Another James Skelly wallpaper

[dimity_blue]

If anyone's interested in seeing it, it's under the cut.




It was the first time I'd merging two pictures together, and it didn't work at all, so I ended up cutting the smaller image out in order to add it to the other. Well, it worked in the end, and Christine was really pleased with it. :oD

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

That looks really good! No wonder Christine was happy with it! :)

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Leesa! It was my first try merging two pics together like that, so I'm really pleased with how it turned out. :oD

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous colouring - it works really well. I forgot to comment on your other wallpapers earlier too *headdesk* They were all lovely - I never think of taking lots of images and fitting them together, and it works so well (when other people do it! *g*)

What program are you using for graphics btw? I'm dithering about downloading/learning Gimp and trying to find anyone who's mastered it.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Snail. I'm glad you like them all. I do like the photo montages, as it gives me so much to look at.

As for the programme, I'm embarrassed to admit this...but it's MS Paint. I have another programme, PhotoImpression, that I got free with my scanner donkey's years ago, and I use that for different things, but this wallpaper and the photo ones were all done in Paint.

I tried Gimp but can't get the hang of it at all!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Goodness, I'm even more impressed - I'm utterly hopeless with MS Paint. The only thing I ever use it for is screen caps... even cropping with it is beyond me!

Hmmmm, I'll maybe give Gimp a miss then. Sounds like I'd be doomed from the start *g*

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

I use Printkey for cropping and resizing. I've found that's less likely to distort the image or turn it pixelly. If that's a word. :oD

I know people don't like MS Paint, but I find it really easy to use...and it's free! Printkey's free too, if you don't have it.

One of the problems, I find, with a lot of photoshopping programmes is that they're so darned complicated. It drives me bonkers when you have to click five buttons just to copy and paste something.

[stargatesg1971.livejournal.com]

This is another great piece! And your cutting out is wonderful. I always struggle with that myself. Nice atmospherics and colour tones. Thanks for sharing.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Beth; I'm really glad you like it! I struggled with the cutting out, but it worked out in the end. I'm hoping I'll get a bit faster at it!