together using 'two' seperate images, I opened the sword image then imported the text image as a new layer and saved them as a singular png image. I then used the rectangle select tool and cut out a portion of the combined images and saved the cut out section as a seperate image. I then re-opened the sword image and imported the cut section as a new layer, I repeated this process until the image was completed. Yes, sadly the text image suffered terribly during this process, the constant saving and opening of these images has resulted in data loss somewhere along the line. Ideally I would like to be able to use a tool which was capable of producing the combined image by using the two seperate images. The whole cut and paste process resulted in severe pixel degradation on the text image and some how also resulted in a really infuriating fuss around the swords blade. You can see here from the original sword image roughly the kind of result I ended up with after my cutting and pasting. The original sword image: That is actually how I got the original sword image, I cleaned it up significantly before proceeding. Alas, the same kind of muck re-emerged after the cut and pasting 'but' it was a blended muck between the blade and the text image. The white glow is an act of sheer desperation to tidy the image up! Quote In A World Of Darkness, Try To Be A Ray Of Light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helio Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I would put the sword against whatever background you want and then use the Feather plugin. And maybe a slight glow on the sword. Quote v An excellent open–source strategy game—highly recommended.  "I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkFitzgerald Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 I would put the sword against whatever background you want and then use the Feather plugin. And maybe a slight glow on the sword. Not an entirely bad suggestion, but this image functions as a stand alone png image as click link logo on one of FreeStyles forum templates. Giving the image a background image would utterly destroy the original purpose of its creation. I appreciate your input though, many thanks. Quote In A World Of Darkness, Try To Be A Ray Of Light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkFitzgerald Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 That is absolutely fantastic that you went all out for me right there, I am honoured, no pun intended! Now I've seen what you did I am reminded of art stuff I messed around with back in my college days, it's so obvious now I've seen it again. You're an absolute star. Please consider taking the time to visit FreeStyles and have a look around, your skills would prove invaluable there! This is the banner using the sliced image you generated and a clean version of the sword: Excellent, together we have achieved exactly that which I was trying to accomplish. Many many thanks. Quote In A World Of Darkness, Try To Be A Ray Of Light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crosswalker Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 hey, I was messing around with this image today and came up with something. Thought I'd share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkFitzgerald Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 hey, I was messing around with this image today and came up with something. Thought I'd share. A very interesting look you've created there crosswalker, I wonder if you would consider attempting the same effect on the new version of this image. I've opted to do more work on standard phpBB templates as well as the categories Hierarchy templates. All the templates I generate are FREE so any help I can get is simply marvellous. I've setup a new area on my ST server, the Honour template is the default there, you're welcome to access the image from the forum index if you are willing to give that a go. The ST phpBB area is here: http://www.secureterra.org/phpBB2/ It's barren as hell there right now, I'm just now setting it all up, any fresh ideas are always welcomed! Quote In A World Of Darkness, Try To Be A Ray Of Light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosswalker Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 it's really pretty easy. I just applied this tutorial with a motion blur instead of a zoom blur to the sword layer. my image upload site is being buggy at the moment so I can't upload anything but it's really easy to recreate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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