how do i make wallpapers? EDIT: GIMP

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Sat, 29. Apr 06, 06:03

Hey all.

I've seen many wallpapers around this forum that people have made and I've allways wondered, "how do they do it?" If I could I would like to make my own X3 wallpapers. So, simply, how would I do it?

EDIT: This thread has turned into a GIMP faq for me. So if you know anything, look at the next page.

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sat, 29. Apr 06, 11:10

Well its a hard question there are few types of wallpapers:

1) regular screenshots

2) renders,photoshop maid stuff

The first one is easy just press Ctrl+H and remove the hud and take a screenshot

The second one is harder cause you need to learn how to use programs like Photoshop

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Sat, 29. Apr 06, 12:23

I'm looking at the number two option.

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sat, 29. Apr 06, 12:26

Well then like i said you better learn Photoshop and ect... there are many good tutorials on the net

Electric_Kola · Post by **Electric_Kola** » Sat, 29. Apr 06, 22:49

Google is your friend

Start with the good tutorials you find on there.

Thats what I love about using Photoshop and G.I.M.P - I've found out 99% of my knowledge from the net

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 01:32

Well, does it take long to learn? Because I don't want to spend ages and ages of time just for somthing that I might use as a occasional hobby.

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 06:07

No it doesnt you just have to know what each tool does and then experiment with them

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 08:42

Ok, so is it really that easy to make those really cool graphicly intensive images? And is "photoshop" free?

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 08:52

No that is not easy i only edit stuff i dont make things from scrarch too make stuff from nothing you need to learn A LOT

No Its not free you can try the trial or buy the full one

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 10:19

Player. wrote:No that is not easy i only edit stuff i dont make things from scrarch too make stuff from nothing you need to learn A LOT

Can you show me what you make them out of?

Player. wrote:No Its not free you can try the trial or buy the full one

Is there anything that I can use that is free?

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 12:36

Well i cant really show you my secrets but ill give you an example

this was a screenshot submited by a user. what i did is i edited it and added few details to make it even more "old" like

Thats it i didnt do it from nothing

I am not sure but try looking for older Photoshop versions they are almost the same

esd · Post by **esd** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 12:58

Syndrome wrote:Is there anything that I can use that is free?

RMK wrote:Google is your friend

... G.I.M.P

http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/

Syndrome wrote:Well, does it take long to learn? Because I don't want to spend ages and ages of time just for somthing that I might use as a occasional hobby.

It's an artform. Artforms are rarely "occasional hobbies" and regularly require a large amount of skill to be competant at. Skill takes time, there's no shortcuts.

For example, I've been 3D modelling and taking photographs for years now, but I have a long way to go before I consider myself "really good" at them. A glance accross the pages at DeviantArt soon puts my ego in check if I start getting too proud of my works

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 13:19

LoL

Yeah DeviantArt is defenatly the level i want to reach

Stevio · Post by **Stevio** » Sun, 30. Apr 06, 13:52

GIMP is your friend its as good as Photo Shop and the best thing is

its FREE!!!

and yes tutorials are definately needed for first timers/slow learners

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Mon, 1. May 06, 10:09

Well, I'll try out this Gimp thing.

Stevio · Post by **Stevio** » Mon, 1. May 06, 11:00

don't let the name scare you off

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Tue, 2. May 06, 07:06

I'm having problems with GIMP. When I try to open it has an error message saying the following:

Pango-WARNING (recursed) **. Couldn't load font "MS Sans Serif 7" falling back to "Sans 7"
aborting...

That's it exactly. I remeber seing a warning in the installation that somthing like this would happen but unfourtunately I forgot. So do you know what I should do now?

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Tue, 2. May 06, 11:54

Move to photoshop

esd · Post by **esd** » Tue, 2. May 06, 14:18

Player. wrote:Move to photoshop

That takes money, and so is a silly suggestion for a "begginer occassional hobbiest"

So do you know what I should do now?

You could try uninstalling the font in question, though this could easily affect other applications. Alternatively, you could try and find the font for (free) download and reinstall it.

Syndrome · Post by **Syndrome** » Wed, 3. May 06, 08:04

Like I said, in the first installation it said somthing about going to Control Panel and only selecting "true fonts" or somthing if I have trouble with it. But after trying to re-install it, the message no longer comes up. So I don't know what to do. I'm running Windows 98 by the way and I have installed the GTK runtime inviroment.

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how do i make wallpapers? EDIT: GIMP

how do i make wallpapers? EDIT: GIMP