themeletor: close-up of a cupcake in the grass against a blue sky (frogs)
i'm cooking the veggies and valuing myself! ([personal profile] themeletor) wrote2005-06-22 10:44 pm

[identity profile] duckgirlie.livejournal.com 2005-06-25 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yep. I got my only fancy icon of [livejournal.com profile] _unthemed_, and am very pleased. It sparkles!

[identity profile] daughtermestizo.livejournal.com 2005-06-25 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Cooooool....

Man, Photoshop is so expensive! And yet I want it. It's so sad.

[identity profile] duckgirlie.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Can't you get a pirate copy? Or find a nice friend to fill your life with icony goodness?

[identity profile] daughtermestizo.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I have a couple of friends who've made me icons, but I'm too shy to ask usually.

Plus, I can only have three at a time, so I just rotate. I don't need that many.

Pirate copy, eh?

[identity profile] duckgirlie.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... Do you have any friends with computer 'skills'? They usually know where to get the stuff.

[identity profile] daughtermestizo.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
Heh heh. My uncle's got all kinds of stuff like that, but I don't know about Photoshop. I'll ask him.

There's also the "lite" version, which costs a third of the full version. And according to a friend of mine who has it, it can do most of the same stuff.

[identity profile] duckgirlie.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they usually can. That happens when Bill Gates realises that he can't sell the ridiculously expensive version to everybody, so makes a cheaper version to sell more copies. The difference is usually minor, just missing some specifiacally professional extras.

[identity profile] daughtermestizo.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
Heh heh. So maybe Bill Gates really has some sense after all. Wow. I marvel.

Actually, it may be a third of the price, but it still costs about $200. And I think that's U.S. So maybe almost $400 here. Oy...

[identity profile] duckgirlie.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
Yep. I'm hoping my friend can get me a cheap pirate copy next time I see him. Though admittedly, my own 'skills' are not much. I have just enough expertise in Photoshop to recognise the superiority of others.

[identity profile] meletor-et-al.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
you know you can always ask me, yes?

I love iconning, but have had no excuse to, lately.

[identity profile] daughtermestizo.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Really?? *squeeeeee* You're so sweet!

If I come up with a specific idea, I'll let you know, k?

[identity profile] daughtermestizo.livejournal.com 2005-06-26 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still pimping out the Gillette icon you made me. I've found a surprising number of Gillette fans that way. It's very cool.