Looping Guinness Wallpaper
 

Hi All,

I've been trying to create a Guinness themed loopable wallpaper for my N900 (when it finally arrives!).

Here is what I have so far, as you will see I am no photoshopper, I know it's not great, but it's a start.

I'd appreciate any thought's feed back please.

http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/o.../Guinness2.jpg

Not sure I like the sparkly line, just added it to add to the "loopable" effect.

Pints 2-4 have different PS effects added to them.

I wish I was good at photoshop - some of the things I see people create are amazing (and that's just simple stuff that they could do in a morning). I've tried following many tutorials over the years, but never really got the hang of it. Without someone/something telling me what/how to do something I'm a bit stuck lol. So any feedback/constructive critisism would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dexter

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go ahead and post that to www.n900wallpapers.com if you haven't allready.

photoshopping is an art that needs a lot of practice and testing. or very good tutorials. that is why i just stay and finetune RAW-files and let others do the shoppin

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Thanks for the reply, I am going to post it to N900wallpapers, but just wanted to see what people thought first.

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Post ahead. Can't go wrong with beer :)

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just go ahead. there is a rating system and all.

i think sparky line is good: helps when you don't know which desktop is it you are on...

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I think you should drop the line doesn't really fit to me. You can tell which desktop your on by the look of your beer.

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You could try to post the 'source code', i.e. the psd file somewhere; in a community like this it's always possible that someone with photoshop skills could help out.

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That's a could idea, thanks.

Any suggestion where I could host a PSD file easily and freely?

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Or by the widgets and icons on the desktop (surely the desktop won't remain blank?).

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exactly what i was thinking too... u guys really need a BACKGROUND to tell you what desktop you are on? (There's only FOUR) lol

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I submitted my wallpaper to n900wallpapers yesterday but don't think it'll get approved somehow. That's a shame.

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Hey Dexter
You inspired me to dig out the old photoshop... I really liked your wallpaper so I have blatantly ripped off your guinness idéa (and the official Nokia wallpaper) hope you don't mind... its just a test :p

I think the 4th one might look out of place, but not sure how it would look on the n900 screen, it might just add depth.

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Actually I was busy working, trying to incorporate a company, and sleeping :P

It will get approved but you need to upload a new one, because the one you uploaded didn't upload correctly for some reason..

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Wow that's a million times better than anything I could put together! Have you uploaded to n900wallpapers? I'll def be downloading that one when I finally get my N900!

Sorry, I didn't realise that it was just you approving them, thought there were a few people. I'll upload again later when I get the chance.

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No worries, n900wallpapers is a one man job :) I've been a little slack approving things the last few days too, because I'm busy planning a new version of the site with all sorts of neat features. This version of the site was never designed to be so popular... :rolleyes:

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... as a hint to the direction where you find the desktop you wanted faster. 2 times out of 3 it would improve usability (3 sweeps vs 1 sweep)

yes, the picture hints aren't necessary but it would help learning the order at the beginning.

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I would add beer splashes on there instead of that line.. like you know the beer splash starts from the 4th's screen and ends on the 1st..

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Like Brunorange did? Splashes are still way out of my league but I'll give it a go.

code177, will your new improved site have comments for consructive criticism?

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That's the plan :)