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[michaelper22]

I decided to go into some GFX stuuf before I go to camp. I am starting out with The Gimp, since Photoshop is way out of my price range. I found a couple of tutorials and managed to make something really basic out of them, but it's not much. If anyone knows where I could find some good beginner Gimp resources (brushes, ptterns, tutorials on how to use Gimp in any and every way possible), please tell me about it, because I sorta want to make something nice.

[Tom]

That's actually quite good for a beginner in GIMP. Not much to say since I moved onto photoshop after a few days of GIMP! GIMP is hard to make anything awesome out of, BUT I have seen marvalous work from GIMP masters!!


so....just read more tuts, get people who use GIMP, to give you some criticism!!

[truefusion]

If you get well with GIMP, then when you get into PhotoShop everything will seem easy as pie. I've messed around with GIMP, and i gotta say it's pretty hard to do several things in it, but what you can do is pretty nice.

http://www.pixel2lif...rials/Gimp/All/

[michaelper22]

truefusion, on Jun 20 2006, 02:15 AM, said:

If you get well with GIMP, then when you get into PhotoShop everything will seem easy as pie. I've messed around with GIMP, and i gotta say it's pretty hard to do several things in it, but what you can do is pretty nice.

http://www.pixel2lif...rials/Gimp/All/

I looked through there, and I can't really make much out of some of the tutorials. Are there any other good places to find GIMP tutorials? I would like some easy to understand guides to making some of the more popular types of graphics.

Edited by michaelper22, 20 June 2006 - 02:21 PM.

[aminzzlink]

try , www.deviantart.com , go to browse and choose ressources then you will find brushes and actions of gimp , hope it help !!!!
-Xakiru-

[michaelper22]

aminzzlink, on Jun 20 2006, 11:28 AM, said:

try , www.deviantart.com , go to browse and choose ressources then you will find brushes and actions of gimp , hope it help !!!!
-Xakiru-

I should have mentioned Deviantart too, I downloaded a whole bunch of brushes that I think are pretty nice. Anyway, I made something else with The Gimp today, see the attachment. I made a brushed background, a pixel grid, and a drop shadow on the text "Unite NYC's Buses"

Edited by michaelper22, 20 June 2006 - 03:32 PM.

[Albus Dumbledore]

my favorite:

http://www.trap17.com/forums/index.php?act...ype=post&id=228

WHY:

I like the background, and the positioning of everything, i like the background some pixel bluring in there, looks nice, i think i see some clouds back there too anyways, your name is a littlle blury, so are the edges of the render i can barley see the drop shadow on the text, but it is still a fairly good sig, i say its your best yet!

[truefusion]

I'm not aware if you tried the tutorials on the GIMP's website. But..

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

[michaelper22]

truefusion, on Jun 20 2006, 03:05 PM, said:

I'm not aware if you tried the tutorials on the GIMP's website. But..

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

Oh man, I looked there too. That's where I made at least one of my first things. But I didn't feel helped there either. I'm a lost case. The thing is, I want to learn about all of the GFX terminology and such, but there is only on place that comes close to it (http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html), and even that's a bit freightening.

[asyn]

From someone who has used both extensively, you are really better off trying to work your way into Photoshop. Yes, Gimp is free and has the basic features to get started, but if you REALLY want to get into graphics then there really isn't a better choice that Photoshop.

Not to mention the professional benefits... often employers want people with Photoshop skills. I've yet to see one asking for Gimp skills.

Photoshop can be gotten on the cheap three different ways:
1) Student/Teacher discount. Know someone in school? Order the Academic version. $289
2) Get a Wacom tablet. They offer Photoshop for $299 with the purchase of a tablet. This might be the best route if you are serious about wanting to get into graphics and graphic design.
3) Upgrade from Elements. Most any camera or scanner comes with a copy of Elements now. Even if you don't have a copy, I'm sure someone you know has the CD that came with their camera/scanner and 9 times out of 10 they aren't using it.

...but... if you are stuck with Gimp for right now, pretty much any of the sites on dmoz.org's gimp section are good, just depends on what you are trying to do.
http://search.dmoz.o...=gimp+tutorials