Contributing Member rdb Posted December 24, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 I'm a firm believer in open source software, so I use things besides windows. I flip between Linux, and MSWinders. I stay away from the proprietary pay to play stuff. Instead of Photoshop, I use Gimp. It's free, and it works for me. Gimp for Windows: http://www.gimp.org/windows/ Today I downloaded a "plugin" for my gimp, called "blackink". blackink plugin: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=10239 It takes a photograph, or picture and turns it into a line drawing. Think about it! Line drawings from Pix! Instant Templates! Just turn a photo into a line drawing, put your tracing film over it, and you can carve ANYTHING into your leather. I took my pickguard, and "blackinked" it, just to see. The pictures are down below. I just did this quick, without modifying any of the settings, and such. I'm sure with a little practice, you can really make the line drawings pop even better for tracing. What do you think? I think it's a way cool tool. CORRECTION: Thanks to Wolvenstein, once again, I've proven myself to be a numbskull. I installed several plugins ,and just jumped right into the ink one, only to find out, i wasn't using the one I told y'all. I was using the one installed by this plugin: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=10042 That's the one that worked so well. I'll update this when i figger out that "blackink" plugin. Quote Web page Facebook
Contributing Member wolvenstien Posted December 24, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 I have used Gimp for some time on my PCLinux box.... I did not know they had it for windoze... Thanks Quote "The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE Her: Hit Me Him: Do you want me to use the knife? Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!
Ambassador pete Posted December 24, 2007 Ambassador Report Posted December 24, 2007 Not literate- does this work for MacInosh OsX 10.4.10? Quote
Contributing Member rdb Posted December 24, 2007 Author Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 Nope..You have built in stuff on a MAC, that's probably better...I Take that back...it's more open source than I thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MAC Gimp:http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ Quote Web page Facebook
Contributing Member wolvenstien Posted December 24, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 Hey RBD, where and how do you get the plugin to work... everything I am reading says the plugin has to be an exe, not a PY..... I put it in the plugin folder, but the program does not see it... Quote "The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE Her: Hit Me Him: Do you want me to use the knife? Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!
Contributing Member rdb Posted December 24, 2007 Author Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 close gimp put it into: Drive:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\scripts and restart gimp a py is the same as an scm Quote Web page Facebook
Members CitizenKate Posted December 24, 2007 Members Report Posted December 24, 2007 This can also be done in Photoshop, using the "Find Outline" filter. Illustrator also has a very nice feature that creates line art from imported images, and converts them to editable paths. These programs are available for Macs, but alas, they are not free. Kate Quote
Contributing Member wolvenstien Posted December 24, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 Do I need Python installed? Quote "The miracle is not how two adults can create a child, the phenomenon is how quickly a child can create two adults." -- VYBE Her: Hit Me Him: Do you want me to use the knife? Her: No, When you hit with a knife, that's STABBING!
Contributing Member rdb Posted December 24, 2007 Author Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 not that i know. It ain't installed on mine, wolvenstein. sounds like you are overcomplicating. I just downloaded the file, put it where they told me, and it worked. yep citizen..I used to do it in PS too, and gimp has a built in drawing plugin, but the ink one looks better, so far. I stopped using PS, along with a lot of other programs, when they decided to charge outrageous amounts of money. IPros might be forced to use it, but us goobers can do most everything we need to with open source. That makes for a lot more Sam Adams for me!! Quote Web page Facebook
Contributing Member Jordan Posted December 24, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted December 24, 2007 Do you happen to know if it will work with the latest itteration (sp) of Ubuntu Linux? ver.7.10 I believe. Used costly redmond behmouth microcrap for years, then found Ubuntu about a year ago and have'nt looked back Quote
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