11-09-2008, 02:51 PM
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Really really really obviously easy trivia question: GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program.
Credit goes to Zaca for the booster tut. ^_^
reps appreciated. ^_^
Really really really obviously easy trivia question: GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program.
Boosters (Click to View)
Step 1: Save This. ![[Image: 2i9dp1.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/2i9dp1.png)
Step 2: Save These.
![[Image: 2h591ll.gif]](http://i33.tinypic.com/2h591ll.gif)
![[Image: f9i0ec.jpg]](http://i37.tinypic.com/f9i0ec.jpg)
Step 3: And Save These.![[Image: 2wcpcw3.png]](http://i34.tinypic.com/2wcpcw3.png)
![[Image: 2epujnp.jpg]](http://i37.tinypic.com/2epujnp.jpg)
Step 4: Open up GIMP.
Step 5: Open the border that you saved in step 1.
Step 5: Copy and paste the pic you want to use onto the border.
Step 6: Go to Tools>Transform Tools>Scale or press Shift+T
Step 7: Set Width to 199 and Height to 316 and click ok.
Step 8: Go to Tools>Transforming Tools>Move or press M.
Step 9: Move the pic so it's between the top and bottom of the border.
Step 10: Go to File>Open As Layers or press Ctrl+Alt+O.
Step 11: Open up one of the Yugioh logos you saved in Step 3.
Step 12: Position it wherever.
Step 13: Go to File>Open As Layers or press Ctrl+Alt+O.
Step 14: Open up up the 2 logos you saved in Step 2.
Step 15: Position them wherever.
Step 16: Click on the big A on the toolbar.
Step 17: Click on the Aa and click on Palatino Linotype Bold.
Step 18: Click on the colour bar and select the colour you want for your text.
Step 19: Set the Size of the text to something around 20 by clicking on the up and down arrows next to the Size bar or type the size you want in the bar.
Step 20: Click on your pack so far in the place where you want your text.
Step 21: A text box should come up, tick the Use Selected Font Box and type in the name of your booster pack.
Step 22: Click the Close on the text box.
Step 23: Go to Tools>Transform Tools>Move or press M.
Step 24: Position the text wherever.
Step 25: Get a new text box up by doing the same as you did for the title text but this time set the Size to 12. You might want to change the color too.
Step 26: Click somewhere on your booster pack so far and type in " # cards per pack".
Step 27: Click on the close on the text box.
Step 28: Yet again go to Tools>Transform Tools>Move or press M.
Step 29: Position your new text to your desires.
Step 30: Go to File>Save As or press Shift+CTRL+S and type in the name of your booster pack, replace jpg with png, and click save.
Step 31: It should say something like it can't handle layers, just click export and save it and your done!
Step 32: Now go to tinypic.com and upload it! Hope this helped!
What it should look like
![[Image: wb4ac4.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/wb4ac4.png)
![[Image: 2i9dp1.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/2i9dp1.png)
Step 2: Save These.
![[Image: 2h591ll.gif]](http://i33.tinypic.com/2h591ll.gif)
![[Image: f9i0ec.jpg]](http://i37.tinypic.com/f9i0ec.jpg)
Step 3: And Save These.
![[Image: 2wcpcw3.png]](http://i34.tinypic.com/2wcpcw3.png)
![[Image: 2epujnp.jpg]](http://i37.tinypic.com/2epujnp.jpg)
Step 4: Open up GIMP.
Step 5: Open the border that you saved in step 1.
Step 5: Copy and paste the pic you want to use onto the border.
Step 6: Go to Tools>Transform Tools>Scale or press Shift+T
Step 7: Set Width to 199 and Height to 316 and click ok.
Step 8: Go to Tools>Transforming Tools>Move or press M.
Step 9: Move the pic so it's between the top and bottom of the border.
Step 10: Go to File>Open As Layers or press Ctrl+Alt+O.
Step 11: Open up one of the Yugioh logos you saved in Step 3.
Step 12: Position it wherever.
Step 13: Go to File>Open As Layers or press Ctrl+Alt+O.
Step 14: Open up up the 2 logos you saved in Step 2.
Step 15: Position them wherever.
Step 16: Click on the big A on the toolbar.
Step 17: Click on the Aa and click on Palatino Linotype Bold.
Step 18: Click on the colour bar and select the colour you want for your text.
Step 19: Set the Size of the text to something around 20 by clicking on the up and down arrows next to the Size bar or type the size you want in the bar.
Step 20: Click on your pack so far in the place where you want your text.
Step 21: A text box should come up, tick the Use Selected Font Box and type in the name of your booster pack.
