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Well, I also like Bernd's graphics. I don't think that you will have too many problems learning Photoshop. (little hint--Filters rock!) I personally don't have much use for them. But they're still cool.
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If you're just getting Photoshop and haven't ever used it before, expect it to take while before you can do the killer stuff. It took me about a year of relatively constant use to really get to know the program inside and out. The first half was at school. I'd suggest taking a class or having someone that knows the program well sit down with you alot.
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Bernd: How dare you say your images are crappy! I'd give anything to be able to draw this well on a computer. I don't have a good program and I really suck at computer drawing. That's why the only ship I've designed until now will never ever reach this board (unless I scan it). You should be proud of your work, your schematics are clean and very good.
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I tried redoing the graphic using antialiasing, but it didn't look enough different to warrant switching the new graphic for the old. It made a difference, but not as much as the description sounded like it should.
I'll go check out that forum, though. Sometimes you read a description of how to do something and it doesn't make sense until several months later when you learned how to do some other things.
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You know Baloo, you're title for this topic is somewhat interesting. Just don't say it if you ever visit West Hollywood, CA...
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Thanks for encouraging me More specifically, I can handle simple technical diagrams with Photopaint, and photos are no problem either, but illustrations are hard to do.
What I need (and what everyone needs to create good web illustrations) is: - a good "stamp" effect to create raised letters as on the "boiler plate". Photopaint has such an effect, but it doesn't keep the original colors, and it's not crisp enough. My title letters were done in this way, and they could be way crisper. - a "shadow" effect, suggesting that text is floating above the image. - metal gloss to apply to the raised structures. - semi-transparency to create collages. - an "equalizing" effect that prevents part of my image to get more purple and part more turquoise when I change the gamma value. I'm drawing my starships with exactly matched HLS colors in the vector drawing, but when I make any changes to the converted bitmap (the bitmap filters are also crap, BTW), the color scheme is completely messed up.
I wonder why there are no suited filters, whereas any conceivable kind of "artistic" distortion and other crap filters I won't ever need in my life are available.
BTW, does anyone have a newer version of Micrografx Picture Publisher (7 or higher)? Version 6 is absolute crap, I don't use it anymore, it doesn't even get the palette right: If I convert a mainly white image (RGB 255,255,255) to let's say 32 colors, a palette without white is generated!
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