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Post by fairy_tale_girl64 on Mar 25, 2005 12:50:43 GMT -8
can anyone explain to me in more percise directions how to paint on the computer. i have paint in my windows programs and i have saved the picture to a file. but i can't figure out how to open paint where the picture saved. or how to get the picture if i open up paint lol. any help is appreciated. thanks
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Post by dlfreak on Mar 25, 2005 14:53:26 GMT -8
More precise than the instructions on the theme week page? I thought I was pretty thorough...
To color it on the computer....
1. Save the file and open it with the program PAINT.
2. Press ctrl A on your keyboard. (This selects the entire image)
3. Press ctrl C on your keyboard. (This copies the entire image)
4. Close down the file. You don't have to save.
5. Open the PAINT program. (Not the file, open the program)
6. Press ctrl V (This pastes the image)
7. Save the image as YourUsername.bmp and then you can submit the picture that way once you've colored it! Once it's colored be sure to save it as YourUsername.gif
8. Don't worry about ghosties (the little white spots near the black outlines when you color in a section) They will not be noticeable after the images are resized and comprssed.
To color it with in reality just print it out and scan it or take a digital picture and sent that.
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Post by TNgirl924 on Mar 25, 2005 16:50:04 GMT -8
Thanks for the directions dl. I've been working on coloring my picture this afternoon. I've never colored using Paint before...its pretty fun!  |
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Post by fairy_tale_girl64 on Mar 25, 2005 17:13:39 GMT -8
but i don't know how to open it with paint...that is the problem. how can i save it to paint? i clicked on the picture and saved the pic. but i can't find get the picture to come out in the paint place to color it. lol its ok i just won't even try it anymore lol...i just am not to swift when it comes to things with computers. i can save, i can paint but i can't figure out how to put something into the paint program. or pull it out of the file i saved the pic in and apply it to the paint program. that really was the question how to do either or...i can do the things seperately but finding out who to get the two in the same location is my problem...
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Post by TNgirl924 on Mar 25, 2005 17:43:08 GMT -8
but i don't know how to open it with paint...that is the problem. how can i save it to paint? i clicked on the picture and saved the pic. but i can't find get the picture to come out in the paint place to color it. lol its ok i just won't even try it anymore lol...i just am not to swift when it comes to things with computers. i can save, i can paint but i can't figure out how to put something into the paint program. or pull it out of the file i saved the pic in and apply it to the paint program. that really was the question how to do either or...i can do the things seperately but finding out who to get the two in the same location is my problem... Hmm, well how I did it was I saved the picture, then opened Paint, went under File and opened the picture, and did steps 2 & 3 that dl mentioned. Then I closed Paint. Then I reopened it Paint, went under File and founcd my picture and opened it. I'm not sure if that was the easiest way to do it, but it worked. |
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Post by fairy_tale_girl64 on Mar 27, 2005 10:29:51 GMT -8
thank you soooo much tngirl i was able to figure it out that way! it is taken me forever to color but after i do i hope i can save it and send it or i am gonna be sooo upset lol cause i have worked on this all last night and it is gonna take me all of today no doubt lol! thanks again.
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Post by TNgirl924 on Mar 27, 2005 13:40:37 GMT -8
Yay, I'm glad it worked for you! I'm still working on mine too. |
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Post by lindseycron0 on Mar 27, 2005 19:12:41 GMT -8
i hate paint with a passion, that's why i submitted a story instead.... i'll leave the painting and drawing to people that are good at it.... lol
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Post by BunnyRabt on Mar 28, 2005 10:46:25 GMT -8
I don't like paint either. I use Adobe or Adobe ImageReady to color. It takes forever. But I didn't want to use the markers that I have and do it by hand because I don't have enough pastels.
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Post by TNgirl924 on Mar 28, 2005 15:03:25 GMT -8
I don't like paint either. I use Adobe or Adobe ImageReady to color. It takes forever. But I didn't want to use the markers that I have and do it by hand because I don't have enough pastels. I've never used Adobe before to color...do you find it easier then Paint? This is the first time I've attempted this, so I don't really have anything to compare it to. |
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Post by dlfreak on Mar 28, 2005 16:47:47 GMT -8
Paint uses color fill, I believe adobe uses a spray tool.
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Post by fairy_tale_girl64 on Mar 28, 2005 19:35:05 GMT -8
not sure if i am talking about the right thing or not but paint has a spray can so i think you can do color fill and spray with it. i kind of liked doing that but it did take a longgggggg time but that is because there were so many things to color..but i liked it and i am gonna do it more often so next time i can do better.
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Post by klm15851 on Mar 30, 2005 16:09:19 GMT -8
Thanks for posting the instructions. When I opened the picture in paint, I couldn't see or color the whole picture. Then when I tried to save what I colored as a .gif file some of my colors turned strange. What did I do wrong?  |
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Post by dlfreak on Mar 30, 2005 16:21:30 GMT -8
Thats the problem. The file is in gif format and as such the colors are altered. For the colors to work you need to color the image as a bitmap file (hence having to paste the picture in PAINT)
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Post by BunnyRabt on Mar 30, 2005 17:52:19 GMT -8
I like to use Adobe because it has so many different options. It has a paint bucket fill, an airbrush with different sizes, different sizes of paint brushes,pencils, and other tools that paint doesn't have. I just didn't have a whole lot of time to color, but you can do a lot more with Adobe Photoshop or Adobe ImageReady than you can with paint. I'm still learning how to use it though, because it is such a detailed program.
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Post by fairy_tale_girl64 on Jun 26, 2005 8:04:54 GMT -8
i have a question....does anyone know why my colors are not colored in my paint program...if i try blue it is kind of gray...colors not showing up...almost like its in black and white settings..can anyone help me?
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Post by steryo on Jun 26, 2005 8:13:17 GMT -8
you might have it set on black and white, shades sort of...?
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Post by lindseycron0 on Jun 26, 2005 12:51:58 GMT -8
you need to do the control + a to select the whole picture, then control + c to copy it, then close the program completely down without saving it, reopen paint and then hit control + v to paste the pic there and the colors should be right and with all the problems i'm having with this pic, i totally commend anyone at all that's trying to color it, i'm done with the petoot and almost done with the clouds and the sky and ocean, but it's taking FOREVER!!! |
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Post by fairy_tale_girl64 on Jun 26, 2005 12:54:22 GMT -8
i have the picture in place..the colors just aren't showing up...not sure i have a black and white mode to coloring but i will check...i click on blue and get some odd shade of like greyish purple..not pretty at ALLLLLL
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Post by lindseycron0 on Jun 26, 2005 12:57:04 GMT -8
that happened to me on the theme week in february, that's why you have to do that, it resets the colors
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