Anypony...GIMP? Still looking for advice!

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

Does anypony use the program GIMP to make sigs and avatars? If so.. lets exchange advice! I'm learning, and if others are learning or have nearly mastered it, we should all give each other helpful tips. I will post anything I've finished in this OP, so everypony can critique my work, to help me make it better.

Edited July 2, 2012 by Octavia's Cello

[Twiliscael 3,960]

Paint.net is faster and easier.

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

Paint.net is faster and easier.

 

I have a Linux, so I can't get Paint.net.

[OlugnaZitro 24]

This video help me a lot Edited July 2, 2012 by OlugnaZitro

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

OMG THANK YOU!!!!!

 

I've been going off the tutorials, and they keep saying stuff about opening the image opener or something and I am all like "How the hell am I supposed to open that IF YOU NEVER TOLD ME HOW TO GET TO IT!!!!"

 

Also, sorry for excessive caps.

[Jokuc 8,174]

Just make a new file with 150x150px for avatars and 600x100px for signatures. Make a few layers and put your images and text in. It's just like any other program.

[SPLinux 380]

You should check out the official gimp tutorials.

 

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

 

btw, If your looking for Paint.net for Linux there is a project called pinta, which is similar to Paint.net.

 

http://pinta-project.com/

Edited July 2, 2012 by superponylinux

[Octavia's Cellozoid 1,488]

OK, I've got the hang of it now. Thanks for the video, OlugnaZitro. That helped me a lot!