20 Awesome Paint.Net Tutorials
By Mitch “Likes to Paint” Keeler
Want to do some learning this weekend? Well I have for you 20 awesome Paint.net Tutorials that will take you from a paint.nobody to a Paint.net master!
Scotch Tape – Create a transparent segment of scotch tape
Kiosk Orbs – Learn how to make your own digital displays for products. Might be good for an Online store or logos.
Create a Picture Film Strip – You remember film right? That neat stuff they put in cameras before they went digital? Create your own reel of film for your own graphic designs.
Glossy/Glass Buttons – Create Web 2.0-like glassy buttons
Toy Car – Turn a real car into a toy car
Make a Chain – How to render individual links, then link them together to form a chain
Make a Bubble – Feeling a little bubbly? This Paint.NET tutorial will show you the best way to make your own bubble graphics, without the mess of sticking a bar of soap in your CD drive.
Create Fire, Scare Cavemen – Fire bad? No, fire good! Learn to make your own fire digital effect.
Easy Way to Make an Eyeball – Using a few plugins and some creativity, you can turn that flat eye image into an eyeball. Great for Halloween! (who doesn’t love a huge eyeball?)
Process of Antiquing – Make new images look like they are hundreds of years old.
Easier Image Cutting – Ever wanted to cut one thing out of an image? I do this often for some of the icons I have created.
How to make a Lightsaber – Use lighting and blur effects to render a Lightsaber in
Transparent Background – Make the background of an image transparent
Cutting out Images the Easy Way! v2 – Great method for cutting images out of pictures
LiteBrite(TM) Effect – Transform your pictures into coloured peg-board style images
Lets Make a Software Box – Transform flat images into 3D boxes
Drop Shadows – Add depth to your artwork with drop shadows
New & Improved 3D Text/Logo Tutorial! – Create your own flashy 3-D logo and text. Works best with simple images and ideas, but lots of fun to play with and try out.
Make a Sunset – If your photography skills are lacking, you could always turn to the digital effects. Make a sunset of your very own with this tutorial.
Polaroid Collage – Create a stack of Polaroid-like pictures digitally.
You can pick up Paint.net for free at GetPaint.net. It is one of the best free graphic programs out there today.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
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