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[Lushs]

Originally Posted by bipper

To download the gimp for windoze

1: goto http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
2: you need to download and install GTK +2 for windows
3: Download the GIMP and install it.

Have fun. Remember though, the gimp is VERY different than photoshop. It is not a full out replacement, but it sure as hell can do most anything if you get involved and find specialized plug ins for it. The base gimp is great, in iteself.

Bipper

alright when i clicked to install gtk + 2 it brought me here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/g...p.zip?download
what mirrior do i select??

[crono_logical]

Any mirror you like, they've all got the same stuff, being mirrors Of course, mirrors physically closer to you (e.g. same country) should be faster to download from, so try them first

[Lady Selphie]

Hi, I want to give some lessons of photoshop to the people who want to learn it or who are love it- if you don`t mind. So I want to give one lesson every week- step by step. what do you think? please I want to hear your point of view, so don`t shy.

[Leeza]

There is already a thread that is sort of for this sort of thing so I will merge the two and you can post your Photoshop lessons.

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

Originally Posted by Starry Relm

The basics of blending. ^^ I wrote this a long time ago though, just edited it a bit. Let me know if you have any questions.

Open photoshop, then open a new canvas (if you go for a sig, try about 400x150 pixels)
Open your image, go to the selection tool (the square thing in the upper left hand corner)
Then you should see a box that says feather toward the top and 0 px inside the feathering box. Put in an amount (I usually use about 30) and select the part of the image you want. The dotted square should turn into a circle like shape. Then go to edit, cut, and paste it onto your empty canvas. The edges should be faded. You can do that with multiple images and place them on the same canvas and they'll look blended together.
Use the move tool (the arrow with the 4 mini arrows attached to it next to the selection tool) to move particular images around to your liking. Select different layers to edit particular images on the canvas.

Thanks a bunch starry relm that really helped my sigs are way better now

[Lady Selphie]

Originally Posted by Leeza

There is already a thread that is sort of for this sort of thing so I will merge the two and you can post your Photoshop lessons.

Thanks. Would you mind showing it to me, please?

[RubyLapiz]

They're already merged. Continue on.

[Lushs]

is gimp free?