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Published: 2011-07-06 22:56:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 4010; Favourites: 131; Downloads: 62
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A request by the lovely ~glomdi . If there is anything I've forgotten, or if you have comments, queries, or concerns, please leave me a comment.
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Thank you so much for posting this, it is very easy to understand and it has really helped me make a stamp template! Now I can create my own stamps!
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Thank you so much for your feedback!
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You're welcome!
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hi-- sorry for bothering you but what program is best to create stamps?
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Honestly, I do not know. It's whichever one works best for you. You can use photoshop, gimp, fireworks... just don't use MS paint unless you've found some magical way to get transparency on your edges.
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yeah, definitely not ms paint! thank you for your response though.
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No problem.
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No problem.
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I'm going to be THIS stupid person xD how does it get filled all white after the border is done? I'm stuck on step 3 xD
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You can fill it pixel by pixel, though I usually select the inside of the border, and use a hard line brush.
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oh okay ^^
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*select using the magic wand, so that you only draw inside the border, not on top of it.
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alright thanks for the help ^^ great tutorial btw. and is the "border" the selected part?
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The border is the part you've hand-drawn, the dark line.
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that's what I thought. Thanks for the help ^^
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No problem. Is it working out for you?
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it worked great!
Β example. I'm commissioning them for 50 
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No, I'm not terribly interested.
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alright then, no problem. Thanks anyway ^^
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[link] One of my friends uses GIMP, and this is how she does pixels.
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No problem.
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I hate to be the n00b, but i don't know how to make step 2 work.
I don't get how to make the border. help?
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Well, what kind of border do you want to make? What do you want the pattern to look like? What sort of shape? You have to choose a pattern that repeats in a way to allow it to link up at the corners properly.
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I'm using GIMP. I have brushes and stuff but that's not the same. Do I make borders with the brushes or....? I did make one though , I know its not as it should be. A curved pattern would be nice. I just don't know how to make them or where to get them?
Thanks
Purp1
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You can make them with brushes, I suppose. But, it's not very clean. It's better to do them pixel by pixel, since the image is so small.
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Here's what I made. What do you think? Any tips to make it better?
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Hmmm, I myself am a huge fan of symmetry. But it's all up to personal preference. It looks really good. I like the pattern you gave to it, in teh background there. Trippy.
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THANK YOU!!! One thing I really would like to know, though, how do you make the shine effect?
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Which shine effect?
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Nvm, I figured it out. But one thing- I'm having trouble making it all looks the same on all the sides. Does that just come with experience or is there some way to figure that out better?
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Usually, I use math. If I'm using a particular pattern, where the length of the pattern is, say, 5 pixels for a complete cycle, then I mathematically figure out how many iterations I will use, and how I will position them so that I can link up my corners.
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I should have been able to figure that out myself, lol. Thanks for the tip.
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You are welcome. Good luck
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Useful! It's really good that you mentioned saving as something like .PSD and especially mentioning that you should save on different layers, I once found a brilliant stamp template but only ever used it once, because the maker said they had lost their version with all the layers and wasn't about to provide one
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It's so sad when that happens.
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someday i will try it out 
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You are quite welcome.
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