November 2014 Video Tutorial -- The Importance of Backgrounds!

[Gare]

I've got an emergency request into GenoPal right now.

Please don't let this be a show-stopper, folks. I, and many people I know, use GenoPal quite successfully, and besides, he use of GenoPal is only tangential to the gist of the tutorial this month. It's a perk, not the heart and soul of what I'm trying to teach.

Please don't let this glitch end the tutorial, and if anyone has installed it successfully, pleases post her, okay?

Sorry and thanks,

Gary

Does this help in the least?

[Crow Haven]

Well, I gave it another shot by trying it through compatibility mode and still it won't fully launch -- just says it's stopped working. Another look at the problem details gave this:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: genopal.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 545c8c45
Problem Signature 04: mscorlib
Problem Signature 05: 4.0.30319.17929
Problem Signature 06: 4ffa561c
Problem Signature 07: 48b5
Problem Signature 08: 34
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[Crow Haven]

Aarrrrgh! This wasn't my day, but here's one using the tute (yes, I know it's pretty plain and a bit distorted). Would have liked to use the GenoPal color picker options...but oh well.

[Gare]

Aarrrrgh! This wasn't my day, but here's one using the tute (yes, I know it's pretty plain and a bit distorted). Would have liked to use the GenoPal color picker options...but oh well.

It's moody. I like it. Three thumbs up for your above and beyond the call of doody efforts!

-g

[angelize]

Well I have always sucessfully run Genopal 1.0 without problems but my machine won't run this new version either. I get the same errors Maya does and the program won't run. Luckily I can still use version 1 though I'd love to play around with this new version and see how I can use it with Xara and a couple of other programs I like to use. Also the help video wasn't very helpful I found it hard to follow without audio. Perhaps he should get you to do a video for him

Any how here are a couple of compositions. The first uses your hard edged breakfast images and the second uses a mug of piping hot chocolate that I created. It's mostly vector except for the steam. You might recognize those wisps Gary

[angelize]

The handle of my mug was bugging me I just didn't like the way it looked so I studied the hand of the hard edged mug and I made my mugs handle a little more hefty and less noodle like lol. I also adjusted the perspective of the floor to better suit my mugs perspective.

[Crow Haven]

@ Gare -- Thanks! Have a happy day too!

@ Frances -- Those look great, and I especially like the changes you made in the last image with the cup and the added texturing for walls and wood! I sure wish I could drink that hot chocolate!

[Gare]

Off-Topic with a Seasonal excuse to all our members in the USA:



Football and Black Friday!

Cheers!

Gary