GFX Resources and Tutorials

[Viesta]

Applications:

Photoshop (Free 30Day Trial) : https://www.adobe.com/

GIMP (Free) : http://www.gimp.org/

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Renders / Stocks

Planet Renders : http://www.planetrenders.net/renders/index.php

Anime Renders (Click Gallery) : http://animerender.com/

DeviantArt (Only use renders/stocks that the author says is permitted for the public) : www.deviantart.com

Google Image Search

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Brushes (for Applications like Photoshop and Gimp)

DeviantArt : www.deviantart.com

BrushEezy : http://www.brusheezy.com/

PSBrushes : http://www.psbrushes.net/

How do you use these brushes?

For Photoshop :
Go Into the Adobe / Photoshop Folder
Then go into Presets folder, and then Brushes
Put the Brush file (usualy .abr) into there, and restart Photoshop

For Gimp :
Pretty much the same way as above
Go into the Brush folder in Gimp and throw the Brush file in there

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Fonts

DaFont : http://www.dafont.com/

1001 Fonts : http://www.1001freefonts.com/

How do you install these fonts?

Follow this : http://www.dafont.com/faq.php#win

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Tutorials (Most Important)

DeviantArt (search Sig Tutorial) : www.deviantart.com

SigTutorials : http://www.sigtutorials.com/

Pixel2Life (search Sig Tutorial) : http://www.pixel2life.com/

Google/Youtube/etc. Searches for Sig Tutorial

Here are a few Tuts I got Permission to Post, thus not violating any Ripping Rulez


Click

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There are many other things one uses to make great sigs, example: C4D's, Filters, Pen Tool, etc.
Just play around and have fun :D
~Enjoy

[Nightmare]

OHHHHHHH that is very informative thank you.

[atomsk]

wow thx good for me <photoshop |\|00|3|_37>

[eug5ne]

Thank you. Informative indeed.

[Vakarak]

wow who would have thought brushezzy and planet renders were so popular. Nice tutorials. I'm going to try the 1st 2 sometime.

[Stark]

thanks you

[me_ming]

just curious...
what's better GIMP or PHOTOSHOP?!

or

what software's more simple to use?

[soulten]

Originally Posted by me_ming

just curious...
what's better GIMP or PHOTOSHOP?!

or

what software's more simple to use?

From what I've heard GIMP is pretty weak to Photoshop. I think I heard it like this "PS is GIMP on steroids". For being free GIMP is nice and probably fairly simple(gets the job done fairly nicely) but photoshop is very nice and should be since you pay, and they can have complete semester long classes devoted to photoshop skills(but may be about the same in how simple). But my opinion may not weigh much considering I rarely use them. Hope I could help a little ^^

[Vakarak]

Originally Posted by me_ming

just curious...
what's better GIMP or PHOTOSHOP?!

or

what software's more simple to use?

Originally Posted by soulten

From what I've heard GIMP is pretty weak to Photoshop. I think I heard it like this "PS is GIMP on steroids". For being free GIMP is nice and probably fairly simple(gets the job done fairly nicely) but photoshop is very nice and should be since you pay, and they can have complete semester long classes devoted to photoshop skills(but may be about the same in how simple). But my opinion may not weigh much considering I rarely use them. Hope I could help a little ^^

Well many other people and myself consider photoshop to be better. My friend in school he uses Gimp more than photoshop and says there is no difference except photoshop has more filters (hu-rah) But gimp can create some rather nice works of art and photoshop can save in higher quality pictures.

A guy did this with gimp->

[jyuukai]

I use Photoshop Elements ^^