Open your creation

 

Now the work begin. To begin choose the color you want as the front color and choose the same color but a little darker as the back color. like that

Then select the Brush Tool (B). Choose a normal round brush the size of the eye ( here it is 50 )

Now you will have to make a new layer. Just go Layer then New

Put a brush on the forehead with the light color like that

 

Now select the Smudge Tool (R) ( It may not be on the toolbar. If so it is under the Blur Tool (R). Just Right click on it ). Use a size of less than 1/4 of the brush with a strenght of 75. Then use it to expand your brush a little. like that

 

It will be the first layer of hair. Make another layer and put it between the 1st and the 2nd. Repat the two last step but expand it a little more and use the dark color.

 

Make another layer and put it under the two hair layer. now we will fill black hole. you can use the same color but it should be better to use an even darker color. Put 2 brush on each side of de face and smudge it down.

 

Here we have the patern. But the hair are too big. Select the Smudge Tool (R) and size it at 10 ( Or less depending of the size of the picture ) and make multiple hair all over the current hair. It make your Pictur more detailed.

Now Let's make it more realist. Right-click on the top layer and click on blending option. Make the option below.

    - Drop Shadow: Opacity 25 %

    - Inner Glow: Color Black

    - Satin: ---

    - Color Overlay: Color of your choice

Now Right click on that layer and click on copy layer style

NB: for better render use dark color. If you use light color you will need to make more layer.

Thanks for reading and i hope you enjoyed!

First and foremost I must tell you I love pictures of all shaped as well as sizes. I am always doing things with my pictures weather it be for personal or professional use really doesn’t matter I love them all just the same.

Then secondly I am a pc freak, I mean I am a pc junky and even have a laptop when I just have to do something and need to be portable. I guess you could say I am addicted. I try my best to function as a well rounded off-liner, or what I like to call an OFFerr lol but you know how it is.

OFFerr- a person who never or hardly ever goes online-(known to most people as the net or internet).

I soon find myself imagining the sweet seducing idea of endless information on the information supper highway. I think of the promise of meeting another new best friend who could live in Australia or even Zimbabwe or even Thailand.

The lure of breaking the mundane for something so much more exciting is always lingering near.   

All right back on the topic of capturing a screen shot. The first thing that hangs me up when I am working on a picture is not having the correct program for the job at hand. With that said I feel the best photo viewing program out there has to be Irfanview.

That is of course just my opinion the program you use to view your pictures is of course up to you. The first thing you will need for capturing a screen shot will be to open your photo viewing software on your pc. You can use any program you wish Paint, MS Photo Editor or what ever program you like.

The thing I like about Irfanview is the simple design of the program with a tool bar at the top consisting of drop downs with endless properties you can use to change and manipulate your pictures. The usability of the program is just beautiful and straight foreword I love that. Being a simple gal myself that is the most appealing feature to me with open it and use it right away with out reading long instructions or studying for hours on how to crop a photo.

On to the next thing, now you will need to go open IE, Internet Explorer, or Firefox what ever you’re browsing with go ahead and open an internet window.

Then find a picture you want to have a screenshot of on the internet or you can even take a screenshot of your desk top if you like. The picture I will use will be the logo of Triond.

Now once you are on the picture or web page you want a screenshot of look at the top of your key board. Look along the top row of keys on your keyboard until you see a key called or labeled PrtScn or SysRq or Insert it should be the third key right on the top row.

I think some people will see where I am going with this but you are like okay what is next come on already, just be patient keep hanging in there. Others of you are slapping your forehead right now saying on man! To the -oh man people well you could at least leave me a comment before you leave to go print screen your little hearts out lol just kidding.

For those of you still following me now you can push that button called or labeled PrtScn or SysRq or Insert.

Next go to that open program that you use to view your pictures.

Once you have your program open you can click edit on your menu bar and then click paste or you can use a short cut, you can push your Ctrl button PLUS your letter V button. I love short cuts. Your picture should be there in your program. Now you can manipulate your picture all you want. Then save your picture in what ever folder you chose or even create a new folder to put it in. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask I like comments and feedback.

Here is my photo that I cropped from my screenshot that I took of this page.

1. GIMP

   It's a lot like Photoshop without the huge price tag. Free! Originally designed for Linux, it has been made for Windows as well. Works great for Vista where older Photoshop versions and other issues of compatibility don't exist!
   

2. Namo WebEditor

   So you want to create a website and may or may not know some html. Not a problem. Namo is structured similarly to Dreamweaver and again without the huge pricetag. This software runs $100 and comes with Namo FreeMotion and Namo FreeCanvas. I'm more impressed with FreeMotion as it's a flash based program and the instructions included make it easy enough for an amateur to use. Namo FreeCanvas isn't bad but I wouldn't pay anything extra for it. Worth checking out as part of the bundle. If you already own another web editor, there is typically a rebate for $20 off.
   

3. Pinnacle Studio

   Do you like editing video clips? If you do this program is reasonably priced and though not as fancy as Adobe's Premiere it's also much cheaper! Versions range from the original studio through Plus and Ultimate based on your needs. If you're editing standard video you can pay as little as $50. High Definition will cost you $100 and Studio Ultimate which allows for Dolby 5.1, fx editor, and a few other features be prepared to dish out $130. Typically Studio allows for an upgrade version and/or rebate based on your previous purchase.
   

