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Author:  Meldawen [ September 15th, 2007, 8:29 pm ]
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WOW, Darky. Those are amazing, way better then my first attempts. I haven't had a whole lot of time to play with GIMP lately.

I think the text would work if you faded it a bit more, made it sort of background and not as visible as it is? Maybe. I personally like using text for that effect.
Author:  Dark, Queen of Angmar [ September 16th, 2007, 10:37 am ]
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Mmm, I like that banner Elenya, it looks just right.

Yes, text is my arch enemy on GIMP. How do you fade it?
Author:  Elenya [ September 16th, 2007, 10:41 am ]
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^Thanks!

This is how I've been fading text. (I don't know if it's the best way, though! lol) I use one of the eraser brushes, usually a fuzzy brush, and I set the opacity down, then I erase the text until I like the way it looks.
Author:  Dark, Queen of Angmar [ September 16th, 2007, 10:43 am ]
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Ok, will do, thanks Elenya!
Author:  The Nightingale [ September 16th, 2007, 10:47 am ]
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^ Yeah, I do that too...

I haven't had much time to be on GIMP lately. It's sad.
Author:  Inwe Calaelen [ September 18th, 2007, 8:58 pm ]
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*Pokes GIMP users* I have windows XP and i'm needing assistance on downloading it and which version i should pick.. if one of you could PM me that would be AH-MAZING!
Author:  Elven Archer [ September 18th, 2007, 9:19 pm ]
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@Darky: Well to fade text you can go to Dialogs>Layers and then either change the opacity to a lower percentage, or set it to Overlay, Screen, or anything else you like. :yes:

@Inwe: Well here is a tutorial that Kess wrote: http://arwen-undomiel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10843 if you need any help, you can PM me. :)
Author:  Meldawen [ September 20th, 2007, 1:40 pm ]
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I maded my sig set! I'm actually insanely proud of it. And I used a border - fankoo, EA :)
Author:  Inwe Calaelen [ September 20th, 2007, 3:22 pm ]
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@ EA- I'll go look at that link you gave me then i'll get back to you if i need help. ^^ Thankyee!
Author:  Firiel [ September 21st, 2007, 5:34 pm ]
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Meldawen, that's a great job on the sig!
Author:  Dark, Queen of Angmar [ September 22nd, 2007, 12:25 pm ]
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Love the sig Meldawen! I still want to know how you do that texture type thingy...

I'm currently trying to make a few of my pieces of artwork into banners, but.... its not turning out so well.
Author:  Meldawen [ September 22nd, 2007, 2:25 pm ]
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For that one, I just used the Text tool (black text), made the type small-ish, and positioned it so that the text covered the entire banner. The text is, incidentally, from the poem Here There Be Dragons by Jane Yolen. That font is Porcelain, I believe. Anyway, then I adjusted the layer opacity until I liked it, and used the eraser to fade the text over where the actual dragons were so it's more of a background. There's a different layer of white text there too, but it's faded so you can just barely see :)

And thanks, guys!
Author:  The Nightingale [ September 22nd, 2007, 11:15 pm ]
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I made my sig ... not very good.
Author:  Meldawen [ September 23rd, 2007, 2:09 am ]
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That's okay Night, everybody starts somewhere :)

I made my first claim...and people actually claimed!
Author:  Dark, Queen of Angmar [ September 23rd, 2007, 12:42 pm ]
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^Great minds think alike.

I just started one as well. I think its one of the best ways to practice the techniques etc.
Author:  Meldawen [ September 23rd, 2007, 4:28 pm ]
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It's actually full! REALLY did not expect that. I'm rather flattered.
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