Step 22: Click the Close on the text box.
Step 23: Go to Tools>Transform Tools>Move or press M.
Step 24: Position the text wherever.
Step 25: Get a new text box up by doing the same as you did for the title text but this time set the Size to 12. You might want to change the color too.
Step 26: Click somewhere on your booster pack so far and type in " # cards per pack".
Step 27: Click on the close on the text box.
Step 28: Yet again go to Tools>Transform Tools>Move or press M.
Step 29: Position your new text to your desires.
Step 30: Go to File>Save As or press Shift+CTRL+S and type in the name of your booster pack, replace jpg with png, and click save.
Step 31: It should say something like it can't handle layers, just click export and save it and your done!
Step 32: Now go to tinypic.com and upload it! Hope this helped!
What it should look like
![[Image: wb4ac4.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/wb4ac4.png)
Holos (Click to View)
Step 1: Save These.
![[Image: k9xocl.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/k9xocl.png)
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Open up the card you want to holo or the card pic.
Step 4: Go to File>Open As Layers or press Ctrl+Alt+O and get the holo sheet.
Step 5: Go to Tools>Transform Tools>Scale or press Shift+T
Step 6: Holo the whole pic or the whole card pic.
Step 7: Go to Ctrl+L.
Step 8: Press the bar that says "Normal" and click dodge.
Step 9: Save your holoed card pic or your holoed pic at Save As.
Step 10: Replace jpg with png and your done!
Step 11: go to tinypic.com and upload it! Hope this helped!
What it should look like:
![[Image: 2h7319x.jpg]](http://i33.tinypic.com/2h7319x.jpg)
![[Image: k9xocl.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/k9xocl.png)
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Open up the card you want to holo or the card pic.
Step 4: Go to File>Open As Layers or press Ctrl+Alt+O and get the holo sheet.
Step 5: Go to Tools>Transform Tools>Scale or press Shift+T
Step 6: Holo the whole pic or the whole card pic.
Step 7: Go to Ctrl+L.
Step 8: Press the bar that says "Normal" and click dodge.
Step 9: Save your holoed card pic or your holoed pic at Save As.
Step 10: Replace jpg with png and your done!
Step 11: go to tinypic.com and upload it! Hope this helped!
What it should look like:
![[Image: 2h7319x.jpg]](http://i33.tinypic.com/2h7319x.jpg)
Advanced Holos (Click to View)
Step 1: Save these.
![[Image: k9xocl.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/k9xocl.png)
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Go to File>Open and open your card.
Step 4: Go to File>Open As and open a holo sheet.
Step 5: Adjust the size of the holo sheet to whatever you want.
Step 6: Press Ctrl + L, see the eye beside the holo sheet in the box? Click it.
Step 7: Now, press the Paths Tool.
Step 8: Right click, press view, then press Zoom (100%), and then press Zoom (400%) or Zoom (800%).
Step 9: Remember clicking the Paths Tool? Well now trace around the character in the pic (if there are parts like a hole in the character or something like that,make paths in there too).
Step 10: Once the character is fully traced around, press View, then Zoom (400%), and then Zoom (100%).
Step 11: Now press Ctrl + L and click the big eye in the box beside the holo sheet.
Step 12: Don't worry, it's supposed to be like that. Now, press Edit>Cut and it shows your character!!!
Step 13: Remember the box? Look at the top and click on Normal, then press Dodge and you have an advanced holo!
Step 14: Go to File>Save As and save it, remember, replace jpg with png.
Step 15: Upload the card from tinypic.com and you're done! Hope this helped!
what it should look like
![[Image: 20kenbb.jpg]](http://i35.tinypic.com/20kenbb.jpg)
![[Image: k9xocl.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/k9xocl.png)
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Go to File>Open and open your card.
Step 4: Go to File>Open As and open a holo sheet.
Step 5: Adjust the size of the holo sheet to whatever you want.
Step 6: Press Ctrl + L, see the eye beside the holo sheet in the box? Click it.
Step 7: Now, press the Paths Tool.
Step 8: Right click, press view, then press Zoom (100%), and then press Zoom (400%) or Zoom (800%).
Step 9: Remember clicking the Paths Tool? Well now trace around the character in the pic (if there are parts like a hole in the character or something like that,make paths in there too).
Step 10: Once the character is fully traced around, press View, then Zoom (400%), and then Zoom (100%).
Step 11: Now press Ctrl + L and click the big eye in the box beside the holo sheet.
Step 12: Don't worry, it's supposed to be like that. Now, press Edit>Cut and it shows your character!!!