4. Paint.net

   Again another photo editing software similar to Photoshop but easier to navigate for those that aren't advanced users. Free software again, can't complain there. The interface is easy and it doesn't lack features

try { Robot screenshotRobot = new Robot(); BufferedImage screenshot = createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(x, y, width, height));} catch (Exception e) {}

Obviously in this case, "x" and "y" refer to the coordinates on the screen where the picture starts, and "width" and "height" refer to the width and height of the image to be taken. "screenShot" is where the image is stored and you can save or manipulate it from there. Both the Robot declaration and the screen capture have to be written inside of a "try" statement because either could fail and some operating systems don't allow them. That's pretty much all you need to know to take a picture of the screen with Java.

ScreenCapture Program

Using the above code, you could build a program to take a picture of the screen. Below, I've written a very simple sample program in Java that demonstrates how you could incorporate taking a screenshot into a program. This program takes a picture of the whole screen and the saves the image to a file called "Screenshot.png". Here's the code:

import java.awt.*;import java.awt.image.*;import java.awt.event.*;import javax.swing.*;import javax.imageio.*;import java.io.*; class ScreenCapture extends JFrame{ BufferedImage screenImage;
Dimension screenSize;
File savedImageFile;
Robot screenshotRobot;
JLabel statusLabel; public static void main(String args[]){
new ScreenCapture();
} ScreenCapture(){
setTitle("Java Screen Capturer");
setSize(300, 80);
savedImageFile = new File("Screenshot.png");
screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
try{
screenshotRobot = new Robot();
screenImage = screenshotRobot.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(0, 0, screenSize.width, screenSize.height));
ImageIO.write(screenImage, "PNG", savedImageFile);
statusLabel=new JLabel("Screenshot was successfully taken and saved.");
}
catch(Exception e){
statusLabel=new JLabel("Error: " + e);
}
add(statusLabel);
setVisible(true); this.addWindowListener(
new WindowAdapter(){
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we){
System.exit(0);
}
}
);
}
}

Understanding the Code

The above code may seem complex and somewhat scary, but the ideas are really quite simple and it doesn't take much to understand them. For those of you confused or interested in what a certain portion of code does, let's break it down.

import java.awt.*;import java.awt.image.*;import java.awt.event.*;import javax.swing.*;import javax.imageio.*;import java.io.*;

These are simply all the packages needed to run the program. "Java.awt" is the user interface toolkit. "Java.awt.image" let's us deal with images. "Java.awt.event" allows us to detect when the close button of the program or alt+f4 is pressed. "Javax.swing" allows us to use JFrames and Jlabels. "Javax.imageio" lets us write image files. And finally, "Java.io" allows us to deal with files.

class ScreenCapture extends JFrame{ ...}

This is the main program. All the code for the program goes in here.

BufferedImage screenImage;Dimension screenSize;File savedImageFile;Robot screenshotRobot;JLabel statusLabel;

Here's where we define the things we'll be using in our program. "screenImage" refers to the image we take of the screen. "screenSize" is where we store the dimensions of the screen. "savedImageFile" is the file in which the screenshot is saved. "screenshotRobot" is the Robot we use to take the screenshot. And lastly, "statusLabel" is what we use to display whether or not our program ran successfully.

public static void main(String args[]){
new ScreenCapture();
} This piece of code is our main method and it build the window. setTitle("Java Screen Capturer");
setSize(300, 80);
savedImageFile = new File("Screenshot.png");
screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize(); Here we set the text in the title bar of the program to "Java Screen Capture" and set the size of the window to 300 by 80. After that we give the name of the file where the screenshot is to be saved. And finally, we get the dimensions of the screen.

try{ screenshotRobot = new Robot(); screenImage = screenshotRobot.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(0, 0, screenSize.width, screenSize.height)); ImageIO.write(screenImage, "PNG", savedImageFile); statusLabel=new JLabel("Screenshot was successfully taken and saved.");}

Next, we attempt to create a Robot and then take a picture of the screen starting at the coordinates 0, 0 and extending across the entire screen. The third line of code in this section saves the image to a "PNG" file. And, if everything went okay, the text in the "statusLabel" is set to "Screenshot was successfully taken and saved."

catch(Exception e){ statusLabel=new JLabel("Error: " + e);}

If something went wrong in our program, the text in the "statusLabel" is set to "Error: " and it displays the problem.

add(statusLabel);
setVisible(true); Here, we add a label to the program which displays whether the program was able to run properly or not. Then using "setVisible(true)" we make our program show up on the screen. this.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter(){ public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we){ System.exit(0); } });

This last section of code closes the program when either the close button of the program is pressed or the user closes the program some other way (i.e. alt+f4).

Other Uses for Taking a Screenshot

Taking a screenshot can be very useful for many things. For example, if you're making a drawing program, you could allow the user to take a picture of the screen and manipulate the image. You could also make your program take a picture of the screen when an error occurs so you have a better idea of how to fix the problem. I'm even currently developing a program that can beat certain computer games by itself by constantly taking pictures of the screen and scanning the colors. Whatever the use, taking a picture of the screen is incredibly simple and it's a great way to start programming in Java.

Hopefully you were able to get something out of this article and I apologize for it being so long. If there's anything I forgot to add, feel free to leave a message. Have fun coding in Java!