The Official Sherdog Shoop Tutorial & Template Thread

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On another topic, is there any way to resurrect the dead links earlier in the thread? I still suspect I take 8 hours by brute-force to do what everyone else can do in an hour.

 

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fotoflexer.com is a web-based (no download needed) image editor which you can use to cut images out.

Added this to the first post.

On another topic, is there any way to resurrect the dead links earlier in the thread? I still suspect I take 8 hours by brute-force to do what everyone else can do in an hour.

Which links aren't working? I think I fixed everything in the first post that was broken from the forum change. And you're not alone in that feeling. I always feel like I'm taking too long to do things. Most of us are amateurs and still learning.

 

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OK done. Now I'm using windows 8 and cant find GIMP. I've clicked on a photo and open with etc. What happens is, it just opens a series of folders. What am I doing wrong?

Did you ever figure this out?

 

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It was a couple of weeks ago, I'll have another look. Moving something less than a pixel looked useful, but I don't know if it translates to Gimp.

 

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arghhhh I see the reply I quoted is in this thread but the answers are posted to the tutorial thread.

will fix this post with some templates a.s.a.p

 

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Is there any way to cut out a template as nice as you guys provided with Paint? WIth my limited knowledge on the subject, I've experimented with it, cutting out something "nice" took a long while and still looks miles apart quality wise than what you guys have presented.

I'm into shooping family photo's (serious stuff, like deceased family members) but it sucks if you can't even cut the template nice.

To get a smoother edge I use a "feather" edge set to 2 on my point-to-point cutting tool, then I cut just inside the lines and can later repair or clean up using the eraser tool, either in reverse to add lost image back or normally just to erase. Save as PNG to preserve transparency.

I use the Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X line of software though, not paint or PSP.

Also while I'm here, I highly recommend "instagiffer" for extracting frames from video files, as a gif. I've loaded up entire movies like Deliverance and cut sections out with relative ease.

 

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Did you ever figure this out?

I did. I'll try and post something soon.

 

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Did you ever figure this out?

Just using the software and closed down the tool boxes on either side of the screen, expecting them to reappear. Any info on setting those up again would be appreciated.

 

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Is there any way to cut out a template as nice as you guys provided with Paint? WIth my limited knowledge on the subject, I've experimented with it, cutting out something "nice" took a long while and still looks miles apart quality wise than what you guys have presented.

I'm into shooping family photo's (serious stuff, like deceased family members) but it sucks if you can't even cut the template nice.

Aloha brother. Sorry it took so long to get back to you on this. Are you talking about "MS Paint" or "Paint .NET"? If it's MS Paint then the answer is no way. We have a Shoop Help thread here. http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/the-official-sherdog-shoop-tutorial-and-q-a-thread.3085313/

Some good free software is provided in the first post by @Empty Emp

 

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Aloha brother. Sorry it took so long to get back to you on this. Are you talking about "MS Paint" or "Paint .NET"? If it's MS Paint then the answer is no way. We have a Shoop Help thread here. http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/the-official-sherdog-shoop-tutorial-and-q-a-thread.3085313/

Some good free software is provided in the first post by @Empty Emp

It's MS Paint. Thanx for the link!

 

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Post any tutorials, tips, or tricks related to shooping here. Feel free to create your own tutorials, post youtube videos you've found, or link any other tutorials you've found useful. You can also use this thread to ask for help if you have any questions. I'll keep everything organized in this first post as people add new tutorials.

FREE IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE:

GIMP
GIMP is the most advanced and full-featured free image editing software.

Paint.NET
Paint.Net is more user friendly for beginners than GIMP, and can do almost everything Photoshop and GIMP can do, short of the most advanced features.

Pixlr
Pixlr is purely web-based, so there's nothing to install. I wouldn't recommend using it as your primary image editing software, but it's ok if you're on a computer that doesn't have an image editor installed or if you just want to mess around with an image editor before trying out Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.NET.

Photopea
Web based photo editor. Perhaps the best one. This is probably BWR's favorite.

FotoFlexer
Another web-based editor.



PHOTOSHOP TUTORIALS:

- How to Move Objects Less Than a Pixel in CS6 by TrainInVain
- Fade In/Out by bigwaverider
- How to Add a Gif Into Another Gif or Video by bigwaverider
- How to Make a Simple Gif by bigwaverider



GIMP TUTORIALS:

- Using Paths to Cut Out Objects in GIMP by Empty Emp
- (Un)Optimizing and Color Mode: Two Things You Should Always Do Before and After Editing Any Gif in GIMP by Empty Emp



PAINT.NET TUTORIALS:

- How to Shoop in Paint.Net by SheetsMMAfan



AFTER EFFECTS TUTORIALS:



MISCELLANEOUS TUTORIALS:

- Reverse Image Lookup by bigwaverider



SHOOP TEMPLATES:

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Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett
Daniel Cormier (Incredulous)
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
Rashad Evans (Shadface)
Johny Hendricks
Johny Hendricks
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
Brock Lesnar
Hyun Gyu Lim
Hyun Gyu Lim
Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor
Stipe Miocic (Running)
Sage Northcutt
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem (Running)
Ross Pearson
Bec Rawlings
Bec Rawlings
Joe Rogan (Shocked Rogan)
Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan
Anderson Silva
Georges St. Pierre
Paige VanZant
Fabricio Werdum (Troll Face)
Dana White
Tyron Woodley

Template sheets and zips:

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SheetsMMAfan (sheet)
bigwaverider (zip)

how do i make a poll

 

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Thanks @Empty Emp and @bigwaverider and all others who have contributed to this thread, keep the tuts coming fellas this is valuable material and has helped me out greatly....keep up the great work!

 

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Thanks @Empty Emp and @bigwaverider and all others who have contributed to this thread, keep the tuts coming fellas this is valuable material and has helped me out greatly....keep up the great work!

You're welcome brother. This thread is a bit stagnant now but things will change. Gonna try to pump this thread up a bit. I now have it set to send me an email every time someone posts. Been gone for a while and have neglected this thread. Also need to update some of my tuts to better/easier methods. Pushing for an unwritten rule where Shoop OP's should post a link to this thread as well as the The Official Shoop Template Collection Thread

 

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Nice work. You taught me this a while back. First time I actually listened to you

 

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Thanks for the templates!

 

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I know how to do this, but just wanted to say thank you for helping others learn how to shoop

top man!

 

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Nice work. You taught me this a while back. First time I actually listened to you

I know how to do this, but just wanted to say thank you for helping others learn how to shoop

top man!

Thanks Gentlemen and TIV.

 

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Thanks Gentlemen and TIV.

 

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Really awesome work BWR! Thank you for taking the time and effort to put all this together

 

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Really awesome work BWR! Thank you for taking the time and effort to put all this together

agreed. I don't even use PS and I checked it out