Hello Ordinary Tux, Bye Bye AndroidTux

Hi! This post is just to confirm my previous readers that This is my new blog, and that androidtux redirects here. This post will be on top for some time, so to see my latest posts look below..

Moved out again (and for the last time I think)

ok, no need to explain, simply go to http://brickopick.tumblr.com

Some Usefull GIMP Tutorials

I think we all know what GIMP is, but just in case: GIMP is the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It is like photoshop but free of charge. These are some usefull GIMP tutorials:

1. Neon Lights Tutorial

This tutorial illustrates how to implement a nice animated menu using Mootoolsand some lines of CSS and HTML code ready to reuse in your project. Tip: to get more of a glow, you can duplicate some of the blurred line layers.

2. Recoloring Eyes

This tutorial will teach you a quick and simple way to recolor eyes. You can color anything using this tutorial.

3. Lineart Tutorial

This is specially for anime/cartoon style lineart.

4. Easy Sig

A fairly easy tutorial to follow to make a sig. You must know the bare basics of GIMP and brushes/filters is all.

5. A colored swirl of light

Here is a great effect, usable for all kind of graphics such as flyers, splash-screens, wallpapers etc. Here you will learn how to create a colored light swirl.

6. Create a nice oilpainting from a photo

Learn how to create a fantastic looking oilpainting from a photo.

7. Making a pencil drawing from a photo

In this tutorial you will learn how to convert almost any image into a good-looking pencil drawing, and yon even won’t need edge detection filters. All you need are a few different layer modes.

8. Gimp Sin City Tutorial

This tutorial has been converted from the original Photoshop tutorial into Gimp. Learn how to create this dramatic effect in Gimp.

9. Flame Abstract Tutorial

In this tutorial we will learn how to use the flame filter to make a simple abstract background.

10. How to create Lightsaber effects

Who doesn’t want to create lightsaber effects. In this tutorial you will learn how.

11. Authentic Vintage Effect

Learn how to create beautiful effect for giving your photos an old vintage feel.

12. Grunge brush pack + tutorial

A whole Gimp grunge back along with a tutorial on how to create your own brush set.

13. Resizing fade effect

This tutorial is about that fade effect, at first glance it’s just a blur effect. This effect works best with pictures of definite figures, such as logos, people, and solid objects.

14. How to make a pile of worms in Gimp

This is how to make something that looks like the image above.

15. Abstract Art

Learn how to create an abstract background easily with Gimp.

16. Transparent Glass Lettering

Learn how to make a stunning glass text effect. Adapted from a Photoshop tutorial

Help The Enviroment By Using Linux

Hi, in honor to AndroidTux (now closed), it’s first post will also be this blog’s first post:

If you’re reading this, you may be asking yourself: how can linux help the enviroment if it is just a piece of software as MS Windows or mac OS X? Well, this has the perfect answer:

• Windows and Mac OS are sold in boxes. This means that massive amounts of paper and plastic need to be manufactured before the boxes get to your nearby store’s shelves (and be disposed of after you buy them). Linux is freely downloadable from the Internet; no amount of plastic or paper is involved.

• Proprietary applications for Windows or Mac OS are also, most of the time, sold in local stores, in boxes, whereas you can download the vast majority of software for Linux from the Internet, for free (again, a whole lot of saved paper and plastic!).

• As the hardware requirements for Windows or Mac OS get higher and higher, a lot of computers are made obsolete, and would need to be disposed of… but since Linux runs pretty well even on very old machines, they can be recycled for various purposes (storage, internet access, multimedia box, etc.) instead of being thrown out!

• Millions of CDs are pressed to hold Windows or Mac OS boxes and are sold to customers. Linux also needs to be burnt on a CD before installation (in most cases at least — installation from the network or from a hard disk is also quite common). However, most people choose to burn it on a rewritable CD (“CD-RW”), which can be reused for other purposes after the installation is over (unlike proprietary operating systems, you don’t need to keep the CD around after you’ve installed the software, you can always download it again later).

Thanks to Why linux is better for the info.

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