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| Vaelro |
 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:07 pm |
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| How do you get these things? They're, like, tiny pictograms that people post around. Like the things in "The Tales of IT". How d'ya get 'em? |
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| Jen |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:09 pm |
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| I think people are just making them themselves. |
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| Ghost |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:47 pm |
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I thought about making one myself. But I didn't want to look like I was copying someone else's idea. Which I would've been doing.
*runs off to make one for the novelty of it*
Here's my picto-stamp.  |
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| Jen |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:18 pm |
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| How did you make yours Ghost? I'm curious now! |
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| Ghost |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:31 pm |
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Photoshop. It doesn't take long to make.  |
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| Jen |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:35 pm |
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| No I mean a little more detail than that hun. xD |
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| asryakino |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:39 pm |
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| I think it's just them taking the picto from the pictogram viewer and shrinking it down and turning it into a mini .gif, then when they want to post it they put it into say a photobucket account and then use the image code to post it as a mini-stamp. |
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| Ghost |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:50 pm |
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 All right. *stretches her fingers* Pop. Snap. o_o
I used my standard pictogram (with a black background). Make sure not to use a Background layer, but you can have it hidden. Select the black with the Magic Wand, then Cut. Next, I reselected my pictogram, using Shift to add more to my selection (needed for my "stickman's" head). From here, I used my Gradient tool and picked two colors I liked. After that, deselect everything. You can add the Outer Glow here, which I did, but had to change its properties later. Resize the image. I went with 25 pixels (height). Adjusted my Outer Glow. Then Save for Web. Choose GIF with Transparency. I used No Transparency Dither on mine.
And there is it! |
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| Jen |
| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:13 am |
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I tried it:
I'm not liking it though, it's all jagged and such. :/ It looked better in photoshop. I'll try again later. |
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| Ghost |
| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:54 am |
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The transparency may be doing that. You could save it as a regular GIF (with the background on). Or as a JPEG.
For the Outer Glow, I think my stats were:
(For a 25 pixel tall image.)
Blend Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Noise: 0
Technique: Softer
Spread: 0
Size: 1
Anti-aliased: Off
Range: 25
Jitter: 0 |
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| Laruna |
| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:27 pm |
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Ooh I want to make one of these, but how do you save the image of your large pictogram? When I use the link to the pictogram viewer, I can't right-click and save the image.  |
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| Ghost |
| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:31 pm |
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| Use the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. Then paste into your art program. That's what I did. |
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| LizardFish |
| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:31 pm |
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| What is the link to the pictogram viewer anyway? c: |
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| Ghost |
| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:32 pm |
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| Laruna |
| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:34 pm |
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Ghost wrote: Use the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. Then paste into your art program. That's what I did.
Whoops I didn't even think of using that! Thanks.  |
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