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I'm not very good at explaining my reasoning, mainly because when I color icons I just fiddle around until it looks right. I'll usually add steps out of order, and so when I write a tutorial for it it's not at all in the order I made the icon. But I hope this helps. :) (plus it was a nice distraction from studying for finals!)

+ Do not copy tutorials directly, please use this as a guide.
+ Please comment here if you have any questions/problems/etc.
+ You can find the .psd here at the original post if you're having trouble.

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Hey guys, needed a little help. There was a tut list that had either a majority (or maybe all, I can't remember) of animated icons (ie, disney cartoons, anime, pixar) but I can't find it. Does anyone know where I can find it?

Thanks :D

I really thought a lot about our theme this week and came to a British band 'Keane'. I found out that these guys have some really great photos so it shouldn't be difficult for you to make icons:) I couldn't decide which onws to choose so you have 20 images. I expect twice as more icons!:D

Rules:
1| Use only the images provided.
2| You may submit up to 4 icons. Submit the icon and the URL. There must be at least one band member in the icon.
3| Do not post your icons anywhere until the winners are announced.
4| The icons must fit LJ standards: max. 40kb, 100x100 px, JPG, GIF, PNG.
5| Animation is not allowed!
6| Textures, stock, brushes, gradients etc. are allowed. You may as well blend the pictures.
7| Deadline is Tuesday, December 15, 20 pm GMT.

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This is kind of an odd problem that I've never seen here before.

I use Photoshop CS2.

Somehow, I don't know how, I managed to mess up my save dialog box and now it's huge. There is no minimize button to make it smaller, so I'm wondering if anyone knows of a keyboard combination that will get it to go back to it's regular size because this huge size is really annoying.

The dialog box to open a file is huge as well.

Example: click the thumbnail


Thank you for any help.

DC Comics -- 20

Iron Man -- 32

Lady Gaga -- 20

misc others -- 32

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Hi! My first time here! and I was wondering how can I make this effect:

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I like so much the lines around Kyuhyun and Shin Hye... someone can Help me?
I use photoshop cs and cs3 or GIMP :3~

Thanks very much :3

congrats!! :)

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Going from this to this and
This to this .

Program used: Photoshop Elements 5.
Translatable: Yes.

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25: Lady Gaga
08: Robert Pattinson
09: Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson

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My computer crashed, so I had to download KMPlayer again. I don't like the newer versions so I stick with the older ones, but when I downloaded it and began to play my DVD the sound was off. And what I mean by off is that the background music and sounds is louder than the people talking. How can I fix this?

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