General GFX Discussion

[jarjar]

Following the same idea as the PC Chats topic of the same name (to a degree). This topic will be home to random questions, artworks, GFX and what not that don't really warrant a new topic. Use it for general GFX discussion or to show off your work or to ask questions, it's up to you.

 

I flew the idea past anuj and he didn't have a problem with it, so lets see how it goes.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Narcis_speed6

[Ottae]

Cool Idea, but I don't think that there's that many questions to be honest. There's a new topic every month.

 

See how it goes though.

[-/TNT\-]

Sounds good, I think I should contribute:

 

 

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7528/playboygo7.gif

 

 

Tis me in a bunny suit!

 

edit: some stuff I made for Myriad Islands:

 

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4544/minonefc4.gif

 

 

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2171/zforstaret7.gif

 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2006 by -/TNT\-

[jarjar]

Cool Idea, but I don't think that there's that many questions to be honest. There's a new topic every month.

 

See how it goes though.

Yeah, probably not the best time to start one of these topics since the whole of GTAForums has gone quiet, but we'll see how it goes I guess.

 

@-/TNT\- - Loving the MI's Star. Very nice .

[Squiddy]

It's old, a month ago and I was bored.

 

[jarjar]

Eww, that is very nice Squiddy. Did you paint it? It doesn't look like it was computer generated. Very nice.

 

I made this awhile ago and lost it, so I just remade it. It's just a basic animation of a loading bar:

 

 

Discuss.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I think it's a bit too fast for a loading bar. I'm thinking of changing that into something else...

 

Guybrush_Threepwood opens photoshop to make another abomination

[jarjar]

I think it's a bit too fast for a loading bar. I'm thinking of changing that into something else...

 

Guybrush_Threepwood opens photoshop to make another abomination

Hows this, any better:

 

 

?

 

Nice, I look forward to seeing what you cook up with that mate .

 

.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

That's already much better

What I was thinking about when I saw that bar was one of those road-workers lights thingies.

They're usually on the back of the last vehicle at road works to tell people a lane is closed (and to please not drive into them, cause that hurts a lot).

[*gta star*]

^Lmao.

 

Nice work guys, I love them all.

 

That picture by Squiddy is just fantastic.

[jarjar]

Ah yes, nice thinking in deed, very nice effect .

 

What would be nice would be a road work sign with flashing light, hum, I might try that.

 

@*gta star* - Thanks .

 

Also, thanks everyone, this is exactly what I wanted this topic to be like, thanks for making it work.

 

EDIT: Pitty about the topic rating however .

[*gta star*]

That's what I done now just after I left, I put a vote in for 'good' and I hope others will do so too. This was a really good idea and we should be thanking you for it because it keeps the forum tidy and it's easier to answer questions etc, rather than opening new topics and it just looks like a big cluster.

 

So, thank you too mate.

[-/TNT\-]

I'll add some stuff soon

 

@Squiddy: that is pretty awesome, I love the colours

 

/rated good

[Squiddy]

Thank you for the comments, no it wasn't painted. I have a tablet at home, but can't be motivated to really invest time in trying. Maybe because I can't draw that good, so I need to practice more often.

It's a photomanipulation. Only the monks were drawn in, but that is not a big deal. At first I wanted the colors to be like that, a contrasting warm and cold. But now I think it's too saturated. That's why I posted it here instead of my topic, I don't think it's finished, could need some more details and corrections.

 

 

 

The MI Star indeed does look good, for the AIDS symbol, could be better if it had any depth in it, now it looks a bit to plain imo.

Your loading bar looks good jarjar, thought I have to admit I find Guybrush_Threepwood's more original.

 

 

 

Did that for a friend's birthday, friend and me made a t-shirt. I create the front, he the back. That's the front of it.

Edited December 5, 2006 by Squiddy

[jarjar]

Your loading bar looks good jarjar, thought I have to admit I find Guybrush_Threepwood's more original.

Yes, I have to agree with you there. Although, to be honest, I wasn't looking for originality, I've just always wanted to make a loading bar.

 

I really like what Guybrush_Threepwood did, and it has given me some ideas too.

 

Nice work on that shirt Squiddy, I love it, looks really really good. The sharks eyes and mouth are funny, funny as in gives it some emotion. A meaning basically. Well done.

 

@-/TNT\- - Looking forward to it .

@*gta star* - Mate, your my new best friend, thanks for the nice speach, it means a lot. Thank you .

 

And thanks for the sudden change of rating guys, if all goes well we might be able to get a pin.

 

Cheers'

Jared

[tagamaynila]

 

SAMPLING COLORS OUTSIDE OF PHOTOSHOP

 

 

Here's a very short tip that doesn't warrant a topic. I thought about making this after reading TOGA62's topic. There is a way in PS that enables you to sample any color outside of PS using the sample tool.

