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deadly kisses of love (deadlylovekiss) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2011-09-30 18:02:00

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icons

whats the best way to make icons? i have photoshop elements, and i try making icons there, but they never turn out the way i want them too. are their any tips and/or suggestions?

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	ex_thehunger562 2011-09-30 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	what kind of icons are you trying to make? do you have an example? also be sure to always save as .png and not .jpg because .jpg really messes up the quality of even the nicest icons. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	deadlylovekiss 2011-09-30 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	just regular icons. i agree, once i got pse i started saving them .png. i just made that one like two seconds ago. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_thehunger562 2011-09-30 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	what do you not like about it and what steps did you do to make it? maybe i can help! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deadlylovekiss
2011-09-30 11:02 pm UTC (link)

i have no idea to be honest, i think i might be a little too hard on my self. to me it just doesn't look clear enough. that'd be awesome! my steps:

i crop the image first.
second, i CRTL + ALT+ M , is the auto smart fix it sorta makes it a bit brighter.
third, CTRL + L to adjust the brightness.
fourth, sharpen it.
fifth, re size the image and then save.

i like how this icon is;

but i'm not sure how to do that.

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	ex_thehunger562 2011-09-30 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	i posted something here that you can download! maybe it will help you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	wastintime 2011-10-02 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Don't sharpen before you re-size. Sharpening should be the last thing you do. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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