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| Topic Started: Jun 25 2013, 03:23 AM (260 Views) | |
| Dragonfly | Jun 25 2013, 03:23 AM Post #1 |
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Does someone know a good colouring freeware programme? |
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| Hybrid | Jun 25 2013, 10:36 AM Post #2 |
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I would suggest either Paint.net (http://www.getpaint.net ), or GiMP (http://www.gimp.org ). Both work and are free. |
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| Dragonfly | Jun 25 2013, 12:31 PM Post #3 |
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Yep, i knew those guys. But they arent as good as i need. I recently tried to colour my pics with them, but it failed. Dunnow any better? |
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| Mish | Jun 25 2013, 01:19 PM Post #4 |
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I'd suggest you give Gimp another try, it's a really strong program and for me, lets me do more stuff than what I was doing with my Photoshop. What colors or effects were you trying to make? |
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| Dragonfly | Jun 25 2013, 11:58 PM Post #5 |
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I was trying to colour then and then simulate feathers or hair, but it looked terrible. Is there any online guide for that? Then I needed transparent green colour for painting a animal swimming in green water. In reality I just mix colour with water for transparency, but here I dont found any function for that. |
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| T.Neo | Jun 26 2013, 05:12 AM Post #6 |
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Translunar injection: TLI
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Perhaps you could change the brush opacity? And then mess around with the values until you find something you like. GIMP is a relatively powerful tool, the main issue is finding the proper techniques to make good use of it. |
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| ÐK | Jun 26 2013, 07:59 AM Post #7 |
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It can take time to properly develop a technique for painting certain textures and lighting, try doing some practice sketches and test out different methods, you're sure to find something that works. Don't give up on GIMP. |
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| Archipithecus | Jun 27 2013, 09:55 AM Post #8 |
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| Dragonfly | Jun 27 2013, 11:49 AM Post #9 |
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