Sauke1616's Tutorial for Character Creations ~ FOR GIMPERS!


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  Posted on April 29, 2009 11:57
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Firstly, I want to say that this guide is only for the free program GIMP which you can download here.
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Rules:
~ No ripping,
~ All Naruto-Boards rules apply ( No double/triple etc. posts, no flaming, cussing.. )
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Well, then. Welcome to my Character Creation tutorial! I will show you in steps how a good custom character can be made.
If you have troubles with my tutorial I suggest to use MastaCookies video for character making in GIMP. Click
here.

Let's start!! OH! And post your results after you finished!!
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Step 1
» Open up Gimp, then open the template ( File > Open.. ). If you don't have one use this: Click.

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Step 2
» Now open all the pictures you gathered to make your character. This is very important if you want high quality pictures so pay attention.

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» After you opened the pictures, pick the face picture and cut it out (Edit>Cut). Then close the original (now blank) face picture window. You don't need to save either.

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» Now make a new document 75×75 and paste in the picture.

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» And now it's time to resize it. That is my technique. I always reduce the width for 40 px...The picture won't get blurry as If you already resize it to 75×75 at the start.
Example: The Naruto picture Iam using is x=640 y=480. I set x= 600 and the y automaticly get's changed too. I continue this further to get a nice picture that goes well into the 75×75 space.


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» In this picture below, the picture is how it should be, but it faces the wrong side. Use the button I circled and go from left to right so the face will look on the right side. Then just move it IF you wish.

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» This is how it looks after the change of view

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» To make it look a little bit better I play with the contrast. You get to this window by going to Colors > Brightness-Contrast

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» Now, check how it looks with the contrast and how it looks without the contrast:
Contrast:
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Without:
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» Do you see the difference? Quite nice huh? Now do the same steps to the remaining four pictures.

Step 3
» Well, those are your pictures for now ^_^

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» We will now put the pictures into the template. Yay! Cut the picture out ( As before when you were doing the pictures ) and go to the template window and paste it in ( as before too ). Now move it into the blank space for skills.

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Step 4
» Now that we got the pictures it's time to add text. For the Character's Name use Trebuchet MS Bold size 14 and the color should be dark blue. For the skill descriptions the same font, size but the color should be Orange. For the descriptions I use Trebuchet MS size 11 color black. If you want to add classes you better use the size 10, and dark grey color. I won't add the classes since it's more work. But you should do it because the character looks much more professional then. Let's add this now! O:<

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» Now, how to add Chakra..Firstly zoom in to the chakra squares.

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» After that use the rectangle button and choose the whole chakra Square.

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» Now cut it out as the steps before and paste in again. Use the circled button to move it around and click where you want to place the chakra square. Still zoomed in, go to the place where the chakra's are requiered and paste them in. Now move them to the correct place.

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» Follow the previous steps to fill your character as you wish. To add classes choose a dark grey color ( not very dark ), Trebuchet MS size 10 and write it to the classes. IF you don't want classes you can delete the classes writings. But before make a new white layer and move it under the original template layer so you won't make it transparent xD

» This is how it should look now.

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» Well, that was easy huh? Try it with different characters! If you have any question ask them on this Thread. I'll definitely answer back!
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»Shrbeyblader's Size Restriction
Iam going to tell you, how you can freely change the size of pictures/templates...
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Click where i circled. When done, this does not restrict the size anymore.
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1. Sauke! Where do you get your pics from??? ~ shrbeyblader
» Well, I sometimes go to the naruto-fan page, Leafninja to get pics and skill descriptions or overall character bios...And
sometimes I go to naruto-central to download the episodes. As you know, downloaded episodes give the best quality,
so the naruto-central way is much nicer.

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LeafNinja - For pwnzor pictures
Google - For the face picture =P
Yudai - The original template was his, but I cleaned it:noworry
  Posted on April 29, 2009 11:59
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Yh, pwnsome tut, maybe I will use it

First post FTW xD:noworry
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  Posted on April 29, 2009 11:59
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thank you, i just knew how to use gimp, by u

edit : two months after i posted this and i just realized it was the second post :nuts :nuts :nuts

edit 2 : heres the result of sauke's awesome-ness :nuts :nuts
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  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:01
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Omg awesome Tutorial
Bookmarked
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Bachelor in Science, here I come.
  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:02
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nice one sauke i know this will help a lot of ppl who use GIMP though i dont use it i learnt about then contrast xD:amused
  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:03
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Thanksyou:cheesy :cheesy :cheesy
  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:03
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shrbeyblader wrote:
nice one sauke i know this will help a lot of ppl who use GIMP though i dont use it i learnt about then contrast xD:amused
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  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:03
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Thank you guys! I tried my best for you!
  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:06
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well there is already a topic like this: i saw it be4....
but yea nice guide - it'll help the noobs:push

1st page btw...
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  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:07
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nice one bookmarking it won't hurt me though I use Photoshop
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  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:08
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Sticked, we all want it
I personally use GIMP
Thank you so much. :amused
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  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:08
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BYW now i learnt how you get those HQ pics xD:amused :amused
  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:09
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igi33 wrote:
well there is already a topic like this: i saw it be4....
but yea nice guide - it'll help the noobs:push

1st page btw...
We have a video for GIMP but not a guide here.

@Shrbey: Ya, I wanted to share my knowledge =P
  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:12
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  Posted on April 29, 2009 12:13
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hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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