Daughters of Gaia --- THANKSGIVING CONTEST GOING ON NOW!!!

Visitors-­September 2010

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[Bishiekisser]

Jesalyn1984

Hello all!

I'm just here to show off something I did today because I'm going on a bit of an internet diet....

what I did today

See you all later!

djghdsbagdsb cute! surprised

[DirtyDishes]

D I R T Y ❤ D I S H E S

Got a new post style C:
Just wanted to show it off <3

[Kitten 4 Him]

ClearWillow

Kitten 4 Him

Guess what I just found out about ClearWillow? ^_^

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ninja Er, what did you find out about ClearWillow? sweatdrop I get the feeling I'm missing something, but what's new? LOL

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BAM!



CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[ClearWillow]

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Ooooh! I remember that! xd Thank you! whee
Bad thing is I spent most of my winter break either cleaning around the house or working on my Zazzle store, so I haven't gotten around to going back over the story.

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[Bishiekisser]

DD, You have a new look to complement your post style as well.

And wow, congrats on that Willow! Do you know how many words you wrote in the end?

[Kendra Augustine]

ClearWillow

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Ooooh! I remember that! xd Thank you! whee
Bad thing is I spent most of my winter break either cleaning around the house or working on my Zazzle store, so I haven't gotten around to going back over the story.

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Congratulations on your award! ...er, pardon my ignorance, but how does one "win" NaNoWriMo? Are there categories? A test of speed? ^^;

And, DD... DJFOWEFDSGG SO CUTE OF A POSTING STYLE. @w@

[Amara Tempest_Noir]

Hi all! I was tinkering around on my new laptop when I came across the Adobe Suite & apparently it has Photoshop Elements 9.? and Adobe Premiere Elements. What is the point of Premiere Elements as in, is it practical, or can something else take it's place? -and on Photoshop usually I just dive in feet first into something to learn it but the sheer depth of Photoshop 9 makes me want to do it justice. All the photography terminology is new for me too. Anyone have any pointers or a link to at least a bare-bones guide/tutorial?

[ClearWillow]

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@ Jessa: "Winning" at Nanowrimo is hitting 50,000 words, the approximate length of a novel. Through the month you can update your word count as you go, and by the 30th you submit your story for verification. They say it's easier for a person to aim to get their story within 50k, but mine has gaps from where I've skipped around, so it will be longer.

@ Bishie: After verifying to make it official, I hit 50,229 words. smile Not bad for the month before finals. lol

@ Amara: I've got a couple of the older Abobe discs in my room, but I've never gotten around to playing with them, so I know diddly about Photoshop. Have you tried the Art/Writing forum? Someone there might have a tutorial or know of one. Deviantart would be a good place if you were looking for a walkthrough on a particular effect, but there's always the chance there's something there too.

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[Amlin]

Wow that's amazing, congratulations!

[ancantsia]

@ Willow - OMG Congrazzles hun! Also If your totally not busy can I be completly shameless and ask if you can do avatar art for me since I can literally find no one else who is willing *sobs*

Why gaia artists?!?! WHY Wont you draw furries! We need love too! crying

~Stupidity killed the cat. Curiosity was framed~

[Amara Tempest_Noir]

ClearWillow

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@ Amara: I've got a couple of the older Abobe discs in my room, but I've never gotten around to playing with them, so I know diddly about Photoshop. Have you tried the Art/Writing forum? Someone there might have a tutorial or know of one. Deviantart would be a good place if you were looking for a walkthrough on a particular effect, but there's always the chance there's something there too.

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Thank you Clear! Congtraz on the win! What fandom (if any) was your entry? Can we readz it? ninja

[Ned-san]

Amara Tempest_Noir

Hi all! I was tinkering around on my new laptop when I came across the Adobe Suite & apparently it has Photoshop Elements 9.? and Adobe Premiere Elements. What is the point of Premiere Elements as in, is it practical, or can something else take it's place? -and on Photoshop usually I just dive in feet first into something to learn it but the sheer depth of Photoshop 9 makes me want to do it justice. All the photography terminology is new for me too. Anyone have any pointers or a link to at least a bare-bones guide/tutorial?

