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Offline Snowman5678

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How do you make them
« on: February 07, 2010, 10:01:05 PM »
HOW do you guys make all of the graphics, weather condition icons ect. if somebody could send me easy steps on how to make them and all by myself that would be fantastic!!! Also if you guys could send me some graphcs all check them out... i have a weather website www.wwwxc.web.officelive.com
« Last Edit: February 07, 2010, 10:02:52 PM by Snowman5678 »
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 02:45:07 PM »
Hey there!

There is no true guide on how to make TWC art. And honestly, your second post won't get you anywhere in asking for help; I will say it was slightly rude. However, I will guide you to the programs I use to make my art.

I use Inkscape to get the base of most of my graphics. Then, I use Paint.NET to make any minor cleanups. Then, I use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to fine-tune the graphics, like make minor changes to the colors.

Sorry, but there are no "easy" steps to creating TWC art; it can take some advanced thought processes and some elbow grease. It can and will be hard work making TWC art, which is why we want to showcase it here. Other than what I've said, I can't help you.
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 11:23:21 AM »
Thank you very much for the help and i agree my second post wasnt very good
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2010, 05:07:43 PM »
GIMP is a good free alternative to Adobe! :yes:
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2010, 12:03:01 AM »
i downloaded gimp...but i am not doing very good with it :no:
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2010, 12:24:01 PM »
Snowman, that is very understandable, it has a very steep learning curve, it took me a very long time to get some of the tools down. Just keep trying at it and you'll; eventually get it. :)
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2010, 02:52:13 PM »
GIMP =  :no: unless you have patience.
I love Paint.NET...it's SO much simpler than GIMP and there are plugins and other features to make it have the same effects as GIMP, just in a much more user-friendly interface. And GIMP takes forever to start for me since I have a TON of fonts.
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2010, 03:05:33 PM »
I honestly can't stand Paint.NET. Seriously, what kind of graphics editing program doesn't allow you to edit text boxes? The GIMP is so much better, IMO, if you take the time to learn the program.
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2010, 02:32:58 PM »
If you do it right the first time, you'll have no need to edit text boxes. <_< And that's being worked on for version 4 if I read some of the forum posts correctly.
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2010, 02:54:21 PM »
Quote from: Jonathan on February 28, 2010, 02:32:58 PM
If you do it right the first time, you'll have no need to edit text boxes. <_< And that's being worked on for version 4 if I read some of the forum posts correctly.
That's good that they're working on it. I remember back around 2005 or 2006 and trying out Paint.NET and that was my biggest gripe back then, I recently tried the latest version and it still wasn't there. I'll have to reevaluate it when they add that feature.
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2010, 06:45:44 PM »
Quote from: beanboy89 on February 28, 2010, 02:54:21 PM
Quote from: Jonathan on February 28, 2010, 02:32:58 PM
If you do it right the first time, you'll have no need to edit text boxes. <_< And that's being worked on for version 4 if I read some of the forum posts correctly.
That's good that they're working on it. I remember back around 2005 or 2006 and trying out Paint.NET and that was my biggest gripe back then, I recently tried the latest version and it still wasn't there. I'll have to reevaluate it when they add that feature.
I really hope they add that. Bugged the heck out of me when I tried it!
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2010, 08:55:37 PM »
thx so much guys...JW where do u get the backgrounds for the stuff...or do u just make everything from scratch???
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2010, 09:20:01 PM »
Quote from: Snowman5678 on March 15, 2010, 08:55:37 PM
thx so much guys...JW where do u get the backgrounds for the stuff...or do u just make everything from scratch???
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2010, 10:16:55 AM »
thx...how is this
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Re: How do you make them
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2010, 03:24:31 PM »
105 degrees and light snow?! lol...it's nice but the 105 should fit in as well
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