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This is how the buttons work in action:
Now that we got all of the technical stuff outta' the way, let's get to the moment we've all been waiting for!
The last lesson was just a simple demonstration of what MS Paint can do in a little amount of time. Now, if you're willing to spend more time on your art, you have come to the right section.
As exampled in the last couple of lessons, shading is an important part of drawing. It makes things look more realistic and professional. There are several kinds of shading to do in MS Paint. Some shading depends on what kind of material you're shading on.
Smooth lines?! That's impossible on MS Paint! Wrong! It is possible to create smooth lines on MS Paint. And this tutorial will show you how. 1. First, draw a curved line.
2. Then, choose a color slightly lighter than the curved line.
3. Then choose another color slightly lighter than the last.
4. Now, add a dot of the second darkest color on every corner of the curved line.
5. Now, add a dot of the lightest color next to the second darkest color.
6. Then, magnify to normal view, and you'll see that your line is much more smoother than your pixely line at the beginning.
A comparison between our smooth line, and the pixely line we started out with:
Yes, you can animate your images on MS Paint- for free!
Now that you have your animator handy and ready-to-go, we're ready to start. Our goal is to draw a pencil drawing (sounds a little redundant). Begin by starting with your first image or frame. Make sure you save all of your frames as a GIF file! If you're having trouble saving your files to a format of your choosing, please visit the Saving section.
Move on to frame two by moving the pencil and drawing the pencil line.
Same principle as with the previous step. You want to continue this process until your animation will contain all of the frames you will need. This can vary from two to hundreds.
Now open your GIF Animator. Click the folder to start inserting your frames.
When you add new frames by clicking the button shown below, as stated before, go from your last frame up.
To delete a frame, press the button shown below.
When you have all of your frames in, you can adjust the time span of your frames by clicking the Image section of the window. Below, you can see how to adjust how much time your frame will last.
Once you have your frames adjusted to the speed that you want, go to the section of the Animator that's labeled Animation to adjust how many times you want your animation to play. You can do this by selecting the loop option. From there, you can either make the animation play for only a certain number of times, or you can select the Repeat Forever option.
To test out your animation, press the play button shown below.
When you are satisfied with your animation, click the button shown below to save your image with a chosen title.
A window should open up like the one below so that you can name your finished file.
And you're done! You're finished product can now be displayed for everyone! I tried to animate my name, but I have horrible hand-writing. ^^;
These kinds of faces are mostly used for anime, but you can use them however you wish! I use these in comics to bring out more feeling for a comical sense. Here are a few:
Some people have a confusing time saving their pictures, especially if they need to save it as a certain file. This section of the guide will explain how to save pictures. Click Save As... to save your picture with a title and file of your choosing.
Then a screen like this will open:
Now, go to the place you want to save your picture in. Perhaps you should create your own folder to save your pictures in. To your convenience, create your folder in My Documents.
Now that you have your own file, double-click it. It should be empty. Create more files to have organization and to know where things are.
Double-click the file you want to save it in. This should be empty if you just created it. Now, name the file your saving and select the kind of file you want to save it as. This can be done near the bottom where it says, "File name:" and, "Save as type:
Hit Save, and you just saved a file! Here's some extra tips and tricks to do while on MS Paint. Create a perfect circle. Then surround it by the click and drag option. Hold down shift, and move the image throughout the page. Make sure it's in transparency mode, though! When you click on the click and drag button, you'll see two images below the tools. Select the bottom one for transparency. Soon enough, you'll have something like this:
To do something like the picture below, you need to choose a color first. Then make a blob and fill it in with the same, or different color. Cut into it with the free selection option, hold down shift, and drag it around the area. You may or may not want to use the transparency button for this one. By the end, it should look something like this:
Or we could do something like this with the same principles as the previous two examples. You should use the transparency button if there isn't any white in the image you're copying.
Now here's a little something I learned while on the NeoBoards with my owner. Right click a color on the color box. Then choose the erase option. Start erasing and you'll have something like this:
Here are some examples of some MS Paint art. By centerskies:
By my owner, random_geyser:
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