made a thread for you where we can answer all your questions, so that existing threads dont get derailed with "offtopic" questions
i love your enthusiasm, man !

you install a brush (downloaded from the internet) by putting it in your user brush folder

for the rivets, try stroking the selection instead (Edit -> Stroke Selection), and use the stroke with paint tool option
also make use of the spacing
spacing means how much space is between each brushstroke

This is REAL service, with a smile!!! Thanks!!!

I think I will be sneaking into this thread a lot to get detailed how-to's!

It's for me

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Animation Puzzle Challenge

Question: I am wondering if anyone could whisper to me where you think they began(yes...I know with a photo and then filters>render>pattern>jigsaw)......but I would like to try rest.
What do you think they are doing...lasso tool and remove all but one piece...make a layer of that, then lasso all but 2, and keep that in its own layer...and so on.

i dont know nothing about animations, but your plan using the lasso tool sounds good

Like Ronounours spinning cube avatar...can I learn how to make the pictures, inside the sides of the spinning cube, rotate too?

I am trying to figure this out. I just love that avatar. Looked around for the how to. I learned the g'mic for the cube...but want the rest of it.

I hope someone knows.

Gram, didn't Photo Master post a tutorial on that animated cube?

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=424&hilit=cube

Thanks Molly, I did find this one. I will try it, although, I am not sure it will show me how to turn the picture that is inside the frame at the same time that the cube turns. But it might...I have not studied through it yet. Thanks for the tip for my 'Search'.

Me too. Thanks gramg for asking questions that I will not always ask.