to low to use blender 3.43 ..the latest version i think - the processor and ram I have should be fine I have mac OS 10.2.8 - though I can't see myself on a 10.4.x anytime soon. I have an old E-mac ( and i'll ask about updating it in the mac forum)- I'm basicly looking for an earlier version of the program so that i can learn it by the time i upgrade both blender and my current system. knowing at the rate things are going blender will be version 6 by then...

OT: can you still download 3.36 if your system requirements are too low?

? are these what you would call Glyphs? if yes, yes you can use in PS ... if the charaters are'nt part of the alphabet/font well thats bad luck - i can imagine a font without the letter "F" would be a serious issue - but some punctuation and other such things may not be included with some fonts. it's too much typography.

hmm.. try to paint a simple grid and distort it, Vue is probaly re-distorting almost the opposite way, since you have Vue it might become more aparent seeing what happens to both a distorted and a non distorted image.

hope the response wasn't to late for the project at hand ... got a link to some samples? btw I'm painting chevrons on citadel miniatures and looking for some inspiration :)

take this chevron if you like...

Try this, add a new layer. open the layer palette ( a tiny window) there is a little F , this drop down menu should reveal "pattern overlay". a window should pop up and in this window you can scale available patterns - if you don't have a chevron pattern you should define one. The chevron becomes one pattern in a collection of swatches. i would recommend saving the "preset" patterns, otherwise the addition is temporary. also if this scale % is not accurate enough. note this - in the pattern drop down menu - hover over the tiny preview of the repeating pattern it's pixel dimensions should be displayed. simply make a new document with these dimensions, fill it with the desired pattern , scale the entire document to size, to a pixel dimension and _define this_ as a new pattern.

I don't mind if you use a new layer to mask another, it's a valid option. ...when you said.. "Mostly, what I do, is to create a layer of the colour I want, lock the layer with the image I want to show... select the layer I want to "put a 'hole' in", and use eraser, set to airbrush, fully soft, to get the "Fade-out" edge... if you want you start with a circle, and "pull" it into the shape you want to start with..." ....I remembered you can make this layer a Mask.... this layer (the one with the hole) in the layers palette... select all, cut. Click the double click background layer, hit ok, go to the layer menu (top of screen) select "add layer mask" reveal all. select the mask preview icon in the palette and paste you can now drag the layer with the mask to the another document window. ______ ....I also remembered you can make this layer a selection.... on the mac, hit the command key (on the IBm compatible - alt??) while clicking on this layer (the one with the hole) in the layers palette... using this special click will use this layer and make the edges of it (fuzzy or sharp) a selection. Click the background layer, go to the select menu (top of screen) select inverse. you can now copy and paste part of the image to the new document. --

edit. Just be aware that the colour-space of both documents should be the same or extremly similar, because this efectivly is copy n paste.

G'day, please Ensure your layers palette remains open. Feel free to Open your image. Note well: When the image is flat, you will only see one layer in the layers palette - the background layer. in the 'layer' menu, the one at the top of the screen - choose duplicate. Click in the layers palette click on the background layer (it's a preview icon) Feel free to 'edit' and 'select all' of the image and tap delete - this will fill your original image with the background colour -I would fill this layer with green. Deselect the selection. This green background, though not necessary, will help you see what is transparent to assist understanding what a mask does. Click on the upper layer, the copy, the one that was duplicated_in the layers palette. ** immediately go to the layer menu - add layer mask - reveal all ** painting method You can paint on the layer's mask (the mask is little preview icon on the right in the layers palette ) click on it. - hit "d" on the keyboard - this resets the colours to black and white - hit x on the keyboard - this swaps the foreground background colours back and forth. Click inside the photoshop where your image is and begin to paint - it will look like it's erasing the image - swap paint colours to fix mistakes , even change the brush size if you want. Feel free to glance over to the palette and you may notice a change with the preview - but only of the mask. selection method Select the layer, thre is a little preview icon on the left, in the layers palette. Feel free to Select an area inside the photoshop where your image is with any combination of selection tools, the parts of the the image area you want kept. Tip: Holding 'shift' will add to the selection - (hit 'another key' to take away)- the cursor will change on screen with the correct key tap Once you are happy with the selection, keep it active. click inside the layers palette while selection is active, and click on the mask ( the mask is little preview icon on the right ) - invert the colors inside this mask - you will notice parts of your image. are transparent, deselect the selection inside the mask. only now - if you need to invert the mask (image - adjust - invert) Both methods are valid and some people use a combination of both methods __ The Next Step___ From what I remember you can just drag the layer from the layers palette onto the window of another photoshop document, and the mask travels with it. Just be aware that the colour-space of both documents are either the same of very similar. because it's a mask- when you only change the mask the full image remains and parts of it merely hidden not erased.

http://www.photoshopmama.net/ this photoshop user has some other demonstrations concerning powdering and sharpening photo's, i seem to remember seeing a link to some of her tutorials on youTube regarding this.

you are coming to a sad realisation, cancel or allow?

hope it's a success.

I like the idea of vector shapes, all the talk can have a standard radius, and i would sugest selecting the points of two sides of the rectangle, shown in red, to resize (while holding shift if need be. Because I made the little tag off the bubbles as a seperate entity, I can dictate where the speach is comming from to suit my needs. a simple white fill layer shape with an outline. Don't worry the thin grey lines won't show when you click on the background layer. having them so easy to move means that if i wanted to type using photoshop, a text layer would appear above this one, i can change either the text bounds or text bubble to suit.

i suppose that is the difference between comercial artists and expressive artists, i did mean to expand the concept of the computer interface so both fields could of expertice could post art expressing the disapointment with the restriction that curent interfaces have or imagine the interfaces of the future, what hapens when the interface or icon is the artwork? i think the matrix movie for example shows how people interface with computers, or was it the opposite? my poor expression of the concept is probably the reason for the lack of interest, jpg is fine for submissions. .. ''regardless if the comp happens or not I'm going to have a crack at it after i see some responses'' this might take a while... who knows i might become a merchant lol.