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| paulie78 |
Posted - 02/10/2011 : 23:06:35
A basic guide to making a banner using the clone stamp tool
I’m using Adobe Photoshop elements but there are free programs such as Paint.net that are completely free to download and have the same capabilities
There are probably far better ways to do this but this is the only way I know how.
First things first
It helps if your pictures you want to use have the same or similar backgrounds and that your images are all the same size (so you wont have to fiddle guesstimating the correct sized tools to use later to get everything to match
Look across the top of your Photoshop window click on window scroll onto images and ensure that the option for tile or cascade is ticked (you can use either I find cascade easier)
Hovering over the icons on the menu in Photoshop will tell you what the tool is called
Create a new canvas make sure the canvas size is big enough to contain all your pictures I usually change the canvas size to double its default size (to change canvas size go to image along the top menu select resize then canvas size)
Select the colour you would like to use for your backdrop then use the paint bucket tool to fill the page with it
Now open your first image click on the image window to ensure you are working within that window
Now select the clone stamp tool (looks like a lil rubber stamp symbol) you can change the size of the capture area the opacity and various other settings (have a play and tinker a bit that’s what I did lol)
When you hover over the image you should see a circle (or whatever shape you selected to use for the target area to be captured) this will give you an idea of the size of the area covered obviously if you want to fit more in make the target area bigger
When you are happy with the size and have found the area you want to select hold down the alt button and then right click with the mouse the area is now selected
Now click back onto the border of the window that contains the backdrop you have made then click on the area you want to place your selected then right click on the mouse if you want to add more of the picture just hold down the right button and drag it around to copy the rest of the image that you sampled its as simple as that repeat the steps by opening each picture you want to use
Afterwards you will probably have to crop and resize the picture if you wanted to use it as a signature banner
Good luck!
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| Mort13 |
Posted - 08/10/2011 : 09:21:21
Wow! That is seriously cool....jealous! |
| stuart619 |
Posted - 08/10/2011 : 07:50:15
Just made a new banner in Photoshop. You might have to CTRL+F5 to refresh if the old image is cached  |
| ga-rat |
Posted - 05/10/2011 : 19:09:45
I made my banner with a photo of mine on photobucket |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 05/10/2011 : 15:22:07
Messed about of Photoshop in a spare 20mins i had, came up with this...
Needs a bit of improvements here and there tho  |
| paulie78 |
Posted - 05/10/2011 : 14:05:14
I might giive gimp a try it sounds much more novice friendly lol cheers guys ive got paint.net but though its pretty good doesnt appear to be as straightforward as elements lol |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 05/10/2011 : 13:43:28
Thanks. Slowly improving my skills with photoshop. I keep trying to learn new stuffs. |
| ptmbradley |
Posted - 05/10/2011 : 13:39:37
I used to use Photoshop every day in my previous life as a graphic designer many moons ago, but even then I was barely scratching the surface with what it can do. Such a powerful program, and to be honest 90% of people won't need to know 90% of what it can do. Elements is a stripped down version for regular folk and is what I use now. But then I only really retouch photos these days. I've got a 'borrowed' version of full photoshop but it rarely gets used coz Elements does pretty much the same thing in an easier to understand way! lol
PS Simmy your banners do look really rather fab! |
| Lixra |
Posted - 05/10/2011 : 13:19:56
I agree with Ian (this is rare moment folks!!), Gimp is probably the closest thing I've found to a free photoshop-type program. With my husband being a professional photographer however, photoshop is a must have I'm afraid, so we had to bite the bullet and get it, although my laptop has Gimp, I think it would crash non stop if it had photoshop on there, hehe.
My signature banner was made in photoshop, but you could probably do it quite easily in Gimp. It's 4 seperate layers, one for the background (made with a gradient tool), a color layer for the background, the image of the snake (which is cut the background out using a layer mask and then feathered the edges to neat it out), and a layer for the font, which I added some stuff too such as outer glow, bevel and emboss, etc...
If you're going this route, please choose an image of your snake that's NOT flicking out his or her tongue. Masking around this area was not fun. Unless you're one of those types of people that enjoys smashing their head onto the keyboard while yelling "YES! It feels good!" It's not for the faint of heart. |
| stuart619 |
Posted - 05/10/2011 : 08:53:28
That is always what people say. That viruses don't exist in torrents. Trust me if I had £1 for everyone who said this to me as I am fixing their virus filled system then I would be a rich man. The last idiot I dealt with (this week) had downloaded a torrent for MS office 10 and was shocked with the viruses it brought with it.
He said: "why didn't my anti-virus do anything" He didn't understand that by clicking that he trusted the content he had told his anti virus not to do anything. Also NO ONE downloads porn any more Something magical has happened in the last 10 years called broadband which allows streaming.  Lets not forget that there are pleanty of other things such as worms and trojans also spyware which you may not even know is there. |
| eeji |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 23:43:06
GIMP - does pretty much everything photoshop et all does but its freeeeeeeeeee! :) |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 22:00:19
No, he didnt, but we all found it REALLY funny!!! |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 18:48:50
quote:
Originally posted by stuart619
Torrent == Virus The URLs I put up are flash based web apps so no disk space is used and no chance of dodgy downloads.
Well yeah cause your going to get a virus on torrents if you trying to get porn :p but I haven't ever had any viruses though torrentz. |
| stuart619 |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 18:38:05
Torrent == Virus The URLs I put up are flash based web apps so no disk space is used and no chance of dodgy downloads. |
| paulie78 |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 18:34:02
quote:
Originally posted by Simmy_82
Happy to help with peoples banners. I use photoshop a fair bit and have made various signatures for others on the forum i am an admin on.
EDIT: Here is the photoshop album of signatures i have created for myself and others.
http://s959.photobucket.com/albums/ae77/Simmy_82/Signatures/
Wish id known that before haha i coulda saved myself some serious hair yanking lol |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 16:19:33
quote:
Originally posted by stuart619
If you do like photoshop but don't want to pay the silly money they charge, there are a couple of good free online versions.
http://www.sumopaint.com/app/
http://pixlr.com/editor/
No downloads required so bonus. I sometimes use pixlr if I am away from my home PC.
Or torrent. or play about with the 30 day trial.
Also kids, USE DODGE AND BURN ON EVERYTHING! |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 16:12:33
Didnt take to kindly to his card then lol |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 16:09:57
Have to admit Simmy is great, did something for me and it was great, and much appreciated! (not by my dad though....) lol |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 15:58:51
Happy to help with peoples banners. I use photoshop a fair bit and have made various signatures for others on the forum i am an admin on.
EDIT: Here is the photoshop album of signatures i have created for myself and others.
http://s959.photobucket.com/albums/ae77/Simmy_82/Signatures/ |
| stuart619 |
Posted - 04/10/2011 : 15:46:39
If you do like photoshop but don't want to pay the silly money they charge, there are a couple of good free online versions.
http://www.sumopaint.com/app/
http://pixlr.com/editor/
No downloads required so bonus. I sometimes use pixlr if I am away from my home PC. |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 03/10/2011 : 02:52:15
I will save this in my faves, i am so completely useless with things like that! |
