need a graphic tool for noobs
Moderator: Beowulf
need a graphic tool for noobs
Ok I read the sticky about the graphical tools and was wondering whats really good for the complete noob when it comes to computer graphics. I used to be good with pencil drawings but has been along time since I drew on a regular basis.
- Elheru Aran
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- Elheru Aran
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Start with Paint.
You could get Gimp maybe... though that one takes some learning I hear, haven't used it though so I don't know what it does. Irfanview is okay, but is best for basic photo-manipulation, you really can't do that much with it besides resizing and a few small edits.
For 3D you're going to want Blender. Look it up on Wikipedia; has a link there to the free tutorials as well. It takes a *lot* of practice though, so you're gonna want to get used to spending time on the comp...
You could get Gimp maybe... though that one takes some learning I hear, haven't used it though so I don't know what it does. Irfanview is okay, but is best for basic photo-manipulation, you really can't do that much with it besides resizing and a few small edits.
For 3D you're going to want Blender. Look it up on Wikipedia; has a link there to the free tutorials as well. It takes a *lot* of practice though, so you're gonna want to get used to spending time on the comp...
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Er, this is still a pretty wide scope, man... .
Do you have a graphics tablet? Are you attempting to mimic realmedia? These things are important.
Do you have a graphics tablet? Are you attempting to mimic realmedia? These things are important.
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If you want to try out some pencilling and painting check out Artrage. It helps if you had a tablet, but a mouse will do just fine.