I was just thinking of this as I was on another forum. Would the mods and Arwen consider setting up another sub forum in Fan Section for Photoshop Battles? That's one of my favorite things about the other forum I go on.

For those of you who don't know what a PS battle is, it's when two graphic makers 'volley' back and forth on a certain theme. They take turns posting a 700x500 graphic on the theme they choose. They also can add special rules. It's not really a competition, just a way to improve your skills. And you can use any graphic-making program, not just Photoshop

I think it would be a great idea for such a graphic-oriented forum such as this

I hope you all at least consider it! I think it would be fun!

~Gil

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Oh that does sound cool I've never taken part in one of these battles but I've seen other people's beautiful results from them.

How about having them in the fan art section for the moment until we can see how many people are interested/ what Arwen thinks?

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Graphics battles <i>are</i> cool! However, as Elanor said, I'm not sure how popular they'd be. Maybe we could have a stickied thread for them in the Fan Art section instead of a whole sub-forum for them?

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I love Photoshop battles, even though I have to yet participate in one. =) So I give my vote for yes.

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Awesome! If we can at least have a sticky in the Fan Art section to start, that would be great

JF - You can use any graphic program you want, not just Photoshop And don't worry about winning; you don't really win in a PS battle, you just volley back and forth and improve your skills Since I didn't explain it very well, this is what Loleia from Padme's Corner says about them:

A photoshop battle is a great way to improve your knowledge of Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and other programs alike, to experiment and to learn new things.

The name "Photoshop Battle" does not exclude the use of other programs though, you can use GIMP, Paint Shop Pro or any other program (except for Paint, which is evil).

A PS battle is actually a back-and-forth between two people:
The person to start the battle has to come up with a graphic (collage) made in PS (or any other program; we call it photoshop because that's how they started). Then, his/her partner will save the graphic and make another one, as a kind of "reply" to the previous one. This will go on for ten rounds (5 each). The goal is to create a theme, and to develop it a little more with each new volley.

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^That really sounds like a great idea. I'm not a graphic maker, but I would love to follow the battles and see the results.

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Thanks Gil. That really does sound great. I would love to have a go.

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I would love to do this. But Like Arwen said it wouldnt have to be another forum. It could be like a challenge. Like you could challenge someone through PM, or just start a thread and request a challenger. then go from there.

I am all for it!
~*EA*~

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Cool . Can you make up the main thread for this there? Then we can sticky it.

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Ooh so basically it's one picture that we keep on improving?

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It could be. There are differant kinds of battles. It depends on what kind the two decide on

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I'm so glad everyone likes the idea! Elanor - I could make a main topic in the Fan Art forum for the mods to sticky, but it would only be for people to pick their opponent and topic. Each battle normallly needs a seperate thread....so I don't know if you want me to do that or not....

Here's an example of a PS battle I've finished, so you can just see the rounds:

http://skyward-thoughts.com/lotrfreak13gilraen.php

It's one I did with LOTRfreak13

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It sounds good if we could have one sticky topic explaining what they are and for people to find opponents in and such like. Then people can start a new thread for each new battle.

And your battle results look really great

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Thanks Elanor and JF

Alright, sounds good Elanor! Shall I make the thread then?

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