Off Topic Photo Software

Shishnizzle · Post #1 » by **Shishnizzle** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:28 pm

I see alot of you guy's working with video and pictures. I have a couple of questions. When you make video where do you get it? Do you get it from your own recorders or do you splice and make it, and how do you make it? How do you menipulate the pcitures the way you do? I just got windows Vista and they did'nt give me a great photoshop type of software. What is the best photshop type software for Vista, and are there any free ones that are good to download?

MagicFan3 · Post #2 » by **MagicFan3** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:32 pm

The best Photoshop type software is Photoshop itself, but there are plenty of free alternatives. Check download sites and such things.

Personally I'm on a Mac and I used Seahorse to create my sig. I know, the sig sucks, but still, it's serviceable.

mhectorgato · Post #3 » by **mhectorgato** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:48 pm

MagicFan3 wrote:The best Photoshop type software is Photoshop itself, but there are plenty of free alternatives. Check download sites and such things.

Personally I'm on a Mac and I used Seahorse to create my sig. I know, the sig sucks, but still, it's serviceable.

www.gimp.org

Shishnizzle · Post #4 » by **Shishnizzle** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:51 pm

Shishnizzle · Post #5 » by **Shishnizzle** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:51 pm

Ok thanks. I downloaded the gimp spftware, but I really don't know squat about it. It has some tutorials, so I will have to spend some time learning how to use it. Thanks

mhectorgato · Post #6 » by **mhectorgato** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:10 pm

NumeroUn0 wrote:Ok thanks. I downloaded the gimp spftware, but I really don't know squat about it. It has some tutorials, so I will have to spend some time learning how to use it. Thanks

It's similar to Photoshop - a lot of the functionality has been replicated.

AdamTheGreek · Post #7 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:13 pm

Definitely could use something like this, I have a lot of untapped creativity.

N4U|Redux · Post #8 » by **N4U|Redux** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:22 pm

God, I hate Gimp, but it's usable...it's no Adobe though.

Paint.NET http://www.getpaint.net/ is pretty good and a bit easier.

Shishnizzle · Post #9 » by **Shishnizzle** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:38 pm

mhectorgato wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

It's similar to Photoshop - a lot of the functionality has been replicated.

Yeh but I did'nt know how to use ohotshop. I just said that one cause I have heard of it. I reading the manul but it's pretty complicated. I don't get the jargon. I learn by example and watching. Once I see it done I don't forget. I need better instructions.

Shishnizzle · Post #10 » by **Shishnizzle** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:47 am

N4U|Redux wrote:God, I hate Gimp, but it's usable...it's no Adobe though.

Paint.NET http://www.getpaint.net/ is pretty good and a bit easier.

yes paint.net was easier. thanks

Post #11 » by **LiteHedded** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:35 pm

N4U|Redux wrote:God, I hate Gimp, but it's usable...it's no Adobe though.

Paint.NET http://www.getpaint.net/ is pretty good and a bit easier.

yea
gimp is lame

mhectorgato · Post #12 » by **mhectorgato** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:12 pm

N4U|Redux wrote:God, I hate Gimp, but it's usable...it's no Adobe though.

Paint.NET http://www.getpaint.net/ is pretty good and a bit easier.

To each their own.

P.net is a good bit more sluggish on my system (a recent Dell Xeon workstation).

It's a step up from Paint but a step down from Gimp/PS.

aleZ · Post #13 » by **aleZ** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:15 pm

Paint.Net is actually better than Photoshop in a few areas and filters but it's a lot rougher around the edges since it's free and lacks proper beta testing.

EXAMPLE

Anyway, it's good enough to make signatures, I don't know what the man himself (Thief) is using for his videos though, I guess it's Premiere.

mhectorgato · Post #14 » by **mhectorgato** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:16 pm

aleZ wrote:Paint.Net is actually better than Photoshop in a few areas and filters but it's a lot rougher around the edges since it's free and lacks proper beta testing.

EXAMPLE
(picture)

Anyway, it's good enough to make signatures, I don't know what the man himself (Thief) is using for his videos though, I guess it's Premiere.

I think he's using the software package called the Media Board.

Shishnizzle · Post #15 » by **Shishnizzle** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:53 pm

I agree that gimp looks to have more options, but it's complicated to use, and thier tutorials are complex. I'm a novice so starting with paint.net is good for now. I think I need to buy one of those pencil mouses. I wonder how much photoshop costs.

My roomate just gave me a software package called micrografx graphics suite. Does anyone know what it's about? I hav'nt loaded it yet.

Post #16 » by **MagicMadness** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:22 pm

I just came across this online image editor, might want to check it out:

http://livethunder.com/imageeditor/

I won't vouch for it since I haven't used it, but it looks like something you might want to mess around with.