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Wolfie1996 wrote:

Epictastic OS background person to the rescue :3

http://i40.tinypic.com/25r30wz.png


http://i42.tinypic.com/4ieve9.png


http://i39.tinypic.com/dg5c3b.png


They look like some stuff I made for my OS a while ago    But I made them just now.

Thanks! Those rock :3 I'll give credit 

What program did you use to create those?
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Last edited by Greenboi (2010-03-22 14:32:42)

Wolfie1996 wrote:

Greenboi wrote:

What program did you use to create those?
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GIMP    Plus my tablet (the world's worst tablet - guaranteed, or your money back  ) It's what I use for most requests.

I use GIMP too... but what option did you use to make those?    Thanks. 

For the first two - pressure settings (only works with a tablet, but I'll explain anyway)

You click the little "+" sign in the brush/pencil tool, next to "brush dynamics". You should get some tick-boxes come up (You get 9 with the pencil, 12 with the brush) You can experiment with these tick-boxes (for those backgrounds, I used the pencil tool with "Pressure:Opacity" and "Pressure:Size" applied) - you can achieve a similar effect with the Velocity settings.

For the third one:

1. Click the "Filters" menu at the top of the window of the image you are editing.
2. Go down to "Light and Shadow" on the toolbar that pops up.
3. I used "Gradient Flare" for this effect, but here's a little guide as to what my favourite options do:

"Gradient Flare" - A variety of lighting, such as the "Distant Sun" (this was the option I used in the third background) "Bright Star" (A pretty little circle thing) and "Hidden Planet" (which creates a disc of light)

"Lens Flare" - Creates that effect that you get when you point a digital camera at the sun

"Lighting Effects" - Creates a strip of light, shades the rest (I used this one in BWOG's signature request)

"Sparkle" - it makes pwitty sparklies on the brightest areas :3

"Supernova" - a big, blue, shiny thing. It's pretty awesome 

There are more, but I don't use them much.

4. Play around with the sliders. You can make these effects bigger, smaller, brighter, dimmer, or pretty much any colour.

5. Hit OK

You can do other things with the filters - it's just a matter of playing with them 

EDIT: Sorry this took so long 

Last edited by Wolfie1996 (2010-03-23 16:24:14)