Step 13: Remember the box? Look at the top and click on Normal, then press Dodge and you have an advanced holo!
Step 14: Go to File>Save As and save it, remember, replace jpg with png.
Step 15: Upload the card from tinypic.com and you're done! Hope this helped!
what it should look like
![[Image: 20kenbb.jpg]](http://i35.tinypic.com/20kenbb.jpg)
Recolors (Click to View)
Step 1: Open up GIMP.
Step 2: Go to File>Open and open your card.
Step 3: Go to Colors>Colorize and mix the colors and make whatever.
Step 4: Go to File>Save As and name your card and replace jpg with png.
Step 5: Go to tinypic.com and upload the recolored card! Hope this helped!
what it should look like:
![[Image: iee0w7.jpg]](http://i37.tinypic.com/iee0w7.jpg)
Step 2: Go to File>Open and open your card.
Step 3: Go to Colors>Colorize and mix the colors and make whatever.
Step 4: Go to File>Save As and name your card and replace jpg with png.
Step 5: Go to tinypic.com and upload the recolored card! Hope this helped!
what it should look like:
![[Image: iee0w7.jpg]](http://i37.tinypic.com/iee0w7.jpg)
Picture Recolors (Click to View)
Step 1: Open up GIMP.
Step 2: Go to File>Open and open your saved card.
Step 3: Crop the picture of the card.
Step 4: Go to Colors>Colorize and color your picture.
Step 5: Go to File>Save As and save it as jpg. (unusual)
Step 6: Go to your card maker and upload the recolored picture on that same card.
Ste 7: Rub it in everyone's face and your done! Hope this helped!
what it should look like
![[Image: 125287ne2.jpg]](http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3323/125287ne2.jpg)
Step 2: Go to File>Open and open your saved card.
Step 3: Crop the picture of the card.
Step 4: Go to Colors>Colorize and color your picture.
Step 5: Go to File>Save As and save it as jpg. (unusual)
Step 6: Go to your card maker and upload the recolored picture on that same card.
Ste 7: Rub it in everyone's face and your done! Hope this helped!
what it should look like
![[Image: 125287ne2.jpg]](http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3323/125287ne2.jpg)
Inverts (Click to View)
Step 1: Open up GIMP.
Step 2: Go to File>Open and take out your card.
Step 3: Go to Colors>Invert and invert the card.
Step 4: Go to File>Save As and save the card replacing jpg with png.
Step 5: Go to tinypic.com and upload the card! Hope this helped!
What it should look like:
![[Image: 2myrnde.png]](http://i34.tinypic.com/2myrnde.png)
Step 2: Go to File>Open and take out your card.
Step 3: Go to Colors>Invert and invert the card.
Step 4: Go to File>Save As and save the card replacing jpg with png.
Step 5: Go to tinypic.com and upload the card! Hope this helped!
What it should look like:
![[Image: 2myrnde.png]](http://i34.tinypic.com/2myrnde.png)
Gold Stickers (Click to View)
Step 1: Save this. ![[Image: vq387n.jpg]](http://i33.tinypic.com/vq387n.jpg)
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Go to File>Open and click on a card.
Step 4: Go to File>Open As Layers and click on the gold sticker.
Step 5: Position your sticker.
Step 6: Go to File>Save As and name the card with the golden sticker, and replace jpg with png.
Step 7: Go to tinypic.com and upload the card and your finished! Hope this helped!
what it should look like
![[Image: 293v9kh.jpg]](http://i35.tinypic.com/293v9kh.jpg)
![[Image: vq387n.jpg]](http://i33.tinypic.com/vq387n.jpg)
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Go to File>Open and click on a card.
Step 4: Go to File>Open As Layers and click on the gold sticker.
Step 5: Position your sticker.
Step 6: Go to File>Save As and name the card with the golden sticker, and replace jpg with png.
Step 7: Go to tinypic.com and upload the card and your finished! Hope this helped!
what it should look like
![[Image: 293v9kh.jpg]](http://i35.tinypic.com/293v9kh.jpg)
Dark Synchros (Click to View)
Step 1: Save this.
or ![[Image: 22cju8.png]](http://i33.tinypic.com/22cju8.png)
Step 2: Save this.![[Image: vq387n.jpg]](http://i33.tinypic.com/vq387n.jpg)
Step 3: Save this.![[Image: 105uzxs.jpg]](http://i38.tinypic.com/105uzxs.jpg)
Step 4: Open up GIMP.
Step 5: Go to File>Open> and open the card you are making a dark synchro with and the card you saved.
