Guide to Easy Customized Avatars, etc.

Skeletonboy · **Guide to Easy Customized Avatars, etc. -** 12-22-08

Hello, this guide will introduce you to an easy way to make sigs, profile pics, avatars, etc.
It is an easy tool to use

1st open up an image search engine
like Google Image Search
find the pic(s)
you want in your artwork.

Open up Microsoft Works Word Processor

Click the icon above called 'New Painting'

Open up Microsoft Power Point

New Painting Controls

First of all to paste your picture simply right click copy it
Go to your New Painting
Click Select drag it into a rectangle and click paste inside of the rectangle to paste your picture in on the left hand corner.

Notice: Once it is not being moved or does not have the outline around it, it is built into the background so it cannot be moved around again unless you use select or free form select in your tool bar.

Free Form Select (Looks like a star)= Outline your picture precisely

Select (Looks rectangular)= Outline your picture in a box

Eraser/Color Eraser (Looks like an eraser)= Erase parts of your picture

Fill With Color (Paint can tipping)= Dump a color in an area invested with the same exact shade(otherwise it with come out as a dot) the brush comes in handy now(See below)

Pick Color (Squirt Thingy)= Im a little lost on this one. I think using it and clicking on lets say a shade of orange, it will come out as the basic shade of orange rather than the exact shade of orange.

Magnifier (Magnifying Glass)= Zoom in on your picture

Pencil (A Pencil)= Draw with the mouse as if a pencil (enables drawing on your pic the way you like).

Brush (A Brush)= Color Dark, larger, and more boldly than the pencil (enables drawing on your pic the way you like).

Airbrush (Thingy squirting paint out)= Color large and graffity like (enables drawing on your pic the way you like).

Text (The Capital A)=Type in the color selected below with this tool.
Instructions to Text Use
-Once your color font, bold, etc. are all set
-Type it
-WARNING: Do not click when you are done typing
-Notice two sections two the side with a picture of a blue cylinder, red sphere, and green cube
-The top one sets your text so that it is surrounded by white and your text box is shown to you (usually ruining pictures and causing you to start over or click undo).
-The bottom one (While Selected) Makes your text box transparent and your text nice and snug on your picture.

LINE AND CURVE CREATE LINES

THE GRAY SHAPES CREATE SHAPES

Whats the Power point for?
Instructions
-Free Form Select your picture or select your picture (the dotted lines indicate what is in your picture and what is not).
-Right Click Copy
-Go to your power point
-Right Click paste in your power point
-Make sure its on your power point
-go to it right click 'Save As Picture'
-save it somewhere you will remember

Now it can be used with websites
And show the world what you created!!! :)

Enjoy.