 

All you have to do is reduce the PS window until the color that you want to sample is visible behind it. Be it in the OS, browser or other apps. Now select the sample tool (eyedropper) and left click and hold the button anywhere within your canvas. With the left mouse button still held, drag the dropper outside of PS towards the color you want to sample. Notice how the foreground color box changes accordingly. Relaese the mouse button, maximize PS, save the color in the swatches palette and there you have it. You can refer to the image below to get a better idea.

 

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Nice tip tagamaynila! Normally I just take a screenshot and use the eye drop on that, but it's kind of awkward having to screenshot everything for just a single color.

[uNi]

 

Nice tip tagamaynila! Normally I just take a screenshot and use the eye drop on that, but it's kind of awkward having to screenshot everything for just a single color.

Lol, that's exactly what I do too. Nice tip tagamaynila, going to save a lot of work.

 

/rating good

[*gta star*]

 

@*gta star* - Mate, your my new best friend, thanks for the nice speach, it means a lot. Thank you  .

 

It's no problem mate, you're my new best friend too .

 

To refer to your last comment in your post, we might be able to get this topic pinned as it's an important topic for this forum. Maybe this is something that could be requested.

Edited December 5, 2006 by *gta star*

[uNi]

 

Not completed yet, I think it need something, just don't know what yet. Also I don't have a title for it, titles

are hard.

[Squiddy]

Wow uni, I like it!

Maybe you ask yourself a thing. To me it looks, as if death, or at least something dark surrounds the last light in that world, the last hope.. blabla whatever.

What I want to say, where does it come from? The dark has that skull, which spreads its wings around the white, well, the white only has that eye.

Okay, I'm just talking senseless stuff. The dark has some structure in it, the skull and the wings. Now the white is just white, which looks quite plain. And it even might be too much white, compared to the rest.

 

Oh well, let's see what you'll do. Looking forward to the result. And yes, titles are hard.

 

 

@*gta star* & jarjar: In no way I want to discourage both of you, but I think it's better to just wait how things evolve here. It's not like a twenty new topics are opened here a day, and therefore this topic could be pushed back on page 2. Just seems a bit to early for me to think about pinning.

[*gta star*]

Oh yes, I understand what you mean but I forgot to actually say in my post about this being in due course (this topic being pinned).

 

Sorry for the confusion.

 

*gta star*

[jarjar]

 

@*gta star* & jarjar: In no way I want to discourage both of you, but I think it's better to just wait how things evolve here. It's not like a twenty new topics are opened here a day, and therefore this topic could be pushed back on page 2. Just seems a bit to early for me to think about pinning.

 

Well yes, definitely, as I said "...if all goes well we might be able to get a pin...". So we will see how it goes.

 

@tagamaynila - Very nice tip . Usually myself, I use this small program called "Pixie":

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not completed yet, I think it need something, just don't know what yet. Also I don't have a title for it, titles

are hard.

 

Very nice, I like it too. It looks a bit like one of the effects I can do with my laptops built in camera. Where it morphs you into yourself.

 

I agree, titles are always a hard thing to come up with. I find I can think of the best names for things when I am half asleep .

[Blackadder.]

Nice topic jarjar, although it kinda seems abit like a GFX PPC kind of That's not your fault though Keep it up

[Squiddy]

PPC like Picture Post & Commentary? Well, that's something he allowed to do, so it IS his "fault". Don't see a problem there though.

[jarjar]

Nice topic jarjar, although it kinda seems abit like a GFX PPC kind of That's not your fault though Keep it up

Yeah, I've requested a name changed to "General GFX Discussion" since it's more exact then "Random Questions..." Last time I take anuj's advise on a name aye .

 

@Squiddy - Well yes it is my fault technically, but it was the idea of the topic. It was anuj's idea to make it a "Random Questions..." topic. And I just mixed the too ideas together.

[uNi]

Wow uni, I like it!

Maybe you ask yourself a thing. To me it looks, as if death, or at least something dark surrounds the last light in that world, the last hope.. blabla whatever.

What I want to say, where does it come from? The dark has that skull, which spreads its wings around the white, well, the white only has that eye.

Okay, I'm just talking senseless stuff. The dark has some structure in it, the skull and the wings. Now the white is just white, which looks quite plain. And it even might be too much white, compared to the rest.

 

 

Thanks Squiddy. Actually I liked a lot that description.

[-/TNT\-]

Why can't I rate twice

 

Anyway, tagamaynila that is the way I select the colour I want. Way faster too

 

 

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2523/ttqo8.gif

 

 

The Truth!

 

you can all use it

Edited December 7, 2006 by -/TNT\-

[jarjar]

Topic title edited, thanks for that JernejL mate .

 

Okay, my last work with my loading bar, someone suggested I make it fade out at the end then back in:

 

- EDIT: Nevermind, small problem.

 

The loading bars getting boring now. I'll see what else I can whip up.

 

TNT, how'd you do that? Like with the two T's and the symbols?

Edited December 6, 2006 by jarjar

[-/TNT\-]

Try Peace. Now that is a cool font.

 

 

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3285/bannergfxdiscuu2.gif

 

 

I edited the TT av. Now it flashes less.