
New to the wallpaper making scene
#1
Posted 10 February 2005 - 11:04 PM
Tips would be apreciated such as what sort of wallpapers are popular?
sort of effects to use?
Thank you
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#2
Posted 10 February 2005 - 11:07 PM
thats what I did at least.
Welcome to WinMatrix.
#3
Posted 11 February 2005 - 12:44 AM
#4
Posted 11 February 2005 - 01:59 AM
As for programs, there are several and ultimately it comes down to your budget.
If money is no object I 150% suggest Photoshop.


Next down the list and in no particular order is the less-expensive, but almost as good,

Next is


There's also Corel's Creative Suite which is, by most means a very substantial program. Especially handy for icon making.
Lastly, there IS a free option and I know many who use it:

It's freeware, licensed under the GNU [general public license]. I'd say it's at least worth a shot if you can not afford a graphics program.
Before you even delve into a 3d application [Bryce, Vue d'Esprit, 3DS Max, Lightwave8, Cinema4D or Maya] I'd suggest fully familiarizing yourself with a good graphics editor. This includes, but is not limited to, web site template making, custom banners, bullets, sigs, avatars, wallpapers and so forth. Photo manipulation is also a good means of familiarizing yourself with any given graphics tool.
As for popular effects, there's many. I'd suggest browsing this site to start with, starting with the wallpaper section then moving onto other sites.





- Those sites should get you started, at least on deciding for yourself what styles/effects you're after or wanting to learn.
If you're wanting a good photoshop tutorial site, the only one I have ever frequently visited is Good Tutorials. All of the tutorials there are user-submitted, so there's literally thousands there to give you a nice heads-up.
If you'd like to check out some of my work, you'll find 60 or so at WinCustomize.com, several here and some on my site.
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I hope this was a help... Happy wall-making!

Edited by sbgFX, 11 February 2005 - 02:00 AM.
#5
Posted 11 February 2005 - 03:26 AM
ALL THE BEST!
#6
Posted 11 February 2005 - 04:59 AM
Edited by Aqua Structure, 11 February 2005 - 04:59 AM.
#7
Posted 11 February 2005 - 05:57 AM
I will take the advice you have given. Again many thanks and I look foward to sharing some of my work with you in the future.
#8
Posted 11 February 2005 - 01:21 PM
Like SBG-FX said, get familiar with the program that suits you best, and DO NOT BE AFRAID TO EXPERIMENT and do CROSSOVERS between programs, like Ulead Photo Impact 8 crossover with PS CS and others.




Also, if you desire other additional member sites to display your "masterpieces" of Wallpaperism, here are other links too:




For Signatures/Avatar Submissions and Competitions:



Edited by Level1, 11 February 2005 - 01:41 PM.
#10
Posted 12 February 2005 - 02:26 PM
#11
Posted 12 February 2005 - 08:29 PM

Thanks for the posts.
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#12
Posted 15 February 2005 - 06:46 AM

Here are some Tips For Wallpaper designing.



if you are designing wallpaper for HDTV screen then you should have your aspect rastio 1.85:1 its for wide screen TV
if you are designing wallpaper for Dual Display then size should be 3200px x 1200px
after apply all this principals you can create Standard Wallpaper.

#13
Posted 15 February 2005 - 01:05 PM
Awesome thread

Edited by gsrdemon, 15 February 2005 - 01:07 PM.
#14
Posted 15 February 2005 - 07:34 PM
Rest you well understand

#15
Posted 22 February 2005 - 05:06 PM

#16
Posted 07 April 2005 - 12:11 PM


Tutorial heaven
#18
Posted 07 April 2005 - 09:35 PM
Yes, I agree....just do you own thing and don't be afriad to show us what you got man!...And when you make a wallpaper you shouldn't expect that everybody would like it. It's possible that for you your wallpapers is the best but for someone else that can be worst. So don't be disappointed by reading unlikely comments. Try to learn out of that criticism.
Rest you well understand

#19
Posted 18 April 2005 - 12:34 PM
#20
Posted 14 September 2005 - 01:10 AM

I am wondering what does it means to render an image?Or why should I do this?
Please enlight me!