Last updated on 7-27-03
On this page you'll find various tutorials. On graphics. For the JC. Like it says in the header.
Banners
| Tutorial | Author | Description |
| Banner Making 101 | StarFire | Introduces the basics of creating a traditional JC-style foreground images using Photoshop 6.0. |
| Banner Making 201 | StarFire | Continues where Banner Making 101 left off, by continuing with backgrounds, sidebars, and by extensively covering curves. Uses Adobe Photoshop 6.0. |
| Curves | FlamingSword | Covers how to create a curve using the eraser tool. Includes detailed how-to images with each step. Very Photoshop-specific. |
Icons
| Tutorial | Author | Description |
| Icon Making for Dummies | PrinceXizor | A great tutorial to help you get started making JC icons. Written for Photoshop. |
Image Resources
| Website | Manager | Description |
| Grilled Sarlacc's Spice Mine | Grilled-Sarlacc | Hundreds of high-quality Episode II images; highly recommended. |
| TheForce.net Multimedia | TheForce.net | Hundreds of images from all the Star Wars films, and more. Image quality is not always tip-top, but this site is always worth checking out. |
| A New Hope G-Summary | TheForce.net | Found in TF.N's Multimedia section, but well-worthy of it's own mention. Chronological, 380x160 pixel screen captures of Episode IV. |
| TheForce.net | Same as the ANH G-Summary, but for Episode V. | |
| The Phantom Menace G-Summary | TheForce.net | Episode I G-Summary |
| StarWars.com | StarWars.com | The entire site is chock-full of Star Wars goodness. There are few very large images, however, and there are generally only a small number of images on any given character. |
| GabeC.net | GabeC | Images on all released Star Wars films. Quality varies, but the large number of images and ease of access make this site well worth your while. |
| JediNet.com Multimedia | JediNet.com | Similar to TheForce.net's multimedia section, with perhaps a tad less material. Check it out. |
| Decipher | Decipher.com | The creators of the Star Wars CCG and the Young Jedi TCG coincidentally provided us with a good source for some high quality images. You'll have great difficulty finding the image you want in the large mess of cards, though. |
| Wizards of the Coast | WotC.com | Wizards of the Coast is also a good resource for card images. |
If you can't find exactly what you're looking for in one of these sites, try using a search engine (such as Google's image search).
Nifty PhotoShop Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
| Individual Tutorials | Author | Description |
| The Skinny on Lightning | StarFire | Learn how to make lightning. Step-by-step tutorials on making large, wispy lightning effects or crackly, spidery lightning effects. |
| Tutorial Resources | Manager | Description |
| Russell Brown's Tips & Techniques | Russell Brown | The homepage of Adobe's digital imaging guru. Has numerous tutorials, styled both as movies and/or PDF documents. If you visit one website to learn those nifty insider tricks, make this one it. |
| TeamPhotoshop.com | TeamPhotoshop.com | Numerous techniques, including an okay tutorial an creating a lightsabe blade and another technique for creating a large, wispy lightning effect. |
| PhotoshopToday | PhotoshopToday.com | A loooooong list of useful tutorials. |
| About.com - Text in Photoshop | About.com | Has links to four pages worth of different tutorials on modifying text. |
| About.com - Effects in Photoshop | About.com | Four pages worth of links to different effects in PhotoShop. Contains some truly excellent tutorials (especially on fire, lightning, and making eyeballs). |
| dvGarage's TechTV PhotoShop Tutorials | dvGarage.com | Requires free registration. Has great video tutorials on both basic an truly advanced topics. Definitely check this one out. |
If you have any questions, comments, or problems, or issues concerning these tutorials, or if you'd like me to forward you some free spam, e-mail me at StirFryMojo@yahoo.com or PM me at the Jedi Council. My username is StarFire.