A Freeware Alternative To Make Usable Images

Glassy buttons? Shadows? Icon's with a faded edge effect? Check this out.

Published on May 8, 2006 By TheGuyPC In Community

After working with Microsoft, Paint.Net has served up some major "upgrade's" to your built in "Paint" program.
(Don't bother to Google "Paint.Net" You'll get a site that will sell you paint for your walls.) "Glassy" effects? You're covered! "Brushed Metal"? Yep! Layer support? Oooooh, yeah! AND, MUCH MORE!
You are going to like what you see!

Check out the forums. There are some really good tutorials there.

Finally! A freeware way to create DesktopX images! Really. Check it out.

Oh, do you use Stardock's Icon Developer? Paint.Net works seamlessly with this program! It add's features that were previously available only with expensive "paid" graphics programs.

Comments (Page 3)

TheGuyPC

on May 10, 2006

Between all these free programs you can make something halfway decent without spending $300.

Well........we'll see

Just for reference, I did download and install the Gimpshop. It works, but it keeps wanting me to insert a disk. (Which of course I don't have). I've only run in once so, maybe this was just an original start-up problem.

I haven't looked yet, but I'm hoping there are some good plug-in's for Gimp. That is kind of a shortfall (I think) with Paint.Net. There are a few for it, but not many. I'm guessing Gimp has been around longer since Gimpshop is a re-work.

I'm going to get busy. I'm excited to try all of this out! Then, on to scripting

Bichur

on May 10, 2006

Thanks Fairyy~

Thank you too, Jebro...unfortunately it was the English link there that kept timing out on me.

Fairyy~

on May 11, 2006

[Bichur]
Thanks Fairyy~

Thank you too, Jebro...unfortunately it was the English link there that kept timing out on me.

You all set ? Cos I can send you the install...surprizingly - its under 2 mbs ...small for what it does.

Bichur

on May 11, 2006

You all set ?

Yepper, snagged it last night.

TheGuyPC

on May 11, 2006

I found out that the Gimp WILL do 3D looking text! I has a bunch of nice options if you go under Logo's and look around.

The Gimpshop kept crashing on my computer though. I uninstalled it and, installed the regular Gimp. I have a 64 bit processor with 32bit WinXP, so maybe that's a problem. I don't know. Works good now though!

TheGuyPC

on May 11, 2006

I'll try this yet again

I did these in about 2-3 minutes using Script Fu.

ZubaZ

on May 11, 2006

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Wincustomize/Stardock forums don't always like under_scores. Use tinyurl ( http://www.tinyurl.com/ ) to re-encode stuff with underscores.

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TheGuyPC

on May 11, 2006

Wincustomize/Stardock forums don't always like under_scores. Use tinyurl ( Link ) to re-encode stuff with underscores.

Thanks Sir Zubaz, I goofed up when I entered it

I think I have it fixed now though

BlueDev

on May 11, 2006

Nice text TheGuyPC! I tell you, The GIMP is a great piece of freeware!

Fairyy~

on May 11, 2006

Awesome looking text effects PC .....I played with GIMP this AM...Im not that familar with it yet..I keep losing " things " I havent even gotten to the text effects yet...I was playing with gradiants .....all in good time...

TheGuyPC

on May 11, 2006

Those are pretty much default settings.

Go to Xtns Script Fu> Logo> Then pick your poison! Pretty cool. I wish I would have known about this a long time ago.

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