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Tubes can also be regarded as graphic brushes based on a pre-created image; this was their original use. <ref>http://www.irt.org/software/sw003/index.htm</ref> Tubes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_dimensional#Three_dimensional three-dimensional] (3-d) figures are known as 'poser tubes'. |
Tubes can also be regarded as graphic brushes based on a pre-created image; this was their original use. <ref>http://www.irt.org/software/sw003/index.htm</ref> Tubes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_dimensional#Three_dimensional three-dimensional] (3-d) figures are known as 'poser tubes'. |
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Popular tube subjects include alphabets, human, animal and toy figures, flowers, love messages and seasonal symbols. <ref>http://www.michelespaintshop.com/mp_tubes1_index.php Some tubes offered on a large tube site.</ref><br /> |
Popular tube subjects include alphabets, human, animal and toy figures, flowers, love messages and seasonal symbols. <ref>http://www.michelespaintshop.com/mp_tubes1_index.php Some tubes offered on a large tube site.</ref> <br /><br /> |
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== Origins == |
== Origins == |
Revision as of 18:51, 16 December 2008
Picture tubes or cartoon tubes (generally just called 'tubes'), are small graphic images with no background. In actual fact, they normally have a transparent background, but this is not generally used. They are often used as a starting point for complex images; that is, they are combined with other image elements to produce a final work.
Tubes can also be regarded as graphic brushes based on a pre-created image; this was their original use. [1] Tubes of three-dimensional (3-d) figures are known as 'poser tubes'.
Popular tube subjects include alphabets, human, animal and toy figures, flowers, love messages and seasonal symbols. [2]
Origins
The tube system originated with [JASC software]'s [PSP Pro] graphic software, which included tube files from PSP Pro version 5. Jasc was purchased by [Corel] in 2004, and the tube system has continued with subsequent versions of the software. Native tube files may be in .tub, .psp, or .pspimage formats[3]. Using the tube tool in PSP Pro small tubes (tiny images) can be added to existing graphic images one at a time(known as 'stamping'), or used to spray multiple copies of the image onto the background image. This was the original use of tubes, however their popularity has led to the use of larger images,
PSP Pro comes with a tubes directory containing a few standard tube images ready-installed. The PSP Pro toolset also includes a tube 'brush' tool.
Creation and use of tubes
Tubes may be used as an individual illustration on personal web pages, internet forums, social networking sites, for scrapbooking and similar.
Tubes completely created by one designer are sometimes called 'scratch' images, as they have been created 'from scratch'. A tube consists of one or more cells or subimages. Tubes can be used inside 'masks', various digital graphic designs of frames and borders. Tubes are often offered in sets; one basic design may be represented in various colours, with the same figure in different alignments (right-aligned, central) to the invisible 'box' forming the background of the tube.
Downloaded tubes may be somewhat oversized for normal use, as otherwise quality will be lost when scaling up. 300[dpi] is a typical image resolution.
[XnView], [Irfanview] and [TubeEx] are separate graphics programs that can open tube files (.tub) and save them as .png files for use in other programs. [4]
Tubes are often made available as zipped .exe files that self-install into the correct PSP Pro tubes directory. They are also occasionally offered as Photoshop .psd files, as .png files and as native .pspimage files. PSP Pro has the ability to import .png files and export them as .pspimages.
The Online Tube Community
Many tube sites offer paid memberships that gives access to more images, detailed tutorials, and other content. Creators and participants in the community sometimes call the activity 'tubing', and themselves 'tubers'.
Tube sites generally offer images to their users subject to similar copyright restrictions and netiquette as those applied on [dollz] (dollz netiquette) sites[5]. These rules generally amount to:
- Do not add them to any collections,
- Do notoffer them for download,
- Do not claim them as your own,
- Do not distribute them through email.
The sites also similarly tend to be female-oriented and have an support and mutual appreciation ethos. Sites will encourage cooperation, respecting copyright via credit ([links]) from used images, and offer advice. Admired images from similar sites will often be shown on the site, with the usual credit links. The activity has attracted graphic artists and professional designers, but the majority of participants regard it as a hobby, whether they create their own tubes from scratch, manipulate pre-prepared tubes that they have downloaded, or just purchase/collect completed tubes or tube sets.
External links
- ^ http://www.irt.org/software/sw003/index.htm
- ^ http://www.michelespaintshop.com/mp_tubes1_index.php Some tubes offered on a large tube site.
- ^ http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/paintshoptutorialstubes/Paint_Shop_Pro_Picture_Tubes_Tutorials_and_Tips.htm
- ^ Comparison of graphics file formats
- ^ http://www.amandashome.com/tubes.html