Step 6: Press the Rectangle Select Tool
Step 7: Make a box in the effect box.
Step 8: Go to Colors>Colorize and put the Saturation to 0.
Step 9: Click Ok.
Step 10: Make boxes all over, avoiding the attribute, picture, and effect box borders and desaturate 1 box 1 at a time.
Step 11: Desaturate the edges all around the attribute.
Step 12: Remember the blank card? Click the Crop Tool and Crop where the stars would usually be.
Step 13: Copy the blank star spots.
Step 14: Paste it on your card and press the Move Tool and move it where the stars are.
Step 15: Don't worry, just desaturate that box too.
Step 16: Here is the fun part. Go to File>Open As Layers and open up the stars.
Step 17: Collect as many stars as you want then position them from the left to the right.
Step 18: Make sure the stars are straightly aligned.
Step 19: Go to File>Open As Layers and take out your golden sticker, then position it.
Step 20: Go to File>Save As and name the card.
Step 21: Go to tinypic.com and upload it from your pc.
Step 22: Copy and paste your card and you're done! Hope this helped!
What it should look like
![[Image: 1zbyqom.png]](http://i38.tinypic.com/1zbyqom.png)
or ![[Image: 22cju8.png]](http://i33.tinypic.com/22cju8.png)
Step 2: Save this.
![[Image: vq387n.jpg]](http://i33.tinypic.com/vq387n.jpg)
Step 3: Save this.
![[Image: 105uzxs.jpg]](http://i38.tinypic.com/105uzxs.jpg)
Step 4: Open up GIMP.
Step 5: Go to File>Open> and open the card you are making a dark synchro with and the card you saved.
Step 6: Press the Rectangle Select Tool
Step 7: Make a box in the effect box.
Step 8: Go to Colors>Colorize and put the Saturation to 0.
Step 9: Click Ok.
Step 10: Make boxes all over, avoiding the attribute, picture, and effect box borders and desaturate 1 box 1 at a time.
Step 11: Desaturate the edges all around the attribute.
Step 12: Remember the blank card? Click the Crop Tool and Crop where the stars would usually be.
Step 13: Copy the blank star spots.
Step 14: Paste it on your card and press the Move Tool and move it where the stars are.
Step 15: Don't worry, just desaturate that box too.
Step 16: Here is the fun part. Go to File>Open As Layers and open up the stars.
Step 17: Collect as many stars as you want then position them from the left to the right.
Step 18: Make sure the stars are straightly aligned.
Step 19: Go to File>Open As Layers and take out your golden sticker, then position it.
Step 20: Go to File>Save As and name the card.
Step 21: Go to tinypic.com and upload it from your pc.
Step 22: Copy and paste your card and you're done! Hope this helped!
What it should look like
![[Image: 1zbyqom.png]](http://i38.tinypic.com/1zbyqom.png)
Signatures / Banners (Click to View)
Step 1: Find a picture on the internet and save it.
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Go to File>New and either chose your size from template or customize your size (I recommend 100 to 110 Height and 468 Wide).
Step 4: Press OK.
Step 5: Go to File>Open As and open your picture. (If it needs to be smaller, adjust this in http://www.tinypic.com)
Step 6: Position it wherever.
Step 7: If you want, Click the Smudge Tool and smudge the background.
Step 8: Add some text! Click the Text Tool.
Step 9: Chose your color and text size.
Step 10: Type whatever you want.
Step 11: Move your text wherever.
Step 12: Go to File>Save As and save your signature / banner (make sure it is png!).
Step 13: Go to tinypic.com and upload your signature / banner and you are done! Hope this helped!
What it should look like:
![[Image: nxki03.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/nxki03.png)
Step 2: Open up GIMP.
Step 3: Go to File>New and either chose your size from template or customize your size (I recommend 100 to 110 Height and 468 Wide).
Step 4: Press OK.
Step 5: Go to File>Open As and open your picture. (If it needs to be smaller, adjust this in http://www.tinypic.com)
Step 6: Position it wherever.
Step 7: If you want, Click the Smudge Tool and smudge the background.
Step 8: Add some text! Click the Text Tool.
Step 9: Chose your color and text size.
Step 10: Type whatever you want.
Step 11: Move your text wherever.
Step 12: Go to File>Save As and save your signature / banner (make sure it is png!).
Step 13: Go to tinypic.com and upload your signature / banner and you are done! Hope this helped!
What it should look like:
![[Image: nxki03.png]](http://i35.tinypic.com/nxki03.png)
reps appreciated. ^_^