oompahloompah Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 How does one go about creating images to insert into a website? I know this sounds like a pretty silly question but I have absolutely no clue where to start. While I've some vague ideas about how to create textual banners or modify existing vacation photos with pre-made filters... I have not much of a clue how to go about getting pictures for a particular theme, say computers. *pulls hair out* aah! All these while I've been using freely available graphics on the web but I've had pretty little control over the exact kind of graphics that I would like. Any tips and comments would be appreciated deeply. Quote
LisaJill Posted October 4, 2004 Posted October 4, 2004 First you have to choose a program to use. The industry standard is (expensive...) photoshop. Depending what you want to do there are a ton of excellent tutorials at Good Tutorials. That said if you're mostly interested in forms (people mostly) check out Poser Pro (you can see what can be done at poserpros.com) and in landscapes check out Bryce. =) But the amazing artists from those using Photoshop for finishing, from what I undertand. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them.... Quote
oompahloompah Posted October 5, 2004 Author Posted October 5, 2004 Wow many thanks for the tips and guidance. The Good Tutorials page is amazing for Adobe Photoshop. And those graphics at Poserpros are so gorgeous. Mine will look like a stickman in comparison. But nevertheless, I have a place now to start from, Good Tutorials. Thanks once again for giving me a good start. PS I've checked out Bryce too and I never knew they had such awesome tools for environmental modelling. Quote
LisaJill Posted October 5, 2004 Posted October 5, 2004 I have had a chance to play with Poser Pro and it is one of the most entertaining and fun programs I've ever had. Incredibly, immensely powerful. Good Tutorials can be a lifesafer; it's an amazing repository. Bryce is great too, but I'm more interesting in people. I find Poser Pro more fun to play with though Bryce can be entertaining. Then you can import Poser graphics into Bryce and end up with a complete picture. Impressive stuff. =) Quote
Deverill Posted October 5, 2004 Posted October 5, 2004 Here is a thread I started asking for some photographic images. It may help a bit if that's the kind of thing you are looking for. Definitely you'll need a graphics program like Photoshop or even Macromedia Fireworks. Photo Image thread. Quote
oompahloompah Posted October 5, 2004 Author Posted October 5, 2004 Wow thanks Jim for pointing me to the thread. Yeah I came across several pages with photos costing 60 dollars or so in the past, and that immediately sent me in the direction of DIY graphics. But after reading your thread, I think 0.50 onwards for a photo is a lot more reasonable! Thanks for the image resources. *wipes sweat from brow* it's a very handy alternative to DIY images in the event it's something I can find in there. Quote
Samrc Posted October 29, 2004 Posted October 29, 2004 By the way, if you don't want to spend for PhotoShop, the next best photo program (have used both) would be Paint Shop Pro from Jasc and is far less expensive but gives nice results. Not as many filters, but still has terrific layering and other effects. Also a bit easier to learn for newbies and again like Photoshop, there are TONS of tutorials, user groups, etc to assist with the use. Some versions of PSP (Paint Shop Pro) come with their Animation Shop 3 bundled together so you can create animated gif images for banners, ads, etc. -Samantha Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted October 29, 2004 Posted October 29, 2004 I've been a big fan of Paint Shop Pro over the years. Jasc sold out to Corel recently so we will have to wait and see where the product goes from here. Quote
LisaJill Posted October 29, 2004 Posted October 29, 2004 There is also gimp which is free, open source, and excellent software. =) Quote
dcumpian Posted October 31, 2004 Posted October 31, 2004 By the way, if you don't want to spend for PhotoShop, the next best photo program (have used both) would be Paint Shop Pro from Jasc and is far less expensive but gives nice results. Not as many filters, but still has terrific layering and other effects. Also a bit easier to learn for newbies and again like Photoshop, there are TONS of tutorials, user groups, etc to assist with the use. Some versions of PSP (Paint Shop Pro) come with their Animation Shop 3 bundled together so you can create animated gif images for banners, ads, etc. -Samantha FYI, you can use filters for Adobe Photoshop in Paitn Shop Pro. Dan Quote
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