Dec 04, 2010, 01:30 AM // 01:30
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Nov 2010
Guild: Finding It Really Easy [FIRE]
Profession: A/
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Good Graphic Design Programs?
Does anybody know of a really good program, that is free, to use for making the art for the guildwars art contest 2010???
I used to have one that i used for a really good pic, but can't find it anymore. Thanks!
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Dec 04, 2010, 02:01 AM // 02:01
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Farming for Nick gifts
Profession: R/
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You should probably change the title more to suit your question, for instance maybe "Good Graphic Design Programs?"
The title you have now is slightly misleading (looks like you are asking what the contest is) and annoying to look at (all the !'s and ?'s)
Nice suggestion. - Kvinna
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Dec 04, 2010, 04:22 AM // 04:22
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2009
Guild: BhLd
Profession: E/Mo
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Artweaver is a good program. It's not photoshop, but it fills it's function; you can paint in it.
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Dec 04, 2010, 04:38 AM // 04:38
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Avatar by unsolvedenigma.deviantart
Guild: Denizens of the Underdark [Nite]
Profession: N/Me
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I hear Paint.NET and Gimp are good, free to use programs.
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Dec 04, 2010, 07:50 AM // 07:50
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Site Contributor
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Finland
Guild: Runners of the Rose [RR]
Profession: R/
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There's a really good thread here in Nolani that has a whole bunch of tips for artists starting out, including what are good programs to use. The thread is a little long, but skip over to the last page and read backwards - there's some talk about programs there.
But yeah, the above comments pretty much sum it up. Paint.NET and Gimp are a good alternative to Photoshop, even though they do not have all of the same functions. Also, there might still be a free version of Open Canvas 1.1 floating around the net, which was distributed more widely a few years back.
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Dec 04, 2010, 09:08 AM // 09:08
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Dec 2006
Guild: [Bone]
Profession: Mo/
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PainttoolSAI is free I believe. Painter and Photoshop are free to as long as you don't mind an illegal version. I'm pretty sure Adobe doesn't mind, its just more publicity for them.
Perhabs you can specify a bit better what you are planning to do with the program. You want to manipulate photo's/screenshots? You want to draw from scraps? You want to create more vector kind of stuff? So perhabs its good to tell us what you are thinking of doing for the contest.
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Dec 04, 2010, 03:13 PM // 15:13
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jan 2009
Guild: [SOTA]
Profession: D/
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GIMP is basically a free version of Photoshop.
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Dec 04, 2010, 08:42 PM // 20:42
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Guild: The Legends Of Melee [SSBM]
Profession: Mo/
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