If you are here, it’s probably because you would like to launch yourself into the great faking adventure. Before you start faking you will need to know several things.
First you need a photo editing Software! If you already have one jump to the next step. If you don’t have one, you have the choice between several free and pay softwares:
- Gimp. ~ It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image creating. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. You can download it here :http://www.gimp.org/
- Paint.NET. ~ Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins. You can download it here :http://www.getpaint.net/
- Sumopaint.com is a free GIMP or paint.NET like website. No setup is needed. All is online on the website:http://www.sumopaint.com/start/
The next step when you have your software is to check the following tutorials, they will provide your first advice to do your first fake: