You may have said in an earlier post that I missed as I've been really busy lately but what program are you using for all this, Photoshop? The edits turn out really crisp and clear. Can't see really any distorted pixils from this scale, though I didn't zoom in looking for any either. It's making the board more fun daily just to see what's next...
I use a 10 year old version of a cheap graphics editing program called Paintshop Pro. It is up to version 10 or something, but I still use version 6.0.
Any basic graphics editing program can pretty much do EVERYTHING. Copy, paste, resize, sharpen, smooth edges, and on and on. I haven't checked it out, but if you get a free account with Photobucket.com, I think they offer quite a bit of editing tools online. As with anything, there IS a learning curve, and it takes
lots of time in the beginning.
In truth I have only scratched the surface of all it can do - mainly because I am too lazy to read the manual! :confused2:
I tend to learn anything by "necessity is the mother of invention", I just dive in and figure it out. I have probably improved more in the past week though, by fiddling with all these avatars and stuff, than the whole past 5-10 years!
Granted I have figured out all sorts of "tricks", and shortcuts. But, one thing that I do that is tedious, but I have gotten quite fast at it, is I ZOOM in real close and edit PIXEL BY PIXEL. I copy and paste one pixel at a time.
I have seen version 6.0 on eBay for $10 or $20.
It is like with anything - it is all in learning HOW to use the tools.
Take MS Word. Most people just use it as a typewriter, BUT it can do MUCH more if you have the need and inclination to learn. But me, I use it just as a TYPEWRITER!!!