MX wallpapers

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T3KN05H4M4N
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Re: MX wallpapers

#11 Post by T3KN05H4M4N »

BV206 wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:20 pm Another.
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Really like this one too! Very cool! I made this one my son's default wallpaper for his laptop that I just upgraded to MX 23.4! May I ask what software you use? My son is an artist and is getting into digital art. I put Inkscape, Krita, GIMP, Blender, and LazPaint on his laptop for him to dabble with but I've never used any kind of art software. I just did a quick search on FOSS art software for Linux and found those recommended.

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Re: MX wallpapers

#12 Post by BV206 »

I used GIMP and Inkscape. I didn't really do any drawing at all.
I download the background images and resize or crop them to 1920x1080 with GIMP.
I think all the MX logos I used were svg files. I modified a couple of them with Inkscape.
Then I drag/drop the svg logos to GIMP and then use different tools to scale, blur, stretch, curve, etc. and move them into position then export to a jpeg image.
Except for drop shadows I don't know how to do anything advanced using masks or layers or lighting anything like that.

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Re: MX wallpapers

#13 Post by LinuxSpring1 »

These wallpapers are lovely.

@BV206 will it be possible for you to record a video of your edit using GIMP and Inkspace? Or write a How-To article and post it in the forum? Would be immensely helpfull.

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Re: MX wallpapers

#14 Post by BV206 »

I don't make videos and I'm not a good technical writer.
There are lots of GIMP and Inkscape tutorials.
It would be best to learn from people who are graphics experts and know what the hell they are doing.

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Re: MX wallpapers

#15 Post by T3KN05H4M4N »

BV206 wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:24 pm I used GIMP and Inkscape. I didn't really do any drawing at all.
I download the background images and resize or crop them to 1920x1080 with GIMP.
I think all the MX logos I used were svg files. I modified a couple of them with Inkscape.
Then I drag/drop the svg logos to GIMP and then use different tools to scale, blur, stretch, curve, etc. and move them into position then export to a jpeg image.
Except for drop shadows I don't know how to do anything advanced using masks or layers or lighting anything like that.
Oh ok thanks anyways! If my son ever needs to do anything similar, I'll pass the info along to him. He would more than likely watch YouTube video tutorials though. I don't think kids these days like to read documentation or wikis lol. I can't even get him to join this forum.

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Re: MX wallpapers

#16 Post by BV206 »

I was board today and made this.

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Re: MX wallpapers

#17 Post by T3KN05H4M4N »

BV206 wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:44 pm I was board today and made this.

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Wow I like this one too! Very rustic feel! Great work! Thanks for sharing! I imagine that being the club door for MX Linux! Lol!

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Re: MX wallpapers

#18 Post by BV206 »

BV206 wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:44 pm I was board today and made this.
I made some better board wallpapers and a xfce4 panel image to go with them.

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If you didn't already know, you can use an image for the xfce4 panel.
save the file someplace, go to the panel preferences Appearance tab and under Background select Style: Background image and then select the file.

My wood image is 600x38 pixels. It should work ok if your panel is on the bottom and 38 pixels high or less. The panel will tile the image if it isn't the exact size of the panel. That can look weird with some images. The top of the panel "board" (on a horizontal bottom panel) is lightened so it looks like a beveled edge.

If you have a left vertical panel (MX default) then you can edit the image with Nomacs or GIMP or other image software and rotate it 90° clockwise.

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#19 Post by AVLinux »

More great work! Thanks for sharing!

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Re: MX wallpapers

#20 Post by BV206 »

I found this one a while back and "fixed" it.

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