tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post8798121940346866944..comments2024-03-17T12:36:51.212-04:00Comments on Caitlyn's Masks: Paint Vs PaintCaitlyn Maskedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-46407609690420344552011-01-27T00:26:44.084-05:002011-01-27T00:26:44.084-05:00I use Photoscape, which I downloaded for free. It...I use Photoscape, which I downloaded for free. It was a little tricky to learn, but I quickly figured out the basics (I have ZERO photoshop experience) and have begun making decent caps that don't look like MS Paint. <br /><br />While I appreciate the quickie cap, sometimes the overly-simplified text and layout draws me out of the fantasy - which is the whole purpose of the cap to begin with.<br /><br />Just my 2 cents,<br />Chrissy<br /><br />http://sissychrissytgcaptions.blogspot.com/sluttychrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902442037017603370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-31630030978796256812011-01-22T04:41:57.246-05:002011-01-22T04:41:57.246-05:00I haaaaaated some of paint.net's limitations, ...I haaaaaated some of paint.net's limitations, but I never would have started capping without something that limiting. It made having caps that looked like everyone else okay at first so that I could focus more on making sure they didn't read like everyone else's. Toward the end of it I even did some fairly creative paneling with it for my Rosco series. It really helped prepare me to make my comic life caps look or at least read different from everone else.smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042390282227601322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-22905918090036054502011-01-21T17:14:44.978-05:002011-01-21T17:14:44.978-05:00@ Dee
I agree that once you know something, it is ...@ Dee<br />I agree that once you know something, it is very easy to get fast and efficient at it. I would say if you take out writing the story (which for me is always a long process... hell the sad story I wrote here still took me 20 minutes to jot down!) I can do most of my designs in a matter of minutes (maybe not 5, but not too much longer!). <br /><br />@ Sasha<br /><br />I agree that there are people that will never have Photoshop. I think unless you have previous experience in it, you shouldn't even try it. It's expensive and Adobe has made really no attempt to make it 'easy'. But there are plenty of other programs that work just fine. And as I've shown here, even Paint can do a decent job. I agree that a good story doesn't need a good design. And for people just getting into capping I wouldn't expect much else. But it's the people that have dozens if not hundreds of caps that look that way... they frustrate me. Their stories are generally good, and they've shown a desire to cap. Why not put a little effort into making the caps look good?Caitlyn Maskedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732033913089350905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-75324224734752290952011-01-21T11:10:09.700-05:002011-01-21T11:10:09.700-05:00Ah! Inspired by me! Paint pretty much sucks banana...Ah! Inspired by me! Paint pretty much sucks bananas. I tried to use it and it takes me longer than photoshop.<br /><br />Going back to your prior post though. I said what I said because there are people with several levels of computer literacy so they only use paint or whatever free program comes bundled with Windows. Photoshop costs a bunch of money. I know... you can get it "free" but that would mean that the caption artist is a sophisticated with computers and is willing to spend time learning photoshop.<br /><br />My point, if I remember I had one, was that it is nice to see high quality work but a well written story does not need to have fancy graphics around it to make it good.sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510131077053781113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638398317329574756.post-41545056275938571912011-01-21T09:49:21.997-05:002011-01-21T09:49:21.997-05:00You pretty much put it exactly the way I meant it....You pretty much put it exactly the way I meant it. Paint is damn near 15 years old, and the replacement Paint.net is almost 8 years old, but still better than the original Paint. <br /><br />Its amazing how quickly a learning curve is when it comes to doing something you like doing. And just changing the text box and font color takes honestly ... 2 minutes at MOST?<br /><br />I do my captions in Photoshop. *Hand on Bible* I can make a quickie caption in less than 5 minutes. Jaime, Jenniger, and others have "seen" it happen. <br /><br />My design is about as simple as Paint designs, but looks much better in my opinion. Technique is pretty much this ... Find picture, crop it and/or resize it, create a "canvas" that is usually 850xsomething, pick color from picture to use as the background text color, then paste the picture in. Set up a text box that fits the text background. Choose text color that looks good on the background. Type in text caption. Center and apply shadow to the text. Click on Save and post to the Haven.<br /><br />Other than the text shadowing, I don't think I really do anything differently than what you would do in Paint. Rachel's Haven offers "step by step" tutorials for I think 9-10 different programs on how to create a caption, and most of those programs are free, or part of an Office Suite. <br /><br />That is why I'm glad you did this. Show that even if you are stuck in your ways with using Paint (MS stopped supporting it back in XP which came out in 99-01) you can still make a decent looking caption by just doing a few quick and easy steps.<br /><br />DeeDee Mentiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798903090538917010noreply@blogger.com