Lightweight Image Program?

ChaosTheory · Post by **ChaosTheory** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:20 am

I use Irfanview for cropping pics for the web, and paint.net for any drawing/pixelart.

Raithah · Post by **Raithah** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:24 am

My vote is the GIMP - tonnes of support out there community wise, and only a few less features than Photoshop.

Deathguard · Post by **Deathguard** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:15 pm

Paint.net

Post by **Aralonia** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:45 pm

Microsoft Paint.

Basic program.

Even YOU can make artwork like this in Paint:

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3986 ... finez4.png

Wilbky · Post by **Wilbky** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:00 pm

Aralonia wrote:Microsoft Paint.

Basic program.

Even YOU can make artwork like this in Paint:

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3986 ... finez4.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWqRhReaZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z ... re=related

Boba Fettuccini · Post by **Boba Fettuccini** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:30 am

Gimp. Free, lots of free plugins, free brushes, free.

^Can't do that in paint.

Raithah · Post by **Raithah** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:40 am

Sorry, but yes. Yes you can do that in Paint.

Is it made up of pixels ? Yes ? Then anything is possible :D. Probable, though; no.

Deathguard · Post by **Deathguard** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:49 pm

It would take upwards of 3 years.

Boba Fettuccini · Post by **Boba Fettuccini** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:45 am

Deathguard wrote:It would take upwards of 3 years.

or not...

Wilkby wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWqRhReaZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z ... re=related

derekiv · Post by **derekiv** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:05 am

How do you reopen the layers tablet in GIMP?

Deathguard · Post by **Deathguard** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:50 am

Boba Fetuccini wrote:
Deathguard wrote:It would take upwards of 3 years.
or not...

Wilkby wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUWqRhReaZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z ... re=related

That has quite obviously been sped up. It's sections done at different times recorded and then smoothed together.

Alternatively, it could have been done with scripting (I.E having a computer script draw it for you) in about 20 minutes and then sped up to 5.

Also;
Look at the picture I as talking about. Note all the tiny detailing in the background.

Raithah · Post by **Raithah** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:08 am

derekiv wrote:How do you reopen the layers tablet in GIMP?

I was wondering that for the longest time - see, either you've hid it with double-tab or just clicked X. To unhide the dialogue double tap the tab button, if you've closed it go to (under the main window) File-Dialogs-Create New Dock and get the top one. Don't ask how I figured that out by myself :D.

To Deathguard; please remember that there are people more talented than you in drawing :). The person who did that (probably) also had the aid of a tablet, which would make MS Paint more like a piece of paper than anything else.

Boba Fettuccini · Post by **Boba Fettuccini** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:06 am

derekiv wrote:How do you reopen the layers tablet in GIMP?

crtl+L should do it, unless you have the controls configured differently.

derekiv · Post by **derekiv** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:14 am

Thank you. Both of you.