Photoshop is a Raster/Bitmap, still-frame editing program (ie, Photo editor).
Premiere is a Raster/Bitmap, non-linear editing program (ie, Video editor).

Elements is a dumbed down version of any of the above.

Illustrator is a Vector, still-frame editing program (ie, Illustration program).
After Effects is a Raster and Vector, non-linear editor which handles keying and keyframes (ie, Motion Graphics editor).
InDesign is Vector, multi-page editor (ie, Page Layout program).
Audition is a non-linear Waveform editor (ie Audio/Sound editor).

So as you can see, all the editors in the Adobe Creative Suite are a combination of two main categories:
1) Raster, Vector, or Waveform
2) Still-Frame, Non-Linear, or Multi-Page


I can't direct you to any guides which won't cost you money. However, you can bounce any questions you have off me. Quoted in this thread, by comment, by PM, whatever you're comfortable with. I'm a former Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Applications Instructor, though I have now retired from Visual Communications and now work as a professional Photographer.

If you're going to learn the program, just learn the main programs (ie, Photoshop or Premiere), and the Elements version should be the same except that you might learn some extras that the Elements version doesn't have. Although some people buy the Elements versions because they're cheaper or they think they're simpler to use, that's not the real intention of it. Elements was made to allow the Abobe software to be shipped cheaply with OEM hardware (ie, a camera can ship with Photoshop Elements and a video camera with Premiere Elements) without causing too much danger to the purchase value of the "unlimited" regular versions.

[ClearWillow]

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@ Willow - OMG Congrazzles hun! Also If your totally not busy can I be completly shameless and ask if you can do avatar art for me since I can literally find no one else who is willing *sobs*

Why gaia artists?!?! WHY Wont you draw furries! We need love too! crying

~Stupidity killed the cat. Curiosity was framed~

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Thanks! I've only got one person I'm doing commission work for right now, and while I wait for her to get back to me on the sketches and my instructors to get the next week's assignments up, I don't have a full plate just yet. smile It might take a little longer than I used to, but I'd gladly take it on, Ancantsia!

@ Amara: Thanks! It was a fanfic, and it's gonna sound silly, but it was an Avengers/Harry Potter crossover. redface I do plan to put it online, but I want to make sure I get all the errors and things fixed. I fear if I don't have it done when I start uploading it I might never finish it.

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[ancantsia]

@ Willow - Oh my gosh I love you so much! heart I haven't had any art in ages since it seems gaia artists are non-furry drawers crying

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[Amara Tempest_Noir]

Ned-san

Amara Tempest_Noir

Hi all! I was tinkering around on my new laptop when I came across the Adobe Suite & apparently it has Photoshop Elements 9.? and Adobe Premiere Elements. What is the point of Premiere Elements as in, is it practical, or can something else take it's place? -and on Photoshop usually I just dive in feet first into something to learn it but the sheer depth of Photoshop 9 makes me want to do it justice. All the photography terminology is new for me too. Anyone have any pointers or a link to at least a bare-bones guide/tutorial?

Photoshop is a Raster/Bitmap, still-frame editing program (ie, Photo editor).
Premiere is a Raster/Bitmap, non-linear editing program (ie, Video editor).

Elements is a dumbed down version of any of the above.

Illustrator is a Vector, still-frame editing program (ie, Illustration program).
After Effects is a Raster and Vector, non-linear editor which handles keying and keyframes (ie, Motion Graphics editor).
InDesign is Vector, multi-page editor (ie, Page Layout program).
Audition is a non-linear Waveform editor (ie Audio/Sound editor).

So as you can see, all the editors in the Adobe Creative Suite are a combination of two main categories:
1) Raster, Vector, or Waveform
2) Still-Frame, Non-Linear, or Multi-Page

*blinks* Wow! Ned you are a boss. I seriously wanna cyber-high five you. emotion_dowant So far I'm wondering about brushes and playing with layers atm. Thank you so much for the breakdown! emotion_kirakira