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Post by Clover on Jun 13, 2005 5:25:36 GMT
With many thanks to Merry, we now have a guinea pig smilie tutorial. We hope you enjoy making your own personalised guinea pigs for your signature. jackiesguineapiggies.com/guineapigtutorial.htmlPlacing your guinea pigs in your signatureGo to your profile, click onto 'modify profile' then you will see a box for your signiture. Please remember to use image tags. Here is some very helpful information on how to use image tags. wheekers.proboards32.com/index.cgi?board=feedback&action=display&thread=1092867036If you can remember the overall image or images in your signature (including transparent backgrounds) must not exceed 350 (width) x 40 (height) pixels. Only one row of images can be placed in your signature. If you need any help at all with your signature images or you'd like to add any images to your existing signature, please don't hesitate to ask me .
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Post by Merry on Jun 18, 2005 1:50:30 GMT
Jackie, would you like some different styles for the outlines? I won't be terribly busy this week and wouldn't mind making some.
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Post by Clover on Jun 18, 2005 5:18:08 GMT
Oh thats so kind of you Merry, thank you so much ;D
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Post by Merry on Jun 19, 2005 1:05:01 GMT
No problem! I thought it'd be nice to have a selection, instead of the same old outline for all of them hehe. Here are the ones I've made so far, and there'll be more to come! Firstly, a new style of smoothcoated... Abyssinian Sheltie/Silky Peruvian Texel 6/19...Crested Rex or Teddy Coronet
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Post by skipperdoo on Jun 19, 2005 1:48:06 GMT
Very nice. I had one I was going put up that I made when you first gave the instructions on CC/CS but I ended up with white space around it. Maybe I should put it here so that you can let others know what I did and how to correct it.
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Post by Merry on Jun 19, 2005 1:51:58 GMT
Did you crop it down to the edges when you were copying it into Irfanview? If it wasn't that then I'm not sure...
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Post by skipperdoo on Jun 19, 2005 5:11:29 GMT
No clue but I realized that I copied the thumbnail rather than the actual item ...
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Post by Clover on Jun 19, 2005 9:04:20 GMT
Aww those are gorgeous Merry, thanks so much. Your so good at drawing ;D
I see the piggy is saved as a jpg Kathy, for it to be made transparent in Irfanview it needs to be saved as a gif file, could that be another reason?
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Post by skipperdoo on Jun 19, 2005 16:33:09 GMT
I think I didn't complete the process. I'll have to look at Izzy and see if there are any more changes that need to be made and then maybe actually complete the project. Thanks. I'll give it a try.
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Post by Merry on Jun 19, 2005 19:29:42 GMT
You're very welcome Jackie! I've just added a few more and am still working on them.
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Post by Clover on Jun 22, 2005 10:07:13 GMT
Thanks so much Merry, your so good at knowing breeds, I can never remember Did you managed to have a go at completing your piggy Kathy. ?
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Post by skipperdoo on Jun 23, 2005 4:27:55 GMT
No; I think I'll have to pick a pig and do it from the beginning again. (I just moved my computer last night and I have cords draped all over the place until I get additional cords to lengthen the ones that I have.)
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Post by Clover on Jun 24, 2005 9:36:10 GMT
Well let me know if you need any help
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Post by skipperdoo on Jun 24, 2005 15:02:19 GMT
Okay; I moved my computer and am resetting it up ... and I need HELP!
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Post by Clover on Jun 25, 2005 7:06:32 GMT
Ok Kathy I can see you can paint a piggy ok, is it just saving it to a transparent background thats the problem? Oh before that, while piggy is in paint, you will need to crop it like Merry has mentioned. So if you copy piggy into paint by using the Ctrl" and "V" buttons on your keypad. Then click the magnifying glass and highlight 8x as though you was going to colour piggy again. Its best to use another colour for your background, so if you flood fill the background with say a green coluor or any colour that is not used on your piggy. I've just tried using the flood fill on your piggy Kathy, but the background isn't completly white, so you will need to use the pencil tool to go around your piggy. The outline of the piggy is black, so as long as you don't go over the black outline, it will be fine. Then when your happy that you've coloured in all the background, click on the select box and surround the piggy, leaving enough room just for a small background. Here we are so far: Then right click inside the selected area and copy, then get the Irfanview programme up and press Ctrl" and "V" and you'll then see your normal sized piggy. Then click file, save as and make sure the Irfanview settings are as follows: Then name your piggy, save as a gif, that option should already be in place, but just cheak. Then a large version of your piggy will appear, just click on the background and your piggy will have a transparent background when you load him onto your signiture. He should look like this : Let me know if your not sure about anything
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Post by skipperdoo on Jun 25, 2005 8:22:44 GMT
I'm totally impressed and so is Skipperdoo (he's in my lap). I'll try it this weekend. Thanks. Edit: How does one make the string of pigs that can be created? Is it all one image?
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Post by Clover on Jun 25, 2005 9:08:42 GMT
Good luck Kathy. For the string of pigs, I'd make a new file size in paint shop pro, using a smilar height, but a longer width. Using the same colour background of the piggies (use the dropper tool by clicking onto the green) and copy and position them into it, save them as a jpg then use the programme again to make the background transparent. Save as a gif this time and here they are, To make a piggy turn, use the mirror option in psp. Sorry this was quick Kathy, I'll explain in more detail when I have more time if your not sure or if anyone can make it any easier, that would be great
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Post by Merry on Jun 25, 2005 17:51:36 GMT
If you want them snuggled up like in my siggy I wouldn't mind having a fiddle with them.
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Post by Clover on Jun 27, 2005 6:51:50 GMT
Yours are gorgeous Merry :-*It would be nice to have some snuggled up piggies wouldnt it. I'll try and start putting the new piggies up soon. Would anyone like to offer to colour any of the new piggies, its just I'm not very good on different breeds. Or if anyone can give me an idea about their colours, that would be great.
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Post by Merry on Jun 28, 2005 1:39:55 GMT
How many do you need of each? I wouldn't mind doing some.
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