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# Greetings B3tans!
I come in peace!

OK, I've only posted a few times, so I'm still a newbie, and hence I have come for Photo/potato Shop/chop hints/mints.. ahem... Basically, I'd appreciate some helpful tips and tricks that make a B3tan's life easier and more full of hummus...

(By the way, if any of those memes was a faux pas, please let me know!)
(underworlddreams, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:05, archived)
# Buy more crisps.


/unhelpfulness
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:07, archived)
# But what if he wins another fiver?
.
(I helped save b3ta! kaydup, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:45, archived)
# click on everything in sight
see what you can make the program do.
Honest, that's what I did.

[edit] Although you probably aspire a bit higher than my levels of kitten-obessed hummus.
[edit again] And the Chief is right - layers are good and must be preserved.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:09, archived)
# "Play with it lots, see what comes out"
That sounds very rude. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Craymen, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:11, archived)
# ...it does, doesn't it.
I can't say I know what you're on about, mind. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:13, archived)
# Tsk.
You changed it, that's not fair.
(I helped save b3ta! Craymen, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:15, archived)
# That sounds like good advice
if slightly Frankie Howerdish
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:13, archived)
# Photoshop a kitten.
That will get you in with the in-crowd.

And be sure not to start a thread with a repost, or you will be thrown to the bears :)

Ed: Oh. But I can't help you with photoswap, soz.
(Amerella, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:10, archived)
# in-crowd?
on b3ta.com? Surely not. This ain't popbitch you know.
(I helped save b3ta! adverse_camber, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:19, archived)
# Well the in-crowd
consists of everyone. Because everyone loves a kitten.
(Amerella, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:23, archived)
# except Hugo
*
(I helped save b3ta! Staticgirl, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:39, archived)
# apparently
so.
What a freak ;)
(Amerella, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:46, archived)
# no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens
no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens no kittens
arrragh!
*coat*
(I helped save b3ta! Hugo Rune, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:34, archived)
# what he said!
(I helped save b3ta! aaarrgghh...wasps! !spsaw...hhggrraaa, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:44, archived)
# oh hugo...
why?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:49, archived)
# It's all about
layers.

Remember that and you can't go far wrong.

[edit] and filters. I had a lot of fun with filters when I first discovered Photoshop but now I find I don't use them much. Funny that. Apart from the unclear bomb of course.
(I helped save b3ta! adverse_camber, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:10, archived)
# Like an onion.
Onions have layers, so does Potatoshop.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:15, archived)
# but
not ev'rybody like onions.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:29, archived)
# I'll tell you what ev'rybody likes.
Parfait.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:34, archived)
# Parfitt?
(I helped save b3ta! adverse_camber, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:37, archived)
# A ho ho.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:38, archived)
# You never hear anyone saying
"Hell, no, I don't like no Parfait."
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:38, archived)
# i had
never heard of parfait until this moment, and even went so far as to look it up at dictionary.com. it sounds nice. why have i never had it? *sob*
(I helped save b3ta! stouffer, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:42, archived)
# Have you a tissue or something...
and I cant remember the rest of the line.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:50, archived)
# Parfait sucks
But then again I like Angel Delight so what do I know...
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 11:05, archived)
# now if photoshop was like parfait.....
....everybody loves parfait
(pingu, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:38, archived)
# Another (brief) question then...
If you were trying to extricate, say, a kitty from a photo, how would you go about it? And without hurting the poor (evil) kitty...
(underworlddreams, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:19, archived)
# What I do is crop the picture as close as possible
then I draw around the kitten with the lasso tool or I sometimes use the pen tool.
Then invert the selection and delete, clean up the remaing image and thats it.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:21, archived)
# Trace round him
with the polygonal or magnetic lassooooooo till it goes all wiggly (ants) and then cut and paste elsewhere
(I helped save b3ta! adverse_camber, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:21, archived)
# And adding a bit
of feather after you have traced round him never hurts (too much)... And it means your cut out will blend in a bit better :-)
(I helped save b3ta! bloid ....dloibbloiddloibbloid...., Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:26, archived)
# i tend
to make it a new layer and then delete everything using the selection tool and the eraser
(I helped save b3ta! aubergene, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:27, archived)
# Create a layer mask
around the outlines of the kitten, then feather the edges until the background disappears. This method has the advantage that it's non-destructive, so you can always restore the kitten if you cut off too much.
(Indole Ring, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:27, archived)
# And I use the image extract tool a lot
I find it easier to use than the lasso tool
(I helped save b3ta! Staticgirl, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:56, archived)
# Am I the only one
That uses the "Extract-> inteligent edge thingy"?
(I helped save b3ta! kaydup, Wed 11 Sep 2002, 10:57, archived)