GIP

[carynb]

Thanks to lannamichaels' Paint Shop Pro version of the instructions for turning a photograph into a sketch, I've been playing around in Paint Shop again, and have actually picked up a few things. While the sketch of my cat didn't work all that well - he's a black blob, whether in colour or black and white - it was fun figuring out how to use different layers, and how they interact.

I've figured out how to add text in a way that makes it fairly easy to manipulate (you put it in another layer, natch), and I now know how to use the eyedropper to identify and match colours. I just find it so much easier to learn a piece of software when I can learn through doing something concrete rather than just trying things and going through the manuals and help files.

Now I just need to start figuring out animated gifs...

Comments

[mycrazyhair.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! I like it.

[carynb.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I managed to match the text to the hair, and the border to the lipstick, so I was all impressed. I tell you, now that I know what the eyedropper tool is for, this became a whole lot easier. I was trying to match stuff up manually (by picking spots on a colour wheel), and that was just crazy.

[whynotsteve.livejournal.com]

Very cool.

[carynb.livejournal.com]

Thanks!