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      I am taking a break from the plug, too, as well as most computer-related work. I have been messing around in photoshop - messing around with some digital camera pictures I took and with some of the original EV outfit graphics. I made some pretty coll stuff out of the original neutron cannon... I am going to mess with the proton cannon so later and see what I can do.

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      Originally posted by ares1:
      **I am taking a break from the plug, too, as well as most computer-related work. I have been messing around in photoshop - messing around with some digital camera pictures I took and with some of the original EV outfit graphics. I made some pretty coll stuff out of the original neutron cannon... I am going to mess with the proton cannon so later and see what I can do.

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      Funny you mention that. I've been doing a lot of Photoshopin' lately, some of which has been on my own digital camera pictures. I've also been doing some 2D art; something I haven't done in a long time.

      Here's a Star Destroyer-like ship I've been working on in Photoshop. The actual picture is 1000 by 1000 pixels, and I started on it today.

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      It's nice to goof off every now and then. 😉

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      Sad how our definition of goof off is use a less serious digital image editing program. 😛

      I really like that ship. If you change the color and maybe give it some texture, I would love to use it in the plugin.

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      How did you make that in photoshop? Would it be possible to do something like that in Graphic Converter?

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      😄 If you can learn to do it pixel by pixel, sure, you can do that in Graphic Converter. It would take several weeks to complete a graphic like that, but it is technically possible. bursts into maniacal laughter

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      Please excuse my ignorance, but how did he make it in photoshop?

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      I don't think that he did make that in photoshop. Or did you, skyblade? I didn't think you could really do that kind of thing in PS, but I don't know a lot about it.

      Ok, I am on the verge of losing conciousness. Nighty night, people.

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      Originally posted by ares1:
      **I don't think that he did make that in photoshop. Or did you, skyblade? I didn't think you could really do that kind of thing in PS, but I don't know a lot about it.

      Ok, I am on the verge of losing conciousness. Nighty night, people.

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      I used Photoshop 5.5 to make the image, which is one reason it doesn't currently look as good as it could (I have PS 6.0 on my G3s, with plenty of fancy plugins). I first started creating graphics in Photoshop before I ever got into 3D graphics, so I do have about six years of experience in that area. Nah, it was made pixel by pixel. As long as you know about perspective and lighting, you can create anything you set your mind to.

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      You mean it was n't made pixel by pixel? You said it was...

      I can't believe you did that in photoshop. What tools and filters did you use? Are there any tutorials on making ev-like ships in PS? I thought you had to buy several thousand dollars worth of 3d software to make stuff like that.

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      Originally posted by ares1:
      **You mean it was n't made pixel by pixel? You said it was...

      I can't believe you did that in photoshop. What tools and filters did you use? Are there any tutorials on making ev-like ships in PS? I thought you had to buy several thousand dollars worth of 3d software to make stuff like that.

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      Yeah, I forgot to add the "wasn't" in my last post. 😉

      The only filter I used for my 2D Photoshop art is the "guassian blur." As for making the actual model, I simply select an area, color it, add darker shades of the same color with the paintbrush, and then give it a slight guassian blur. That's it. No, I haven't ever used any tutorials (I don't even know if there are any for EV graphics made in PS)... I learned Photoshop on my own.

      You can create anything you set your mind to. If you can draw it on paper, you can draw it in Photoshop. 😉

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      That looks 3d to me. So you just draw lines, fill in colors, and add a guassian blur? If it is so easy, why do people need mechanisto and Infini-D?

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      This is a dumb question, but how do you draw a line in photoshop? I never learned some of the basics.

      Let's say I want to make something like what you have there. I select the line tool, and do I set it to "new work path" "create new shape layer" or "create filled region"? And what should I set the weight of the line to?

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      Originally posted by ares1:
      **That looks 3d to me. So you just draw lines, fill in colors, and add a guassian blur? If it is so easy, why do people need mechanisto and Infini-D?

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      Looks 3D? I take that as a big compliment...

      I don't really draw very many lines until I've finished the actual model. The entire model you've seen is simply selected areas filled with color. I then apply the guassian blur to the selected area after applying a few darker shades with the paintbrush. It can be easy to create 2D images, though it takes much more time and patience... In some ways, I do still prefer 3D graphics.

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      Originally posted by ares1:
      **This is a dumb question, but how do you draw a line in photoshop? I never learned some of the basics.

      Let's say I want to make something like what you have there. I select the line tool, and do I set it to "new work path" "create new shape layer" or "create filled region"? And what should I set the weight of the line to?

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      How do you draw a line? Fairly simple. 😉 Select the line tool, click where you want your line to began, then release at the point where you want it to end.

      The selection of the line tool should be at "normal" (atleast, this is the case in Photoshop 5.5. I forget if 6.0 uses that same setting...). The weight of your lines is all up to you. I usually use one pixel and sometimes two (in weight size).

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      I tried to duplicate your ship in phothshop using the method you were talking about.... it looks like crap. I never was very artistic.

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      Are there any guides or anything for making EV graphics with mechanisto? It comes with a read-me, but it is incomprehensible to me (the newbie). It would be cool to see a guide for EV graphics with Mechanisto for absolute newbies.

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      Originally posted by ares1:
      **Are there any guides or anything for making EV graphics with mechanisto? It comes with a read-me, but it is incomprehensible to me (the newbie). It would be cool to see a guide for EV graphics with Mechanisto for absolute newbies.

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      It seems like I remember running across a file in the EV addons page with starter information (and tutorials) for Mechanisto. Try heading over there and looking under "guides."

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      I did look under guides... nothing for mechanisto.

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      Originally posted by ares1:
      **I did look under guides... nothing for mechanisto.

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      I looked under Utilities and found two mechanisto guides... imagine that. 😛

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      (quote)Originally posted by ares1:
      **I looked under Utilities and found two mechanisto guides... imagine that.;)

      Hope they help you out.

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      Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
      **Bleh. Guides, Utilities... Not much difference you know.;)

      Hope they help you out.

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      Is there a place online I can download more "shaders" for mechanisto? They are basically textures... And how can I take another file (IE, pct, JPEG, tiff) and make it into a shader that mechanisto will read?

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