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dherblay

Back GIPped

Aug 09, 2005 01:56

I haven't done one of those gratuitous icon posts for a while, having spent very little time making icons recently (though more time making icons than updating my LJ). Here are a few userpics I've made in the last few months.

The strange thing is I didn't even have to download this episode to get the screencap:

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the tick, justice league, superman: the animated series, futurama, bittorrent, doom patrol, icons

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ann1962 August 9 2005, 12:37:46 UTC

The second one is wonderful.

I don't know how others make borders, but the few I have I have just used brushes or colouring and filled in the couple of pixels at the edge leaving the center blank. I then just slide that over what ever icon I have made. You can also select around the edges and blur the outside section around the select. I have swiped a few borders also and adapted them too.

dherblay August 10 2005, 05:15:40 UTC

"Brushes" are one of those things I've heard about, like "masking" and "tinytext."

ann1962 August 10 2005, 11:56:06 UTC

I still don't know what masking is lol! Well you know, except for Masq. And beware, tinytext just causes wank so don't go there.

cjlasky August 9 2005, 19:35:07 UTC

Aw. Zoidberg. The poodle gun. The DP. Shayera in bondage. It hits all my geek buttons and then some.

dherblay August 10 2005, 05:16:11 UTC

I think you've tainted my reading of this icon.

ladyhelix August 10 2005, 00:04:16 UTC

These are GREAT DH... what graphics program are you using?

dherblay August 10 2005, 05:20:30 UTC

Thank you!

If I'm making my own screencaps then I open the .avi video file with VirtualDub. This allows me to view the video frame by frame -- I use Window's alt-PrntScrn function to copy a snapshot of the VirtualDub window to my clipboard and then paste that into a Photoshop Elements 2 project. Everthing else is done in Elements; it's a phenomenally powerful program and it was phenomenally free.

ladyhelix August 10 2005, 23:50:15 UTC

Excellent!! Last time I priced it it was virtually $80- but I'm likeing the prices I'm NOT seeing on VirtualDub! Thanks for the tip!

dherblay August 10 2005, 23:54:25 UTC

Well, this is Elements 2, rather than the brand-new Elements 3, and Elements 2 was being included with various digital cameras or scanners, so some people who bought a lot of picture equipment ended up with multiple copies and were giving extras away.

Ask around, you might find someone with an extra disc, or a disc he or she would be willing to lend.

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