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Post by kittyfreak7 on May 31, 2011 8:33:06 GMT -5
I'm trying to make my own cards in gimp and i don't know how to make the card title. Can anyone help me?
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Post by TheDavii on Jun 5, 2011 16:39:40 GMT -5
I'm trying to make my own cards in gimp and i don't know how to make the card title. Can anyone help me? Are you a beginner at GIMP (only using it for this?) or do you have some experience (maybe slightly past beginner, and have edited images with GIMP previously)? Do you have the Enviro font? Are you looking for a "close enough" way, or a really exacting method? |
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Post by kittyfreak7 on Jun 7, 2011 12:05:24 GMT -5
i've just started and yes i have the enviro font. i would prefer an exact method but i'll take any suggestions thanks.
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Post by TheDavii on Jun 8, 2011 6:39:17 GMT -5
I'm trying to make my own cards in gimp and i don't know how to make the card title. Can anyone help me? If you can follow this tutorial (not mine), you should be able to extend the technique to create the black border and the shadow (offset up and to the left) quite easily. |
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Post by kittyfreak7 on Jun 8, 2011 10:21:49 GMT -5
thanks. and another question, i havent figured out how to fill the background with gradients because the bucket tool doesn't fill with gradients, it just does patterns. any suggestions would be helpful thanks
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Post by TheDavii on Jun 8, 2011 16:27:08 GMT -5
thanks. and another question, i havent figured out how to fill the background with gradients because the bucket tool doesn't fill with gradients, it just does patterns. any suggestions would be helpful thanks How about the tool right next to the paint bucket, the linear blend tool? |
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Post by kittyfreak7 on Jun 16, 2011 10:16:13 GMT -5
thank you that was helpful
what about making the background for P-cards, with with repeated Ps.
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Post by fifisdead on Jun 16, 2011 10:44:36 GMT -5
the p stands for pain in the hind quarters...
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Post by TheDavii on Jun 16, 2011 11:12:07 GMT -5
Seriously? You're attempting a P-card as your first fan card?
Equally seriously, I have no idea how to do that in GIMP. Even in Inkscape (which I use regularly), it took me quite a few tries to figure out how to do it.
Maybe try something a little less challenging until you're more familiar with the tools?
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Post by kittyfreak7 on Jun 18, 2011 15:53:37 GMT -5
i wasn't planning on doing one for a while but i was just asking... i've seen it on fan cards so i was wondering how they did it. someone is bound to know something.
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bunnynombre
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Post by bunnynombre on Jun 19, 2011 9:24:04 GMT -5
its not that bad really, all you need is a layer with 'p p p p p p p p' etc centred and adjusted to mimic the original cards, should be able to get it with a bit of trial and error without too much hassle...
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Post by TheDavii on Jun 19, 2011 20:41:10 GMT -5
It isn't quite that simple. The P's all have a gradient applied so the color varies spatially (vertically or horizontally). The color underneath has the opposite gradient. As far as I can tell, it requires the use of masks and some other intermediate skills.
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bunnynombre
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Post by bunnynombre on Jun 20, 2011 6:12:24 GMT -5
Well I've not used GIMP or inkscape to do this specifically as yet so can't really comment, but it is pretty simple in mx fireworks...
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Post by TheDavii on Jul 6, 2011 22:33:29 GMT -5
Well I've not used GIMP or inkscape to do this specifically as yet so can't really comment, but it is pretty simple in mx fireworks... I'd forgotten your "Big Jobs" card was a P-card. Could you give some more information on how you did it? |
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Post by bunnynombre on Jul 7, 2011 7:13:24 GMT -5
I've just been back and checked exactly how I'd done it, I'd done all of the first set in fireworks (before discovering inkscape) and I'm just in the process of re-doing my card templates for inkscape now (but haven't got round to replicating the P Card in this yet) In fireworks, the controls around text are a lot more precise and it allows you to play with the spacing of letters, kerning etc than in my version of photoshop.. So in order to do the P layer all I'd done was to produce a text layer that says P P P P etc, (using Arial Font, stretched to 122%) and then played round with it so as to make sure that the letters don't cut off and look strange around the borders etc. To colour it i've then selected a gradient across the text (which again, I can't do in photoshop without flattening layers and applying colour filters etc..) The end result is not too bad, but not perfect, I wasn't aware at the time of the different cards utilising different gradients (vertical/diagonal/horizontal) and as a result the gradient is the wrong way on this one, plus the font isn't exactly right.. I've converted it to a photoshop file and attached here db.tt/E9683IQ if any use (although this destroys the editability of the text...) I'm working on some new ideas at the moment, which I'll zap through once i'm a bit further on. . |
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