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Nexus |
Posted on 02.13.2012 05:38AM
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Merit: 477
Credits: 100
GT: DSB Nexus
Enlisted: 01.29.12
| Hey guys, so i was interested in graphic designing. Is there a program that you can buy or download? To get technical, i want to make Signatures, wallpapers, ETC. is there a program that you use? If so could you post your ideas? Thanks guys. This would help me out a lot.
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Affliction |
Posted on 02.13.2012 05:55AM
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Non Personnel
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Merit: 15174
Credits: 39700
GT: DSB Affliction
Enlisted: 10.28.11
| A free software program would be Gimp. It's a bit hard to use. A rather expensive one would be Photoshop. There are many different kinds and most if not all are quite expensive. Many people have quite the expertise with these programs so I'm sure you will have no trouble finding someone who could help teach you about them.
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Black |
Posted on 02.13.2012 06:11AM
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Non Personnel
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Merit: 686
Credits: 0
GT: The BIack
Enlisted: 11.28.11
| If you want the full experience you will need to buy a full Adobe packacge such as Adobe Creative Suit 5, this includes not only Photoshop to edit images and make some of your own but also programs to work with videos, vectors, animations, 3d Objects and more. It is indeed rather expensive though, but you can also by only the ones you need from the Adobe site.
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Cpl. Reactive |
Posted on 02.13.2012 10:23PM
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Merit: 10472
Credits: 210700
GT: DSB Reactive
Enlisted: 07.03.09
| You can stick to GIMP. It's just as fully capable as Photoshop is, it just has a bit steeper of a learning curve. It may not seem as user friendly, but with the help of tutorials, usually it becomes a lot better to handle. Of course some features are missing versus Photoshop, and you may have to improvise, but if you want to create signatures or wallpapers, you can do it with GIMP and not have to spend a dime.
If you're still really interested in owning professional software though, you can get an earlier version of Photoshop like CS2 or CS3 off of Amazon. You can save hundreds of dollars instead of getting CS5, where most of the changes are only cosmetic. You also don't need the full suite, you can work with just Photoshop to do what you want to do. I'd still recommend using (or at the very least starting with) GIMP. Above all else though, NEVER GIVE UP. Keep practicing, you'll always learn something new and keep getting better.
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Nexus |
Posted on 02.13.2012 10:29PM
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Non Personnel
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Merit: 477
Credits: 100
GT: DSB Nexus
Enlisted: 01.29.12
| Thank you all. I will test it out and try to make some cool stuff
Proud Member of India
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Zigalo |
Posted on 02.13.2012 11:03PM
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Non Personnel
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Merit: 7253
Credits: 179400
Enlisted: 05.27.11
| Nightmare wrote:
Thank you all. I will test it out and try to make some cool stuff
I also use GIMP, so if you decide on downloading that, I can see if I can help you out. But, I'm still at a mere amateur/beginner stage, so I may not be able to answer all of your questions.
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